What Apps Are We Using This Month? with Paul-André Hamel
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, Paul-André Hamel.
I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Retired from a local government, I really started working with an iPhone in 2016. Today, I use an Phone 13 Pro and an iPad Pro for editing. Like many others, I only use photos taken with my phone that I transform to create an atmosphere, awaken an emotion, or simply tell a story. And that’s what makes this job so exciting.
I use several applications but the most common are: SlowShutter for creating silhouettes and sometimes landscapes, SuperimposeX for integrating characters, iColorama, DistressedFX+ and Reflect for transforming landscapes, and TouchRetouch for the final touch up.
Here, the landscape was created with SlowShutter and transformed using iColorama and DistressedFX+. The character, photographed on the street with Slowshutter, was added in with SuperimposeX and touched up with TouchRetouch.
My characters are usually photographed either on the street or in a museum. Here, the man is looking at a painting at an exhibition. First, I created a landscape with Decim8 and reworked with Distressedfx+. Then, I integrated the silhouette into the landscape with SuperimposeX. I used Formulas to create a dreamlike blur. And finally, I reworked it with TouchRetouch.
The last picture was taken at an exhibition. I completely transformed the scene using iColorama. The red rectangle was integrated with SuperimposeX and some edits has been made with TouchRetouch.
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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)
