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Mobile Photography – StreetWise, January 2017 – Ninth Challenge – ‘Animals in the Street’
“Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticism.” George Eliot Hello Everyone! Welcome to our Ninth StreetWise Challenge Showcase ‘Animals in the Street.’ We are thrilled to share it with you! Thank you so much for participating and sharing your wonderful photographs. Lee and I were delighted by all the beautiful submissions to this fun challenge. It was particularly fascinating for us to see how animals interact with us and in the streets in neighbourhoods from around the world. As always, Lee and I hope you enjoy the showcase as much as we enjoyed putting it together. A reminder — we choose images for the…
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Mobile Photography – StreetWise – Tenth Challenge “Lines in the Street”
Welcome to our Tenth StreetWise Challenge ‘Lines in the Street.’ This is a fun theme for a challenge and a prevailing one in photography! “While we are working, we must be conscious of what we’re doing.” Henri Cartier-Bresson Many street photographers when they go out taking street photos are looking at how they can create strong compositions with the use of lines. Others have predominant lines in their photos without intentionally searching them out, but, the inclusion of lines can help make the image a strong one. Lines are a powerful tool for directing the viewer’s eye and attention to the main subject of a photograph. Compositional lines can be…
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Personal Mobile Photo Story with Marguerite Khoury
“Contentment with who we are allows us to be free of the pressure to stay everlasting young. Believing that time and ageing can be stopped, is a fairy tale. One of the many benefits of ageing is wisdom and the wise, are very beautiful”. (foreword by Joanne Carter). Photographs and text by Marguerite Khoury She was innocent. Looking at her reflection, smoothing out her hair. Lost in trance. Suddenly the sound of her mothers words echoed in her ears, stop looking at yourself. It’s not nice to be vain. What would you do if you where any more pretty?” Years passed and she never put much thought into…
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Mobile Photography StreetWise Eighth Challenge Results ‘People Working on the Street’
“The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany” Rebecca Solnit Hello Everyone! Welcome to our Eighth StreetWise Challenge ‘People Working in the Street.’ We are thrilled to share it with you! Thank you so much for participating and sharing your wonderful photographs. Lee and I were delighted by all the beautiful submissions to this fun challenge. It was particularly fascinating for us to see how people work in the streets in neighbourhoods from around the world and our showcase beautifully reflects a global coming together. As always, Lee and I hope you enjoy the showcase as much as we enjoyed putting it together. A…
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Mobile Movies ‘Yes, Travel!’ Challenge Results
We are delighted to publish our results of our ‘Yes, Travel!’ Challenge. This Challenge invited you to observe the vehicles around you and to produce a short movie featuring cars, metro, bus, bicycle, train or any other means of transport. Many thanks to all who took up this challenge and congratultions on the following for being featured: Karen Axelrad, Image Artistry, Oskinga, Liliana Schwitter and Cristina Rossi.
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Mobile Photography – StreetWise Showcase – December 2016
“I go out every day. When I get depressed at the office, I go out, and as soon as I’m on the street and see people, I feel better. But I never go out with a preconceived idea. I let the street speak to me.” Bill Cunningham Hello everyone! Firstly, we’d like to wish you all a wonderful and inspired New Year. It has been an incredible last several months of seeing and sharing your photos here with you all on StreetWise. We hope that you feel supported and appreciated – we are grateful for the talent you share. Thank you all for submitting your images to our StreetWise Flickr…
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Mobile Photography – StreetWise – Ninth Challenge – ‘Animals on the Street’
Hello Everyone! The theme of our next challenge is ‘Animals on the Street.’ “I try to frame in terms of what I want to include. I don’t think about pictures. When I photograph. I see life. That’s all there is – in my viewfinder.” Garry Winogrand We hope you enjoy this theme as ‘streets’ and the animals that inhabit them are intimately connected. Whether the animals are domesticated, trained, loved and adored by their owners or birds maneuvering their way through the open air of the streets, they are an integral part of the urban landscape. We are very excited to view your submissions each month and look forward to…
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Mobile Art – AppArt – ‘My Favourite Things’ Challenge
We are delighted to announce a brand new AppArt Challenge! The details are listed below and the selected images will be presented in a showcase shortly after the challenge is closed. We cannot wait to view your entries!!! Photos: minimum of 3 Post the final image on https://www.flickr.com/groups/2801576@N20/ Post both the final image and your 3+ original images on our FB page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1406678516270241/ Apps: minimum of 2 Identify your apps in both Flickr and FB Subject: “My favorite things” Here’s some inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IagRZBvLtw What are YOUR favorite things, the song is just inspiration Number of Entries: Maximum of 3 Post only your best images … up to 3 of them.…
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TheAppWhisperer Portrait of An Artist – Twenty Third Video Showcase
You were all invited and wow, did you show up! Our ingeniously talented and fabulous editor, Ile Mont, of our Portrait of an Artist Column has curated the most incredible set here. Each artists’ work is so high end. wish I could invite you all into one room, I want to see you all holding your heads high. You made this art, and you put it out there. If we could, we would host the most spectacular party with all of you, so many congratulations to you all for being featured, including: Mariette Schrijver, Manuela Basaldella, Damian De Souza, Elisa Badoiu, Lorenka Campos, Sandra Becker, Pat Brown, Louise Whiting, Vanessa…
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Viral Smartphone Photography & Video Techniques – Taking Great Food Photos On Your Smartphone | David Loftus (Jamie Oliver’s Food Photographer)
Sony and Jamie Oliver’s food photographer David Loftus, have joined ranks to offer some tips on how to capture the perfect Christmas dinner using the Sony Xperia XZ. A trend that is ever growing, food photography, will be an even hotter topic across social media this time of year, so Sony has teamed up with renowned food photographer David Loftus to give his top tips on showing off your festive gastronomical delights using your smartphone. We have published a video below featuring David Loftus using the Xperia XZ to capture food. Enjoy!