Top 10 Finalists Announced For The MPA’s Grand Prize
Well it’s been a very busy time for myself and the other six Judges that make up the MPA Grand Prize Jury this year but we have now agreed on a top 10 shortlist, one of these incredibly talented mobile photographers/artists will take home the $3,000 prize and will be announced tomorrow. This year’s Top 10 Finalists are: Roger Clay, Marie Matthews, Souichi Furusho, Gusbano, Sarah Jarrett, Melissa Vincent, Alfred Pleyer, Helen Breznik, Edyta Lipinska and Lene Basma. We will announce the overall winner tomorrow, so look out for that. Every single artist has once again contributed truly outstanding work and it has been an absolute pleasure to view their…
Apple Updates Processors & Prices of MacBook Pro with Retina Display
Apple is making the MacBook Pro with Retina display faster and more affordable with updated processors and lower starting prices. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now starts at $1,499/£1,249 inc VAT for 128GB of flash, and $1,699/£1,449 inc VAT for a new 2.6 GHz processor and 256GB of flash. The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now features a faster 2.4 GHz quad-core processor, and the top-of-the-line 15-inch notebook comes with a new 2.7 GHz quad-core processor and 16GB of memory. Apple today also announced that the 13-inch MacBook Air with 256GB of flash has a new lower price of $1,399/£1,199 inc VAT. The MacBook Pro with Retina display features…
PictureBook – ‘The Burden of Self-Minerva’ – By Benamon Tame
Benamon does it again, with another fantastic sixth article for his Column PictureBook. In PictureBook Benamon concentrates on the the story behind the image. As Benamon himself describes it: ‘As Photographic artists we do not just capture stories but create them, the journey behind and the image we present. PictureBook draws on Images selected from my own story series but will also look at the work of the other story tellers within the community’. Don’t miss this incredibly creative article from Benamon, another great piece. Over to you Benamon…. (foreword by Joanne Carter). “Before her glass eyes the toys moved around, but she did not see them. Like flickering images…
Pixa – Our Daily App Giveaway – Worth $30
Welcome once again to our Daily App Giveaway section of theappwhisperer. We value our readers so much and that’s why we want to share our love of apps with you. Each day we give away free apps, better make us your home page 😉 Today, we’re giving away a Mac app, not mobile app, for organising your images. It’s quite a comprehensive progam and maybe enough to help you kick start your projects. To read up more about this app, please go to their homepage here. Would you like to try it for free? Join our ever expanding Twitter followers and Facebook fans, RETWEET THIS POST and send a reply…
A Day in The Life of Jun Yamaguchi / monowave – An Outstanding And Hugely Talented Mobile Photographer/Artist
Welcome to our very exciting column on theappwhisperer.com. This section entitled “A Day in the Life of…” is where we take a look at some hugely influential, interesting and accomplished individuals in the mobile photography world… people that we think you will love to learn more about. This is our seventy ninth installment of the series. If you have missed our previous interviews, please go here. Today we are featuring Jun Yamaguchi also known as monowave. Jun was born in Japan where he currently lives. As a child he loved to read books and draw pictures but before he knew it, he had stopped drawing or painting. He then describes…
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Process – Our Daily App Giveaway – Worth $14.99/£10.49
Welcome once again to our Daily App Giveaway section of theappwhisperer. We value our readers so much and that’s why we want to share our love of apps with you. Each day we give away free apps, better make us your home page 😉 Today, we’re giving away the recently updated Process app. Process is a very comprehensive photo editing app for your iOS device and this new update includes a host of features that you’re sure to enjoy. Would you like to try it for free? Join our ever expanding Twitter followers and Facebook fans, RETWEET THIS POST and send a reply to the bottom of this page telling…
Laminar Pro – Image Editor – Updated – Now With Iris Filters
You may recall we announced the new version of Iris Photo Suite recently, being Laminar Pro. The problem with it was that the filters that users loved in Iris had not been ported over to Laminar Pro. Well now they have, in this latest update, Grunge/ Vintage/ LoFi filters are now part of the vintage section on Laminar. The Grunge frames, are part of set of border frames in Laminar. Also they have added back the ColorBalance control, it can be accessed as Edit -> Filters ->ColorBalance. As well as that in Blur/Sharpen added ZoomBlur. There was also a crash issue in the save routine and this has now been…
XnSketch – Temporarily Free
XnSketch is another popular app that enables you to turn your images into photos and cartoons quite easily. Usually this app retails for $0.99/£0.69 but today you can pick it up for free. Click here to download,
Big Lens – Temporarily Free
A popular app, Big Lens, is going free right now. Usually this app retails for $0.99/£0.69 but today you can pick it up for free. Click here to download,
Simply B&W To Joining The Fotosyn Stable of Apps
A few weeks ago, Brian Kennedy of Mr B Ware, author of Simply B&W began discussions with James Moore from Fotosyn about looking after and taking on the presence of Simply B&W in the App Store. The handover will soon be complete with the app reappearing in the next week, Simply B&W is one of the stalwart apps in the App Store. It’s hugely respected for its simplicity and effectiveness. That’s something that James very much believes in what apps should do – a set number of tasks but doing them well. Simply B&W definitely has an enviable reputation in the App Store and it is something that he will…
