What Apps Are We Using This Month? with Karen Axelrad
Welcome to TheAppWhisperer’s new section, “what apps are we using this month” series, where we discover which apps you are particularly enjoying. Kicking us off today is non-other than Award Winning Mobile Artist, Karen Axelrad.
The second app I have been using lately is Reeflex (or sometimes Slow Shutter) to impart a painterly quality by taking long exposures of people. These photos are often sent to iColorama for color and texture editing, and sometimes into a painting app like Brushstroke or Acquarella. Then I might add a bit of texture with Distressedfx sometimes using my own textures. Often, if I have several versions of a photo, I will blend them in SuperimposeX. SuperimposeX is also excellent for masking.
The third app which I have been using lately is You Gotta See This. It’s a free app and is sometimes referred to as David Hockney style.
When I teach a workshop, I use Snapseed for hands-on sessions because it is free, works on all platforms, and is very versatile. I also frequently use Procreate.
And finally, I am dipping into experimenting with AI. I hope to one day merge my own photos with AI. Wombo Dream is an easy way to start, but I have also tried Midjourney and am Beta-testing Adobe’s Firefly.
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Joanne Carter
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.
