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LensCulture 2014 Portrait Awards Competition – Call For Entries
‘Photographic portraits are part of everyday life in almost all parts of the world. From fine art to spontaneous selfies, from hyper-perfect photoshopped portraits to seductive (and often fictitious) social media profile pics, to mobile phone snaps altered with digital nostalgia filters. Some are candid, some are staged, some are outrageous and silly, others are just plain beautiful’. LensCulture are on a mission to discover a full range of great 21st century photo portraits. They are open to everything. All points of view. All levels of expertise. All corners of the world. All ideas of portraiture. Every photo is reviewed by EVERY judge, so your work will be seen by…
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iOS Photography Tool App – Top Model Release – Temporary Price Drop
Model Releases are an essential element of professional photography and this app, Top Model Release allows you to organise your work without the headache. There are many similar style apps available in the Apple App Store but this one is particularly good as recommended by Scott Kelby and Rick Sammon among others and it has also been approved by Getty Images and iStockPhoto. Top Model Release allows you, as you might expect, to create, edit and process model releases on your iOS device. Once the document has been created and signed, it can be emailed directly to the client too, for record keeping. This particular app is US dedicated in…
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iOS Photography App – ‘Tangent’ – Updated And We Have Codes To Giveaway!
Tangent is a hugely popular app for iOS Photography and this new update will ensure it proves irresistible to many more artists. Those already familiar with Tangent’s simple-to-navigate controls will now be able to scroll through the shapes and patterns from all the packs without going to the submenu. The packs are color-coded to keep them easily identifiable and be expanded and collapsed as needed. This feature enables users to keep the editing process as streamlined as possible. Tangent users will also be excited to discover the most recent patterns pack, aptly titled “Urban Decay.” The brainchild of Ben Guerrette, Urban Decay includes twenty completely unique “environmental” patterned overlays. Inspired…
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ShutterSnitch – iOS Tool App Giveaway – Worth $17.99/£12.99
We mentioned this fabulous app earlier, if you missed that, go here and we’re very pleased to announce that we have a quantity of codes to giveaway, if you haven’t picked it up yet. ShutterSnitch allows the user to wirelessly transfer images to your iPad from your Eye-Fi card or similar (held within your camera). When a Jpeg arrives, ShutterSnitch analyses the shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length and light levels and warns you of anything different from the rules that you have set up. If you would please join our ever expanding Twitter followers and Facebook fans, RETWEET THIS POST and send a reply to the bottom of this…
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Technical Tutorial – DistressedFX – By Jerry Jobe
We’re delighted to published this wonderful tutorial by Jerry Jobe on the very popular effects app for iOS photography, DistressedFX. This app brings quite a sophisticated look to your art and we’re quite sure you will find this tutorial invaluable. Over to you Jerry (foreword by Joanne Carter). “There are times when the perfect finishing touch for an image is a bit of grunge. I’ve already covered two grunge apps that make the image look as though the image was taken through a haze of dust, scratches and light leaks – ScratchCam and Mextures. But there’s a different category of grunge that has a more artistic quality. In this…
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iOS Photography Tool App – ShutterSnitch – Updated
ShutterSnitch has long been a favourite iOS tool app of ours, it allows the user to wirelessly transfer images to your iPad from your Eye-Fi card or similar (held within your camera). When a Jpeg arrives, ShutterSnitch analyses the shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length and light levels and warns you of anything different from the rules that you have set up. Read about the full features below. ShutterSnitch retails for $17.99/£12.99/download Features • Ready for all iPads, iPhone 3GS and up, and iPod touch 3rd gen. and up. • Retina display support. • Slideshow function. • Arrange your shoots in albums. • Lock private albums. • Resize and/or watermark photos before…
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Samsung Galaxy NotePro – Available To Purchase In The UK From Today
Samsung announced that from today, customers in the UK can now buy the Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 from selected retailers including Carphone Warehouse and John Lewis, as well as the Samsung Experience Store at Westfield Stratford City. The Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 is the first device from Samsung’s new PRO tablet range to hit stores. Featuring the world’s first 12.2-inch WQXGA widescreen (16:10) display, the Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 has a defined screen and crystal-clear display making it the perfect device whether you want to create or consume content. Redefining Samsung’s tablet offering, the Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 comes in a sleek and stylish design and boasts a great performance thanks to a super-fast…
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Streets Ahead – Thirty First Edition – Mobile Street Photography
Welcome to the thirty first edition of “Streets Ahead,” a weekly column dedicated to women mobile street photographers. Each week we review and curate work that was submitted to our Flickr Group. In addition to creating a showcase video which features a sampling of submitted work, we also highlight a few images that caught our attention… offering some thoughtful commentary about technique, composition, and subject matter. If you are not a member of our Facebook group… we highly recommend that you join us! This is our space for sharing newsworthy information and conducting discussions (what, when, where, why and how) about Women Photographers/Artists and Street Photography, in general. So, if…
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iOS Photography App – CameraBag 2 – Temporary Price Drop
Yesterday we mentioned the iPad version of the above app – CameraBag 2 HD had a temporary price drop, see here. Today, the iPhone version has also been dropped down to $0.99/£0.69 instead of the more usual $1.99/£1.49. CameraBag 2 is a very popular app for iPhone photography, featuring a vast quantity of styles an adjustments. Check out the features below and click here to download. Features – Elegant, minimalist interface that supports both one-click styles and fine-tuned adjustments – Powerful new hi-fi Analog Engine straight from CameraBag 2 for Mac/PC, for unparalleled image quality – Dozens of free add-on styles available from within the app via the always-growing…
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iOS Photography App – Chalkspiration Now Available For iOS
Chalkspiration became available for Mac on 6 December, see here, and we’re delighted to see that it’s now available for iOS both on the iPhone and iPad. Chalkspiration has been developed by the incredible competent and copious app developer JixiPix, developers of the very popular apps including Dramatic Black & White, Grungetastic, Moku Hanga, PhotoArtista to name a few. ‘Chalkspiration starts by automatically converting your image to chalky outlines with light shading then allows you to place objects from a library of included flourishes, banners, embellishments and fonts. To get started, choose one of our ready to customize preset templates; or create your own using tools from within the app…