Mobile Photography – Instagram TAKEOVER with @youmobile – Days 3 – 4
We are so excited with our brand new takeover of our Instagram account, take a look at what’s been happening over the past couple of days (foreword by Joanne Carter). “Captured by @sunflowerof21 – A week of celebration and recognition, the loveliest of them all in @youmobile, Elaine, is mostly recognised for her fantastic portraiture work of her family, especially her son. Her use of the colours’ palette with mostly matching subtle pastels like soft colours with the impeccable use of light and shadows make her work truly delight to look, here instead of one of her classic I chose flowers, nonetheless the beauty comes out from whatever she photographs!…
Mobile Photography – Instagram TAKEOVER with @youmobile – Days 1 – 2
We are so excited with our brand new takeover of our Instagram account. This is a period of celebration and recognition, we start firstly with the founding father of @youmobile, one amazing person with a subtle yet precise and sharp eye for the common day to day moments, Milan is his playground, and its people his subjects! This photo, however is different: his love for family is unconditional and here we can see it in first person, framed in a fable like surroundings, his family. Thanks for being who you are Fabio! Day 2 continues with celebration and recognition this time The General of @youmobile, Luison, he has never missed…
ItalianBrother – ‘The Pianist’ – By Dilshad Corleone
We have just published Dilshad Corleone’s latest article to his column, ItalianBrother. This week Dilshad talks us through his intrepid photographic journey from London to Derby, a path I also took a few days before (and will be writing about shortly). Dilshad’s article is full of the sensory stimulations he received throughout the day and will definitely inspire you to take your own photographic journey. Don’t miss this, over to you Dilshad. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). “It’s Easter Sunday, early in the morning. The omens seem to be in my favor: it’s a beautifully cold and sunny day, one of those days that I have long waited. Just…
Italian Brother – A Photographic Journey…
This truly has been one long year, which at times almost felt rushed up! I know! You might be thinking: January is far-gone, what is he mumbling about! Well, I was just thinking about my photographic year, I am reaching my first anniversary and I cannot believe that only yesterday I was sitting in Richard Gray’s iPhoneography class, at least this is what it seems, and yet, almost a year has passed. The good thing, however, is in less then a month I will be enjoying his tutorials again! This has also been such an eventful year, full of surprises, and every day was one from which I’ve learnt and…
Italian Brother – ‘Inspiration’
“Inspiration (from the Latin inspirare, meaning "to breathe into") refers to an unconscious burst of creativity in a literary, musical, or other artistic endeavour. The concept has origins in both Hellenism and Hebraism. The Greeks believed that inspiration came from the muses, as well as the gods Apollo and Dionysus. Similarly, in the Ancient Norse religions, inspiration derives from the gods, such as Odin. Inspiration is also a divine matter in Hebrew poetics. In the Book of Amos the prophet speaks of being overwhelmed by God’s voice and compelled to speak. In Christianity, inspiration is a gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Wikipedia came to my help). Inspiration, then, is the…
Blux Camera For iPad – Review
The app that we are going to look at today, it’s a little jewel of technological advancement, oozing with amazing features. Blux Camera for iPad (£1.49 – $1.99) allows the user a full range of manual control, turning the iPad into an almost proper point and shoot mean machine. What Is It? In a nutshell, Blux Camera is Instagram’s filters meet James Bond’s technology. In this app you can find roughly all types of feature you may need to take and edit your photo. Albeit, you can benefit from this only while using it in real time, for there are no post processing options and one will not…
BlurFX – Tutorial – Using Blur To Improve Your Mobile Images
Recently we published two similar articles by our Columnist ItalianBrother aka Dilshad Corleone, in the first one he used the app Big Lens, in the second he used After Focus. This time Dilshad takes us through the paces of using a similar technique with BlurFX. Over to you Dilshad (foreword by Joanne Carter). A few days ago I was having a lovely conversation with my very good IG friend Ian Garrington (@iangarrington on Instagram), about the various blurring apps that one can find around. At one point he said something that made me come up with an idea, one of those moments when a light-bulb lights up over your…
After Focus – Tutorial – Using Blur To Improve Your Mobile Images
Recently we published a similar article by our Columnist ItalianBrother aka Dilshad Corleone but that time he used the Big Lens app – if you missed that article, go here. This time Dilshad takes us through the paces of using a similar technique with After Focus. Over to you Dilshad (foreword by Joanne Carter). A few days ago I was having a lovely conversation with my very good IG friend Ian Garrington (@iangarrington on Instagram), about the various blurring apps that one can find around. At one point he said something that made me come up with an idea, one of those moments when a light-bulb lights up over…
Big Lens – Tutorial – Using Blur To Improve Your Mobile Images
A few days ago I was having a lovely conversation with my very good IG friend Ian Garrington (@iangarrington on Instagram), about the various blurring apps that one can find around. At one point he said something that made me come up with an idea, one of those moments when a light-bulb lights up over your head… If you are in the business of completing online surveys or if your job requires you to view webpages continuously in a day, then you probably got your fingers hurting because of endless mouse clicking. Auto Clicker download could be the solution to your painfully repetitive task. So here it is, the first…
Tutorial: From conception to birth, a walkthrough of one of my photos by Dilshad Corleone aka Italian Brother
We recently interviewed Dilshad Abdulla aka Italian Brother in our A Day In The Life series, if you missed that, please go here. We were so impressed with Dilshad’s iPhone photography that we asked him if he would write a tutorial for us of one of his amazing images. Fortunately for us all, Dilshad was more than happy to oblige. Over to Dilshad… (foreword by Joanne Carter) ‘A lot of my friends and fellow instagramers often ask me how do I do it, or what do I use to edit my photos. So here we go: this is a step-by-step tutorial of one of my favorite photos’… Introduction Instagram: @italianbrother…
