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Streets Ahead – Challenge 5 – ‘Selfies’ – Showcase
Welcome to the showcase for our fifth challenge ‘Selfies in the style of Vivian Maier’. The objective of these challenges is to help us collectively practice and perhaps learn some new techniques. Each challenge will be based either on a shooting technique or perhaps a theme. We would like Streets Ahead to be and interactive group, and for members to try to participate in the challenges. If you are a woman street photographer, please join our growing community (see links below). With many congratulations to Armineh Hovanesian, Arijana Gurdon, Cara Gallardo Weil, Cecily Batey Caceu, Dani Salvadori, Gina Costa, Liz Traynor,Anne-Martine Parent, Stef Lp, Vanessa Vox, Giulia Baita and Lee Atwell Flickr Group (for weekly showcase submissions) Flickr…
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Portrait of an Artist Interview with Roger Guetta by Jennifer Bracewell
We are delighted to publish our sixth Portrait of an Artist interview to this very special column, edited by Jennifer Bracewell. This week Jennifer has interviewed Roger Guetta who is not only one of our wonderful Columnists, see here but also a wonderful artist and Professor of Theatre Arts in Montreal, where he has worked for 30 years. Prior to that Roger spent many years in the field running his own theatre, painting and experimenting in photographic techniques. He has also been involved in the film business as screenwriter and producer. His works during that period where shown in both Montreal and Toronto galleries. Over to you Jen, (foreword by…
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Streets Ahead – Thirty Seventh Edition – Mobile Street Photography
Welcome to the thirty seventh edition of “Streets Ahead,” a weekly column dedicated to women mobile street photographers. Each week we review and curate work that was submitted to our Flickr Group. In addition to creating a showcase video which features a sampling of submitted work, we also highlight a few images that caught our attention… offering some thoughtful commentary about technique, composition, and subject matter. If you are not a member of our Facebook group… we highly recommend that you join us! This is our space for sharing newsworthy information and conducting discussions (what, when, where, why and how) about Women Photographers/Artists and Street Photography, in general. So, if…
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Streets Ahead Interview: Liz Traynor – Mobile Street Photography
This week, the Women’s Street Photography Collective (Streets Ahead) is pleased and honored to feature Liz Traynor in our interview segment. I first noticed Liz’s work when I joined the Streets Ahead group on Flickr. Her photographs immediately stood out for me – she has a great eye and ability to capture the narrative. It is fascinating to read the stories behind her photographs and I love that she has a gift for titling her images just right, and often with a sense of humor. I highly recommend a visit to her galleries. You can find Liz @Ferguscat1 on Flickr. Liz Traynor ‘Liz Traynor’ – ©Liz Traynor Please tell…
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Mobile Movies Showcase – Week 34 – by Donna Donato
Welcome back to the thirty-fourth article in the column, Mobile Movies. We at TheAppWhisperer have been inspired by the Flickr upgrade of 1 Terabyte of storage for everyone and have wanted to launch a mobile movie section for some time. Now seems to be perfect, the new Flickr upgrade will allow for a full three minutes of 1080p HD quality video per single film and you can have as many as you have storage space for. Each week I (you can find me on Flickr here) will curate the movie uploads to our new Flickr group –MobileMoviesTheAppWhisperer – I will view all the videos uploaded and comment on the chosen ones. ”The…
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Portrait of an Artist Interview with Heather McAllister by Jennifer Bracewell
We are delighted to publish our fifth Portrait of an Artist interview to this very special column, edited by Jennifer Bracewell. This week Jennifer has interviewed Heather McAllister, an incredible artist and one that I am very pleased to learn more about, you will be too. Over to you Jen, (foreword by Joanne Carter). (We also have a dedicated Facebook group set up for this Column too – please join us here. Jennifer regularly adds and contributes to this. In addition we have set up a Flickr Group dedicated to this column. We would like you to send all your portraiture here and we will select images for curation and…
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Mobile Photo Essays – Tips On Structuring Yours
Hopefully you have seen and read our introductory article with excellent tips to get you started creating your own Mobile Photo Essays, if not, please go here. This article will give you ideas on structuring your photo essay, there’s nothing cast in stone. You may wish to use a combination of these options. Process If your photo essay is demonstrating how something is created (literal or not) from beginning to end then this is a good format. It could be the creation of an art painting, or something like an arrest – both are relevant. Chronology This does not have to be ‘real time’ it can be implied but…
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Mobile Photo Essays – Some Great Tips!
I have detailed below some excellent tips to create your own Mobile Photo Essays. I’ve also added a few links to some excellent favorite essays of my own. Go here to read our Structuring Tips Wonderful example photo essay links: NYTimes MotherJones Magnumphotos Time Lightbox Photo Essay Tips – Signature Photo A photo that summarizes the entire issue and illustrates essential elements of the story. This might be a photo of woman — maybe your main character — as with the example above and the link here to the complete photo Essay. Establishing or Overall Shot A wide-angle shot to establish the scene.The idea of the establishing shot is…
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‘Mobile Macro Photography’ – New Column by MaryJane Sarvis
We are delighted to announce a brand new Column on theappwhisperer.com today entitled ‘Mobile Macro Photography’. This Column will be edited by MaryJane Sarvis and will include interviews, articles and showcases with macro mobile photographers. We have a dedicated Facebook group set up for this Column too – please join us here. MaryJane will be regularly adding and contributing to this and we are sure it will follow with the same success as our Streets Ahead and Portrait of An Artist columns. In addition, we have set up a Flickr Group dedicated to this column. We would like you to send all your portraiture here and we will select images…
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Streets Ahead Interview: Dani Salvadori – Mobile Street Photography
This week, the Women’s Street Photography Collective (Streets Ahead) is pleased and honored to feature Dani Salvadori in our interview segment. Her street photography varies from urban city scenes to beach life. As a keen observer of people, Dani has been able to capture the interaction – people’s behaviour and how they relate to each other and the environment that they are in. She lives in London, but also spends a lot of time in Scarborough, in North Yorkshire. I highly recommend a visit to her galleries. Dani can be found @danisalvadori on Flickr and Instagram. Dani Salvadori ©Dani Salvadori Please tell us a little bit about yourself and…



























