Oggl – New Social Network For Creative Photographers From Hipstamatic
The British Journal of Photography, the world’s longest running photography magazine, established in 1854 which our technical camera reviewer , Kevin Carter, writes for today unveiled that Hipstamatic have launched a new social network for ‘creative’ photographers. Oggl “is said to offer a brand new way to experience Hipstamatic’s filters, “and for the first time ever, directly connects the Hipstamatic community and like-minded creatives from around the world,” says the San Francisco-based start-up in a statement released last night” according to BJP today. “From the editorial spreads of Harper’s Bazaar to the cover of Time magazine to the pages of pages of The New York Times, Hipstamatic photographers have had…
Camera Comparison – Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, Nokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 5
Gizmodo recently published a large smartphone camera test to try to decifer which smartphone, out of the Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, Nokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 5 is the ‘best’. They tested them in “four common situations, two in daylight and two in a blacked out corner of the office”. Had we carried out this test ourselves in our own lab with our resident camera reviewer, also BJP contributor and DxO optics reviewer, Kevin Carter, it would have been very different. But, it’s interesting to note the winner that Gizmodo selected was actually for a joint overall place between the HTC One and the Nokia Lumia…
Nokia Lumia 928 VS iPhone 5 & Samsung Galaxy S III – Video Shootout
Nokia have published a video demonstrating the video quality of the Lumia 928 complated with the Apple iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S III in low light conditions. The Lumia 928 will be unveiled next week by the company, it will come with a 8.7 mp camera with Carl Zeiss optics and optical image stabilisation. Inside it will run Windows Phone 8 OS and will come preloaded with a stack of Nokia’s preloaded apps. Take a look at the video below, but don’t be too surprised by the outcome…
KLYPAPP – New iOS App From Manfrotto
This brand new app from Manfrotto compliments the KLYP case, which is the first iPhone case designed specifically by Manfrotto. It has the added advantage of allowing you to mount Manfrotto LED light units as well as allowing your iPhone to be fitted to a tripod or other camera support. Take a look at the vide below to learn more about the KLYP case from Manfrotto. The new KLYPAPP will take a shot when you clap your hands but it also does a little more and will allow you to edit your images too. As well as the standard editing features, in addition there is a Night mode to increase…
Diptic – Updated
Diptic is a very popular mobile photography app that allows you to create some incredible collages. It has just been updated with improved Instagram integration, what this means is that you can import your images from Instagram into Diptic. There’s also a new option to select the background color when you have rounded outside borders turned on. There are 14 new layouts, this brings the total of free layouts to 179. Also, there is integration with Postcards, which means you can send postcards through postal mail from your iPad (this feature was previously only available for iPhone and iPod Touch). This is a free update, if you have previously downloaded…
Process – Updated and Temporary Price Drop
Process is a universal powerful photo editing app and its just been updated to include blend modes and sharp and accurate effect previews, there are also performance and stabilty improvements. To celebrate this update, the developers have dropped the price from $14.99/£10.49 to just $2.99/£1.99. Click here to download.
Professional Photographer Photographs Same Tree Every Day for One Full Year – With An iPhone
petalpixel picked up this story of Mark Hirsch, a 52 year old photojournalist who one day, decided to photograph a tree, close to his home everyday for one year. It started by accident, he had purchased a new iPhone and took a shot of the tree one evening drenched in beautiful light. From March 23, 2012 Mark continued to photograph the tree and has named his project ‘That Tree”. We have published some of the images below, but you can see, how time went on how close Mark became to that tree, he started to get an initimate feel for the light, seasons, macro world and so much more. Take…
The App Nerds Workshop – By Lola Mitchell With Sara Tune
We’re delighted to published the latest article to Lola Mitchell’s App Nerds Workshop Column. In this article, Lola colloborates with her friend and also very well known mobile photographer Sara Tune, don’t miss this…(foreward by Joanne Carter). “Sara Tune is the person that made me discover iphone photography and its potential. I consider her an extremely talented photographer and artist and she is also a friend. Two weeks ago she came over to my house and we tried taking photos of each other to change from our self portraits. I thought it was extremely challenging and I learned a lot from it. Today she agreed to share her steps…
Alien Sky – Temporarily Free
Alien Sky is temporarily free today, it’s an effects app from the same developers as LensFlare and LensLight. It quite popular and usually retails for $0.99/£0.69. Click here to download.
The App Whisperer – Flickr Group Showcase – May 5, 2013
We have put together another very special Flickr group showcase , our sixteenth of 2013 with some of our favorite images and some great new talent that have been uploaded to our Flickr group – Mobile Photography & Imagery, this week. The quality of submissions continues to rise, so we have decided to make our showcases that much bigger to incorporate as much of this stunning mobile art and photography as we can and to get it out to a wider audience. Each image can be viewed on Flickr by clicking on the relevant artist below: Clearer Reflections, J.A.D.A., Thomas Kakareko, Catherine Restivo, Nettie Edwards, riaarseth2010, iquanyin moon, borisbschulz, Takahumi…
