Streets Ahead
Streets Ahead is a Column and subsection of TheAppWhisperer.com (one of the largest and most popular mobile photography websites in the world). It is a Column dedicated to sharing and highlighting some of the amazing work done by talented women in this community… as well as exploring the unique and fresh perspective that they bring to this genre. It is brought to you by Cara Gallardo Weil and Gina Costa both with natural flair and talent for mobile street photography. They believe that street photography is ready to move in a new direction and hope you will embark on this journey with them too to explore and debate the aesthetics, techniques, and perspectives that women bring to this new movement.
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URBAN ECHOES: The Art of iPhone Street Photography
URBAN ECHOES: The Art of iPhone Street Photography For generations, street photography has captivated audiences with its raw and unscripted documentation of candid moments in urban settings. The genre has undergone substantial creative evolution over time, yet the core objectives remain: to capture the essence of daily life through a lens of authenticity and an imaginative eye. Inspired by the mid-twentieth-century masters of street photography, I set out to create images with my smartphone that reflect my interpretation of the urban landscape. I am a long-time user and champion of iPhone photography. For more than a decade the device has been a constant companion for me, capturing life’s moments and helping me to…
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Mobile Photography – The Changing Face of Florence with Covid-19 Captured by Dilshad Corleone (@italianbrother)
Last night, I was talking to my good friend, columnist and talented mobile photographer Dilshad Corleone. He relocated from London to Florence last year and has been capturing the changing face of the streets as the coronavirus crisis develops. We have created a showcase of his work and will hopefully add more images to this as time goes on. Stay well Dilshad.
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Mobile Photography – Streets Ahead Interview – Karen Axelrad – Mobile Street Photography
This week, the Women’s Mobile Street Photography Collective (StreetsAhead) is pleased and honoured to feature Karen Axelrad in our interview segment by our co-editor of this group, Cara Gallardo Weil. Thank you both for this, our readers are going to love it! (foreword by Joanne Carter). “I highly recommend a visit to Karen’s gallery on flickr and her instagram account where you will see some of her other work as well as her street photography”. www.flickr.com/photos/karenaxe/ www.instagram.com/iphotami/ Selfie at the Belvedere in Vienna ©Karen Axelrad Please tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. Have you always been interested in photography? I grew up in…
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Mobile Photography – StreetsAhead – Special Edition – Women’s March 21 January 2017
Welcome to our Special Edition – Women’s March of 21 January 2017, StreetsAhead Showcase. Gina Costa and Cara Gallardo Weil our highly talented StreetsAhead Editors have chosen three distinct images to critique. These include images by Donna Donato, Heather Mc Allister and Kate Zari Roberts, as they represent the variety of the kinds of images that tell the story about the International Women’s March. At the heart of this important international event was the collective voice of Women (and Men) that women’s rights are not negotiable. All genders are equal. Women’s bodies are their own and and it should not be up to the politicians to make policy about what…
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Mobile Photography – Streets Ahead – Fifty Second Edition – Women’s Street Photography Collective
Welcome to our fifty second edition of “StreetsAhead,” 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 you are…
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Mobile Photography – Streets Ahead – Fifty First Edition – Women’s Street Photography Collective
Welcome to our fifty first edition of “StreetsAhead,” 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 you are…
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‘Keep The Focus’ – Meditation Techniques for Street Photographers – Free eBook
Many of us either try or do use meditation in our daily routines to aid our well being. Bringing brain and body together, in harmony, can help us deal with many things that we face each day. I need to practice it more, I know that many in our mobile photography community are huge advocates of it, not least our dear friend Carolyn Hall Young, who I know has practised it since she was 16 years old and it has helped her cope with so much. So, with that in mind, I was very interested to learn of this new free eBook ‘Keep the Focus’, which is a practical guide…
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New App on the Streetography
There’s a pretty cool smart new app on the street, going by the name of Streetography. Now this app helps you to explore new areas by crowd sourcing locations and information. It’s like a Maps for Instagram. By utilising 500px, Streetography essentially puts other photographers images on the map to help you explore. By viewing images of streets, through other photographers lenses, it helps you, discern where you might want to visit. Interested in street art? See if you can see any images of street art in that vicinity via the app. This is a new and upcoming app, it aims to branch out with locations portrayed throughout the world.…
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Mobile Photography – Streets Ahead Interview – Paula Betlem – Mobile Street Photography
This is a really insightful and absorbing interview between our hugely talented co-editor of StreetsAhead, Cara Gallardo Weil and the inspirational, fresh and very exciting mobile street photographer, Paula Betlem. Thank you both for this, our readers are going to love it! (foreword by Joanne Carter). “This week, the Women’s Mobile Street Photography Collective (StreetsAhead) is pleased and honoured to feature Paula Betlam in our interview segment. I first noticed Paula’s work when she posted some photos on the Hipstamatic Street Photography page on Facebook. Although relatively new to street photography, she is a keen observer and has a good eye for composition. I highly recommend a visit to Paula’s…
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Apple Reinvents the Wireless Headphone with AirPods
Not so good for stealth mobile street photography… what are your thoughts? Yesterday, Apple introduced AirPods, innovative new wireless headphones that use advanced technology to reinvent how we listen to music, make phone calls, enjoy TV shows and movies, play games and interact with Siri, providing a wireless audio experience not possible before. AirPods eliminate the hassles of wireless headphones, by just flipping open the lid of its innovative charging case and with one tap, they are instantly set up and ready to work with your iPhone and Apple Watch. Advanced sensors know when you are listening and automatically play and pause your music. Using Siri, AirPods allow you to access your favourite personal assistant with just…
