Alternative Processes: Live Bacteria and Incredible Photographic Portraits
Impermanence is a photographic project by South Korean artist Seung-Hwan OH, it’s very unusual. As he explains, ‘I use medium format colour positive film. And I think microbes eat gelatin which make light sensitive chemicles break out’. ‘This creates an aesthetic of entangled creation and destruction that inevitably is ephemeral, and results in complete disintegration of the film so that it can only be delicately digitized before it is consumed’, he said. To find out more about this project and view more images, please go here.
fotograph – Another iOS Photography App Giveaway – TheAppWhisperer.com
We announced news of this new app yesterday from the developers of CameraBag and it’s already proving to be very popular. fotograf is built around classic photography essentials, starting with a large set of minimal filters and adjustments to make high-quality, timeless looks. Fotograf is interactive without being complicated, and it’s fast. It’s also straightforward to use. fotograf has an expandable filter library available, between downloading additional filter sets, saving your own presets, or designing advanced filters from scratch with their CameraBag software for Mac and PC (coming in an update soon, separate purchase required). And of course you can share your photos directly from the app to your favorite…
First Commercial iPhone Portrait Shoot with iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6
The images created by Celebrity Photographer, Humanitarian and founder of OKDOTHIS iPhone app, and the global photographer movement, Help-Portrait, Jeremy Cowart for this iPhone 6 Plus portrait shoot are fabulous, I particularly like the lighting. All the video was shot using the iPhone 6. Jeremy gives some great tips on exposure control and fixing it. He also talks about editing with the default camera app, his first choice. He demonstrates grain perfectly, it’s very well controlled in these images. I’ve attached some of the images from the shoot as well as a video, enjoy. To read more on this story, go here. via Petalpixel
New iOS Photography App – fotograf by CameraBag 2 Developers, Nevercenter
fotograf is built around classic photography essentials, starting with a large set of minimal filters and adjustments to make high-quality, timeless looks. Fotograf is interactive without being complicated, and it’s fast. It’s also straightforward to use. fotograf has an expandable filter library available, between downloading additional filter sets, saving your own presets, or designing advanced filters from scratch with their CameraBag software for Mac and PC (coming in an update soon, separate purchase required). And of course you can share your photos directly from the app to your favorite social networks, or keep them to yourself. It’s also designed to take advantage of iOS 8: it works as an extension…
Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Scientific Review: Bigger and Better – Official Technical Test
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently tested the Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The DxOMark tests represent the official gold standard scientific data and is the industry standard. Kevin/DxOMark have compared the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to notable smartphones in the industry, as well as between each other, as you will see in the report. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they show here, “The DxOMark team reports the iPhone 6 shows “very good overall exposure, impressive autofocus performance in both low and bright…
Hipstamatic Launches ‘Cause Beautiful’ Philanthropic Foundation – Empowering Young People
Hipstamatic have launched a philanthropic foundation called Cause Beautiful, the aim is to help inner-city kids use photography to document their own communities. It has launched under the direction of Luanne Dietz, an Emmy Award Winning Photographer and former staff member at the San Francisco Chronicle. Cause Beautiful is a 501c3 that offers a mobile photography project focused on empowering inner-city youth, along with providing grants to fund photographers and their work. To Cause Change is to Cause Beautiful. “The foundation’s goal is simple.” said Dietz. “We believe that photography has the ability to change the world.” ‘I am really excited about this new foundation launched by Hipstamatic and am…
‘Impossible’ Interview with Meghan Davidson
We’re delighted to be working closer with The Impossible Project team as we continue to branch out and expand our reach with all things related to mobile photography. Analog post-processing of mobile images is becoming more and more popular and we’re going to make sure our readers are fully briefed on this very exciting development. The Impossible Project is in many ways leading the way, but there is also a growing community of mobile artists and photographers experimenting with other analog post processing techniques in an attempt to make their mobile images stand out even more, in galleries, magazines and the like and we have viewed some outstanding images and…
iColorama and iColorama S – On Sale Today
Both the iPhone and iPad versions of iColorama are on sale today. This is a very comprehensive, popular and regularly updated app. Usually both apps retail for $2.99/£1.99 each but today they are available for $1.99/£1.49. Click below to download. iColorama S – iPhone/download iColorama – iPad/download
Flickr Group Showcase – TheAppWhisperer (TAW) – 21 September 2014
This weeks Flickr Group Showcase is another fabulously filled array of incredible mobile photography and art images from all around this world. The depth and talent that all you artists have never ceases to amaze me, it’s an absolute pleasure to curate and view your work each week, thank you. If you would like to be considered for our weekly Flickr Group Showcase, please upload your images to our dedicated Flickr group, for this section, here With many thanks to our Flickr Group Showcase Sponsors – Olloclip.com Each image can be viewed on Flickr by clicking on the relevant artist below: Keisuke Takahashi, Diana Nicholette Jeon, Marco Lamberto, mutablend, Ade…
100-50-1: Fifty of the World’s Most Talented Mobile Photographers
A new exhibition opening in San Francisco next month is gaining momentum. Entitled 100 portraits, 50 photographers, 1 camera, the show is produced in conjunction with The NWBLK. This show is said to feature the work of fifty of the worlds most talented mobile photographers – I am quite sure we could add a lot more to this list. Still, it’s interesting, follow this link to learn more.
