Mobile Photography Tip Of The Day – Number 37
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We are delighted to publish our thirty seventh Tip Of The Day Article today, with a wonderful tip from a mobile artist that we very much admire, Emanuel Faria. (Foreword by Joanne Carter).
“When I was finishing my new work “just stripes”, I found out that this could be a good start for my first tip post.
B&W and Crop a 2 in one
I mostly shoot in color and only when viewing the images do I decide if there is a potential for B&W. In this particularly case there was B&W written all over the image. The strong lines and the walking man in a corner looking into is phone.
B&W
For this feature I used a recent app on my portfolio called “Pure Carbon” after several trials this one proved to be the most efficient. You can choose among Filter, Tint and Exposure. The first and the last one are the ones I use most.
Just slide your finger 360 around the screen to adjust Filter, Tint or Exposure, the use of zoom is important if the intent is to crop after.
This is my first Tip. Shoot always in color, and decide afterwards if it looks better in color or B&W.
Crop
For cropping I use “Snapseed” it’s easy and simple and you also can complement your B&W image.
Adding Drama to a picture works perfectly and intensifies the blacks.
Cropping its an Art, my tip is leave it to the end, a good crop can turn a simple and obscure image in something brilliant and fantastic. Trial and error, you can do it in Snapseed just press the icon on the top right corner to see how it will look after the crop. There’s several image formats, I recommend 3:2 and 4:3 as the most used and the more efficient in terms of image. 16:9 is good for panoramas.
In this case I’ve used 3:2 to intensify the verticality of stripes.
And now you have a completely different image from initial one.
Enjoy it.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
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Tracy Mitchell Griggs
Good tips