A Day In The Life Of Pirmin Föllmi – A Talented Mobile Photographer Based In Switzerland

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Aufpasser’ (Camera+, LensLight, ScratchCam)

JC – Let’s start at the beginning of the day, how does your day start?

PF – Me and the morning are not the best of friends. I seem to be always running late, and never have time for coffee and breakfast.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Berge’ – (Camera+)

JC – Do you like to head out and take photographs early on?

PF – No, never.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Brücke’ (Camera+, MagicHour)

JC – How did the transition from traditional photographer to iPhoneographer develop? (pardon the pun).

PF – I never could seem to develop an interest in photography. My wife is a professional photographer and always took the pictures when we were on vacation. Then I discovered iPhoneography through Twitter and Instagram.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Dunkle Orte’ – (Camera+, MagicHour)

JC – Do you like to download new iPhoneography apps regularly?

PF – Not as often as I used to.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Fisher’ – (Noir, Snapseed)

JC – Where’s your favorite place in the world for a shoot?

PF – I like to take pictures at different places around the Zürichsee and in the mountains.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘good morning from italy’ ( Camera+, Noir, Snapseed)

JC – Do you also use iPhone photography tool apps, such as The Photographer’s Ephemeris and if so do you use it to plan your shoots?

PF – No, I usually just try something out, or when I see somebody else doing something I find interesting, I try to do it in my own way.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Herzlich’ – (Camera+ ScratchCam)

JC – Where do you like to upload your photographs? Flickr, Instagram?

PF – I use Instagram and Flickr frequently. I also like EyeEm and Tumblr, and then I upload my pictures to my Facebook wall and to my blog. http://www.facebook.com/iPhotography.ch http://iphotography.ch/itourdesuisse/ (http://iphotography.ch)

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Hey You’ – (Camera+, Snapseed)

JC – How often do you update your existing apps?

PF – Whenever an update is announced.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Magic Hour’ – (Camera+, MagicHour, PhotoFX)

JC – What are your favorite, at the moment, iPhoneography apps?

PF – Camera+, Noir, Magic Hour, ScratchCam, PhotoFX, Snapseed and Blender

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Morning’ – (Camera+, PhotoFX)

JC – Do you take photographs with your iPhone everyday?

PF – I mostly photograph during the weekend. Then I take about 500 pictures and go on to edit some of them during the week.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘nichts ist schöner als fliegen’ – ( Camera+ Blender)

JC – What are your favorite subjects?

PF – I really like to take pictures of landscapes, especially lakes and mountains. But quite often you can also find my children in my pictures.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Peter’ – (Camera+)

JC – What are your top five tips for iPhone photography?

PF –

Take lots of pictures

Do a lot of editing

Do not be scared of taking bad pictures

Be trigger happy

Have fun with iPhoneography

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Regatta’ (Camera+, Snapseed)

JC – Do you edit images on your iPhone or do you prefer to do that on a desktop/laptop?

PF – I edit on my iPhone.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Riesenrad’ – ( Camera+, MagicHour)

JC – Do you enjoy videography with your iPhone?

PF – No, I have never tried that.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Stille’ – (Camera+, Snapseed

JC – Where do you see the future of iPhone photography?

PF – I hope that this art form will receive more recognition and publicity.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘The Hill’ – (Camera+, MagicHour)

JC – Do you think it’s country specific, are some nations more clued up?

PF – I think iphoneography is a global phenomenon where you find smaller and larger groups in the different countries. I really enjoy getting to know and share with other iPhoneographer in my region, and try to promote that in Switzerland through the group iTourDeSuisse.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Two Hearts’ – (Camera+, Snapseed)

JC – What do you hope for in the iPhone 5?

PF – A better camera.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Whuusch!’ – (Camera+, MagicHour)

JC – What do you think of Joanne and theappwhisperer.com?

PF – Regrettably I do not know Joanne personally, but I really appreciate what she does through theappwhisperer.com. I am also very honored to have gotten the opportunity to be a part of theappwhisperer.com through this interview.

© Pirmin Föllmi – ‘Winner’ (Camera+, PhotoFX)

Camera+
LensLight
ScratchCam
MagicHour
Noir
Snapseed
ScratchCam
PhotoFX
Image Blender