COLUMNISTS
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Gray’s Anatomy – what are you oggling at? – By Richard Gray
“This week saw the launch of Hipstamatic’s long-awaited photo-sharing app. And what have they decided to call their new app, I hear you ask? Well, no doubt after great investment in some expensive Los Angeles PR consultancy, they’ve settled on the name Oggl. OK, yes, like Flickr, Tumblr, Grmblr, they’ve missed out some letters. That’s the first five minutes of the consultant’s fee. But what about the actual meaning of the word. Or the things that people think of when they hear it. Did they road-test it in the UK? Possibly not. Did they even road-test it anywhere? Possibly not. The (presumably American) Urban Dictionary gives as an example of…
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PictureBook – Telling Lies – By Benamon Tame
‘He could feel it building up inside him, a quiet tickle, a subtle shift at first. Too many years of experience let him know it was coming, and as every time before he tried to fight it, tried to find the shape of it as it grew, feel the edges of it so he could find somewhere to push against. The words started to rise up, he felt the weight of them pushing outwards, and despite them he did not have the words to name how it felt. The tickle became shake and a sickly burn as he fought the compulsion that bubbled within him. He barely noticed the twitch…
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‘Streets Ahead’ – Brand New Women’s Street Photography Column By JQ Gaines and Maddy McCoy
We are incredibly excited to announce that JQ Gaines and Maddy McCoy have joined The App Whisperer with a brand new Column entitled ‘Streets Ahead’. JQ Gaines already contributes to Parallel ll Perspectives with Catherine Restivo but this Column is very different and unique, as indeed they are all. The story behind the creation and concept of ‘Streets Ahead’ is an interesting one. One cold February night in 2013, Maddy McCoy and JQ Gaines found themselves walking up 8th Avenue (in NYC), engaged in an animated conversation that centered around a shared belief that women street photographers are under represented in the mobile photography community. Street photography has long been…
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Vision & Voice – ‘What Is Vision, What Is Voice’? – By Cindy Patrick
We are truly delighted to publish our Columnist Cindy Patrick’s first article to her Vision & Voice section with us. This is an incredibly inspiring read and one that we know you are all going to love – don’t miss this. Over to you Cindy (foreword by Joanne Carter). “I started using the iPhone as a creative tool in 2010, and somewhere between then and now I stumbled my way – or should I say “apped” my way – into creating a distinctive personal style. My iPhone is my constant companion, and creating art with it has become my passion. Perhaps you are just starting out and wondering…
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Lola Mitchell Joins The App Whisperer As A New Columnist With An Interactive Workshop
We’re really delighted to welcome Lola Mitchell as a new Columnist to theappwhisperer.com. We previously interviewed Lola in our A Day In The Life and Extension of the I series of interviews and have always been incredibly impressed with her mobile art and photography. We also featured Lola in our Top Mobile Photography Video of 2012, you can see that here. Lola Mitchell is a US based iPhone Photographer. Her work has been featured in many iPhone photography blogs, as well as the LA Mobile Arts Festival 2012. Photography was always part of her life but the iPhone has awaken an imaginary world she did not even know was there,…
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Shirley Drevich Joins The App Whisperer As A New Columnist
We’re delighted to welcome Shirley Drevich as a new Columnist to theappwhisperer.com. We previously interviewed Shirley in our A Day In The Life Series of interviews, if you missed that, please go here. Shirley Drevich received a BFA from Tulane University in New Orleans. She majored in Ceramics and Photography. She went on to do post graduate work for a year at Boston University in Jewelry, established herself there as a jewelry artist and showed her work at contemporary Craft Shows, Art Fairs, museum shops and contemporary craft galleries. She has come full circle and has renewed her passion for photography through the iPhone. She is one of the many…
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Etchings – iPhone Photography App Review
As a postage stamp collector from way back, my eye is always drawn to any artwork that has elaborate etching work. This app, by MindSea Development Inc. allows the user to “…. instantly create beautiful etched illustrations from any photo!” (MindSea.) Recently updated, Etchings doesn’t have much in the way of “bells and whistles” in it’s platform but it does truly deliver etched illustrations…simply and elegantly. It is currently available for $0.99 in the App Store. It also offers an in-app filter set for an additional $0.99. (Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.) Click here to download. I took a look at Etchings just…
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Benamon Tame Joins The App Whisperer As A New Columnist
We’re delighted to welcome Benamon Tame as a new Columnist to theappwhisperer.com. We recently featured Benamon Tame in our interview with the World Photography Organization (WPO), if you missed that, please go here. We also recently published a great article by Benamon – ‘A Toys Story or Finding Loki’, if you missed that, please go here. Benamon is a UK based Photographer, iPhone photographer, writer and Gothic Surrealist. His work has been featured on iPhone photography websites and blogs of note. International Galleried artist including the Mobile Photography Awards 2012, the International iPhoneography Show, LA Mobile Arts Festival 2012 and most recently the Light Impressions at Art Basel Miami. Benamon’s…
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Jennifer Bracewell Joins The App Whisperer As A New Columnist
We’re delighted to welcome Jennifer Bracewell as a new Columnist to theappwhisperer.com. We have featured Jennifer many times on theappwhisperer, from our A Day In the Life of Interview, to an iPhone Tutorial and our A Picture’s Worth section too. Jennifer Bracewell is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a mother, an avid mobile photographer and a music lover with her own personal zoo of very loved pets. Her images have been featured on many websites and blogs as well as in print for publications such as the Sydney Morning Herald. She has also had her work shown in galleries world-wide in venues such as Mobilepixelation…
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Sarah Jarrett Joins The App Whisperer As A New Columnist
We’re delighted to welcome Sarah Jarrett as a new Columnist to theappwhisperer.com. Sarah completed her degree and postgraduate studies at Harrow School of Art & Brighton University in 1992 specializing in Photography. She was singled out in her final year for special bursary prizes from both Kodak and Agfa. After graduating Sarah taught Art, Textiles & Photography in Brighton and continued to exhibit her work in London, Brighton, Cambridge and Norfolk. In 1998 she began to freelance full time and began to experiment with painting onto her own large color photographic prints with oils and sewing onto the surface with a sewing machine in an attempt to develop a unique…
