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New iBook – ‘A Touch of Light’ by Luis Perez and Giveaway!

We are so excited to reveal our Photo Education & Accessiblitiy Editor Luis Perez’ new iBook has been published by Apple – A Touch of Light. “You don’t have to see to have vision.” That is the Luis’ motto as a person with a significant visual impairment who uses photography to educate others on the importance of inclusive design. This book focuses on the what, why and how of adaptive photography with iOS devices. A number of video tutorials show how the author is able to capture, edit and share photos with the help of the accessibility features built into iOS devices and a number of photography apps. A framework for incorporating photography into inclusive classroom activities is also discussed.

This book is available to purchase in the iBooks store for $0.99/£0.49 but we have a number of promo codes for our loyal readers. All you need to do is reply to this post, telling us what you love most about theappwhisperer.com and we will select some winners.

This is a link to download a sample or purchase the complete book

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Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.

12 Comments

  • Jesus Arboleya

    Thanks for this Giveway.
    I’d like Giveway, reviews, news and tutorials sections.

  • Liana Bloodworth

    You lead the pack in cutting edge updates on all things relating to mobile photography. I would be lost without this wealth of information (and entertainment!)

  • Egmont van Dyck

    Delighted to see that more iBooks are being written about mobile photography. I would love to win a promo code to review the book and share my findings.

  • Miça Quartey

    Ooh another giveaway. Just love this site. Looking forward to the ebook

  • Miça Quartey

    Ooh another giveaway. Just love this site. Looking forward to the ebook. I look forward to the posts too

  • Edith

    A Touch of Light could be some more great lessons for me to evolve my simple point and shoot way of taking pictures. Would love to receive a promo code.

  • Milena

    Yeey! The top 5 apps column is back and so are the giveaways! 😛 I love this site <3