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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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Fabulous New Mobile Photography Book by Dilshad Corleone – Ink Mirrors!
We are delighted to publish news of this fabulous new iBook by our contributor Dilshad Corleone. Ink Mirrors is full of vivid imagery and memorable descriptions. Corelone who captured all the mobile images within this book at the London Tattoo Convention 2015, takes on the mystery and psychology of the exhilarating world of tattoos, and their models. Corleone has created a stunning photo book, full of passion with an evocative sense of place and subtle insights into the minds as well as the bodies of these tattoo fanatics. This book is respectful and pays homage to the incredible assortment of characters throughout. It’s eccentric and surreal. Highly recommended. Ink Mirrors…
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Italian Brother – The Birth of ‘The Picture Project’
We are delighted to publish Dilshad Corleone’s (Italian Brother’s) latest Column article today. Dilshad has become involved with an incredibly exciting project, one that unites photography, film and music in the best possible way. I will let him tell you more about the birth of this project but wanted to let you know that this is a series and this is Part 1. In future regular issues Dilshad will be sharing tips and tricks and many of the images he captures along the way. This is a project that in many ways knows no bounds and we’re so excited to publish it exclusively here. Over to you Dilshad (foreword by…
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ItalianBrother – ‘The Pianist’ – By Dilshad Corleone
We have just published Dilshad Corleone’s latest article to his column, ItalianBrother. This week Dilshad talks us through his intrepid photographic journey from London to Derby, a path I also took a few days before (and will be writing about shortly). Dilshad’s article is full of the sensory stimulations he received throughout the day and will definitely inspire you to take your own photographic journey. Don’t miss this, over to you Dilshad. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). “It’s Easter Sunday, early in the morning. The omens seem to be in my favor: it’s a beautifully cold and sunny day, one of those days that I have long waited. Just…
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Italian Brother – A Photographic Journey…
This truly has been one long year, which at times almost felt rushed up! I know! You might be thinking: January is far-gone, what is he mumbling about! Well, I was just thinking about my photographic year, I am reaching my first anniversary and I cannot believe that only yesterday I was sitting in Richard Gray’s iPhoneography class, at least this is what it seems, and yet, almost a year has passed. The good thing, however, is in less then a month I will be enjoying his tutorials again! This has also been such an eventful year, full of surprises, and every day was one from which I’ve learnt and…
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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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ItalianBrother – ‘My Photographic Journey’
Don’t miss ItalianBrother (Dilshad Corleone’s) latest column article with us, Dilshad takes us on a wonderful trip down memory lane and reminds us all how important it is to never stop shooting. Over to you Dilshad…(foreword by Joanne Carter). “Passport – check. Air-tickets – check. Personal will (well you never know) – check. Camera – not interested. “What!? Are you going mad? You are going to one of the most panoramic and atmospheric place in the world, a trip of a lifetime and no bloody camera?” That was the reaction of one of my friend when he heard that I was not taking a camera for my journey on…
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Blux Camera For iPad – Review
The app that we are going to look at today, it’s a little jewel of technological advancement, oozing with amazing features. Blux Camera for iPad (£1.49 – $1.99) allows the user a full range of manual control, turning the iPad into an almost proper point and shoot mean machine. What Is It? In a nutshell, Blux Camera is Instagram’s filters meet James Bond’s technology. In this app you can find roughly all types of feature you may need to take and edit your photo. Albeit, you can benefit from this only while using it in real time, for there are no post processing options and one will not…
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BlurFX – Tutorial – Using Blur To Improve Your Mobile Images
Recently we published two similar articles by our Columnist ItalianBrother aka Dilshad Corleone, in the first one he used the app Big Lens, in the second he used After Focus. This time Dilshad takes us through the paces of using a similar technique with BlurFX. Over to you Dilshad (foreword by Joanne Carter). A few days ago I was having a lovely conversation with my very good IG friend Ian Garrington (@iangarrington on Instagram), about the various blurring apps that one can find around. At one point he said something that made me come up with an idea, one of those moments when a light-bulb lights up over your…
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After Focus – Tutorial – Using Blur To Improve Your Mobile Images
Recently we published a similar article by our Columnist ItalianBrother aka Dilshad Corleone but that time he used the Big Lens app – if you missed that article, go here. This time Dilshad takes us through the paces of using a similar technique with After Focus. Over to you Dilshad (foreword by Joanne Carter). A few days ago I was having a lovely conversation with my very good IG friend Ian Garrington (@iangarrington on Instagram), about the various blurring apps that one can find around. At one point he said something that made me come up with an idea, one of those moments when a light-bulb lights up over…