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AppArt School – Use albums in Photos on iPhone
AppArt School – Use albums in Photos on iPhone Use albums in the Photos app to view and organize your photos and videos. Tap Albums to view your photos and videos organized into different categories and media types, like Videos, Portrait, and Slo-mo. You can also look at your photos arranged on a world map in the Places album, or browse your photos based on who’s in them in the People album. The Recents album shows your entire photo collection in the order that you added them to your library and the Favorites album shows photos and videos that you marked as favorites. If you use iCloud Photos, albums are stored…
AppArt School – How to Edit Live Photos on iPhone
AppArt School – How to Edit Live Photos on iPhone In the Photos app , you can edit Live Photos, change the key photo, and add fun effects like Bounce and Loop. Edit a Live Photo In addition to using the photo editing tools (like adding filters or cropping a photo) you can also change the key photo, trim the length, or mute the sound in your Live Photos. Open the Live Photo and tap Edit. Tap , then do any of the following: Set a key photo: Move the white frame on the frame viewer, tap Make Key Photo, then tap Done. Trim a Live Photo: Drag either end…
Saturday Poetry – ‘Enough’ by Andru Defeye: A Beautiful Fusion of Words and Mobile Art
This week’s Saturday Poetry brings you the soul-stirring poem titled ‘Enough’ by the talented Andru Defeye. His poetic prowess has garnered recognition, with Sacramento Magazine listing him as one of the city’s hundred business leaders in 2021. Moreover, California State University, Sacramento, has nominated him to receive an honorary doctorate, a testament to his impact on the artistic community. Defeye’s contributions extend beyond his poetry; he served as the director of communications for Sol Collective from 2009 to 2020. He is also the visionary behind Zero Forbidden Goals, a support system dedicated to fostering arts equity, experiences, and education among creatives. In a remarkable achievement, Defeye was honored as the…
Photo Book Review – British Isles Unveiled: Jamie Hawkesworth’s Visual Ode to the Spirit of Britain
Photo Book Review – British Isles Unveiled: Jamie Hawkesworth’s Visual Ode to the Spirit of Britain Jamie Hawkesworth’s remarkable photo book, “British Isles,” is an exquisite exploration of the diverse tapestry that forms the very essence of the United Kingdom. Through his keen eye and empathetic lens, Hawkesworth presents an intimate portrait of the British people, their landscapes, and the everyday moments that define their lives. This captivating collection of photographs showcases the soul of Britain in all its raw and unfiltered glory. From the bustling streets of London to the serene landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, “British Isles” is a visual love letter to the essence of this remarkable…
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Book Review – A Pound of Pictures: Alec Soth’s Eclectic Ode to the Photographic Medium
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Book Review – Topographies: Aerial Surveys of the American Landscape by Stephen Shore
Book Review – Topographies: Aerial Surveys of the American Landscape by Stephen Shore Stephen Shore’s latest body of work, Topographies: Aerial Surveys of the American Landscape, takes us on a mesmerizing visual journey through the diverse landscapes of Montana, North Carolina, New York, and beyond. Through a series of aerial photographs captured by drones from 2020 onwards, Shore presents an arresting portrayal of the delicate interplay between nature and human intervention in the American scenery. All images – Courtesy of the artist and MACK. Revisiting the original ambitions of the iconic 1975 exhibition ‘New Topographics,’ Shore employs a fresh aerial viewpoint to reexamine the movement’s core concerns: the objective depiction…
Which Apps Are We Using This Month? with Petyr Campos
Welcome to TheAppWhisperer’s new section, “Which apps are we using this month” series, where we discover which apps you are particularly enjoying. Kicking us off today is non-other than Award Winning Mobile Artist Petyr Campos. Hello, I am Petyr Campos aged 55. I live in San Francisco, CA and I work as an IT Manager at a software company. I’ve been creating photography with the iPhone for at least 10 years now. I started using the iPhone for photography when my DSLR broke with the 2nd generation iPhone. I’ve segmented my work into three areas, concert photography, my surfer series I’ve been working on for 10 years and misc which includes everything…
The Greatest Mobile Photography & Art Flickr/Instagram Showcase – 23 July 2023
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Saturday Poetry – ‘Crossing the Line’ by E. Ethelbert Miller
Saturday Poetry – ‘Crossing the Line’ by E. Ethelbert Miller This week’s Saturday Poetry matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘Crossing the Line’ by E. Ethelbert Miller. “I wrote this poem at The Line Hotel in Washington, D.C. It’s an outgrowth of a meeting with my friend Maria Otero who was born in Bolivia. In the first stanza, there is a reference to miners. We all struggle to mine love in our relationships. The poem focuses on the commitment required to maintain a friendship over decades. It’s about aging and acknowledging another person’s beauty and how it changes, but is forever eternal. What holds the poem together is the ritual…
