New Mobile Photography Workshop – With Meri Walker and Annie Helmsworth in Alaska!
I am delighted to announce a fabulous new mobile photography workshop hosted by Meri Walker and Annie Helmsworth. Over the past two years, sharing their passion for iPhone photography in social media both Meri Walker (aka iPhoneArtGirl) and Annie Helmsworth (aka Elfin Kennel), developed a deep connection. With Meri living in southern Oregon and Anne in rural Alaska last summer they joked back and forth about Meri hitchhiking to the North Pole Alaska to see Anne and her mushing team, this set the wheels in motion and the two mobile photographers began exploring in earnest for a way to meet (and possibly teach together) in person. The Alaska Folk School,…
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference Kicks Off June 8 at San Francisco’s Moscone West
Apple today announced that it will hold its 26th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 8 through June 12 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, with more sessions than ever before streamed to developers. At WWDC, Apple’s renowned developer community will come together to learn about the future of iOS and OS X, helping them continue to create the most innovative apps in the world. WWDC will feature more than 100 technical sessions, over 1,000 Apple engineers, hands-on labs to help developers integrate new technologies and fine tune their apps, as well as the Apple Design Awards which showcase the best new apps in the last year. “The App Store ignited an app…
Mobile Photography/Art – Pic of the Day (76) – via Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day seventy six of our new Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer Today, we congratulate @utopiayana with this wonderful image below ‘‘Galatea ~”. Please also check out her Instagram feed, it’s full of beautiful sensual images.
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – Winner Announced – 14 April 2015
Huge congratulations to our APPart Color of the Day with Pantone Daily Challenge winner. Yesterday’s Color of the Day was Rococco Red (18-1652) with the adjectives and nouns, ‘Creative Builder, Persistent and Influential’. We feel that @rubyreddream – Lisa Peters, has captured the essence of these with this wonderful image ‘Too Many Marys‘, please check out her Instagram account, it’s fabulous. Today’s ‘Color of the Day’ is Hibiscus (18-1762) and the accompanying descriptives are ‘Determined, Persuasive and Sparkly’. So, we would like to see your creations using this colour in combination with those words, if possible. It’s a challenge after all! To take part in this challenge, please create an…
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – ‘Hibiscus’ – TheAppWhisperer
Many of you have already seen our new segment to our APPart column here at TheAppWhisperer, edited by Bobbi McMurry. We would like to inspire all mobile artists to create one image a day using the selected colour of Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ – see here (we will announce the colour each day). As well a ‘Color of the Day’, Pantone also link that colour with adjectives and/or nouns. For your information Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ was originally created by renowned astrologer Michele Bernhardt – you can read more about her here. Today’s ‘Color of the Day’ is Hibiscus (18-1762) and the accompanying descriptives are ‘Determined, Persuasive…
iOS Photography App Giveaway – Facetune – TheAppWhisperer
From the developers of the Number 1 paid Photo & Video iOS app in the US and UK Enlight, comes the Number 2 most popular paid app in the US and UK, Facetune – what a great team Lightricks Ltd are. Facetune allows to you to remove blemishes and generally improve appearances for portraiture. It’s a hugely successful app and usually retails for $3.99/£2.99. If you would like to be in with a chance to win a promotional code for Facetune, we would like you to like us on Facebook (here), follow us on Twitter (here) – and most importantly reply to this post and tell us what you love…
Mobile Photography/Art Competition – FIPA/TheAppWhisperer Special Award – ‘Gates of Paradise’
17 June 2015 – Update – I have now juried this part of the fabulous FIPA competition and my decision has been agreed with Andrea Bigiarini – the announcement will take place tomorrow the 18 June 2015 at 6 PM – CEST – that’s 5 pm London Time, 12 noon New York Time. Dilshad Corleone will read out the speech that I have prepared for the presentation of the Gates of Paradise Award as I cannot attend in person. There are two beautiful prizes and it’s going to be truly wonderful! In association with the NEM the Florence International Photography Awards (FIPA), Joanne Carter TheAppWhisperer has created a special mobile…
Mobile Photography/Art – Pic of the Day (75) – via Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day seventy five of our new Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer Today, we congratulate @polylm – Marco Lamberto with this wonderful image below ‘‘Men at Work”. Please also check out his Instagram feed, it’s full of inspiring images.
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – ‘Rococco Red’ – TheAppWhisperer
Many of you have already seen our new segment to our APPart column here at TheAppWhisperer, edited by Bobbi McMurry. We would like to inspire all mobile artists to create one image a day using the selected colour of Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ – see here (we will announce the colour each day). As well a ‘Color of the Day’, Pantone also link that colour with adjectives and/or nouns. For your information Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ was originally created by renowned astrologer Michele Bernhardt – you can read more about her here. Today’s ‘Color of the Day’ is Rococco Red (18-1652) and the accompanying descriptives are ‘Creative…
The Guardian – ‘Camera-makers focus on adapting to smartphones’ market surge’
Interesting article by my friend Charles Arthur (Contributing Writer for The Guardian, previously the Guardian’s Technology Editor) this morning. He talks about the demise of camera sales since 2006, starting there of course with film. Arthur discusses the research & development and money that is being poured into smartphone development. He cites my partner (Kevin Carter’s) test results in DXOMark’s testing in October where the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus reached the top of the camera site – see here. The conclusion to this piece focuses on sensors, smartphones are in need of larger sensors. "Sony announced recently that it’s going to increase its production of image sensors…
