COLUMNS
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Snapping at heels (quite literally) – By Richard Gray
Although a little later than normal, we couldn’t let Friday go by without Richard Gray’s wonderful Gray’s Anatomy column article. This week Richard discusses iPhoneography and shoe fetishes. Where else can you read original content like this? Over to you Richard. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). Slightly afraid I might be stepping into a PC minefield with this one, but here at Anatomy we like to push the boundaries a bit so let’s give it a go. I was on my way to meet a couple of friends at the über trendy Soho House in the ultra trendy Shoreditch with my wife last Saturday night (he says, already putting himself in…
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Gray’s Anatomy – Boyfriends, shoes and painted nails
By jove, it is Friday again, time seem to fly by faster each week. At theappwhisperer.com, Friday’s mean one thing, Gray’s Anatomy, when Richard Gray sends us his topical humorous article to help our weekends start with aplomb. This weeks column article is no exception, Richard recounts his tales of discovering a creative family nail bar with a Snapseed angle. Don’t miss this, over to you Richard. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). “As I might have mentioned (trying not to brag) I recently visited the United States. After speaking at Macworld in San Francisco, I stopped off in New York to visit a very good friend and some of…
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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…
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Italian Brother – ‘Inspiration’
“Inspiration (from the Latin inspirare, meaning "to breathe into") refers to an unconscious burst of creativity in a literary, musical, or other artistic endeavour. The concept has origins in both Hellenism and Hebraism. The Greeks believed that inspiration came from the muses, as well as the gods Apollo and Dionysus. Similarly, in the Ancient Norse religions, inspiration derives from the gods, such as Odin. Inspiration is also a divine matter in Hebrew poetics. In the Book of Amos the prophet speaks of being overwhelmed by God’s voice and compelled to speak. In Christianity, inspiration is a gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Wikipedia came to my help). Inspiration, then, is the…
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APPart – Mel Harrison Gets Raw And Personal
My muse left! She packed up and disappeared into the night without so much of a note, let alone a forwarding address. I was left staring at a blank screen, zip… Nada… Nothing. Left to my own defences I pulled a pear out making school lunch for my little fellow who started school this week. The leaf grabbed my attention straight away because it is rare to find one on a supermarket bought pear. I gently put it aside and went about my day. It was a shitty day, hot weather with lots of stuff that drained me emotionally so I cut that beautiful pear in half… Then sewed…
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Gray’s Anatomy – ‘Instabragging’
It’s Friday and that means just one thing here at theappwhisperer HQ, Richard Gray’s, Gray’s Anatomy column to help get us into a super relaxed and calm weekend frame of mind. This week, Richard looks at the world of bragging as far as iPhone photography is concerned and ponders what it really means to the rest of us and are we all guilty of it…over to you Richard (Foreword by Joanne Carter). “If you’ve been reading this column for a while, I hope you know me well enough to think I’m not a bragging sort of person. So when I mention that I’m currently over in New…
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dpreview Features Jennifer Bracewell’s Portrayal Column Article ‘Missing Home’
With many thanks to our linked site and great friends over at dpreview for featuring our Columnist, Jennifer Bracewell’s recent article to her Portrayal Column entitled ‘Missing Home’. To read the post at dpreview, please go here. To read the original article go here.
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The New Renaissance – By Sarah Jarrett
We are delighted to publish the first article by Sarah Jarrett for her new Column, The New Renaissance. This Column focuses on the Art of Mobile Photography and investigates the diverse and exciting meeting points between photography, painting, graphic design and digital manipulation happening within iPhoneography. Sarah will look at other artists’ approaches and offer insights into apps and their creative uses. In this article Sarah explains her own career and life path and explains how she started out, how her art developed and progressed and where she is at now. You will love this article, we are sure, over to you Sarah. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). “Photography…
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PictureBook – ‘Barrow House’ – By Benamon Tame
Here’s another superb article by Benamon Tame, we are sure you are going to enjoy this fifth article to his new column PictureBook with us. 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 radical creative article from Benamon, another fabulous article. Over to you Benamon. (foreword by Joanne Carter). “Empty pedestals turned…
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iSights – Channel Your Inner Colonel Sanders – By Janine Graf
We’re so delighted to publish Janine Graf’s third article to her column iSights. This is another very well written and topical article that we have no doubt you are going to enjoy, a lot and completely relate too. Over to you Janine… (foreword by Joanne Carter). Colonel Sanders had felt the sting of rejection too, in fact, he felt it 1,009 times. Harland David “Colonel” Sanders’ fried chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it. One thousand and nine times! The 1,010th time was the charm. With the much anticipated results of the Mobile Photo Awards recently announced, there has been a variety of emotions…