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Sony unveils next-generation smartphone camera with Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact, and the world’s first 4K Smartphone Xperia Z5 Premium
Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) today unveiled its next-generation Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact, and the world’s first 4K smartphone Xperia Z5 Premium – each engineered to make everyday experiences better. “Smartphones are part of people’s lives” said Hiroki Totoki, President and CEO at Sony Mobile Communications. ”Since users already create, share and enjoy most of their content on the go – we’ve set out to bring Sony’s latest innovations in camera, design and display to ensure the Xperia Z5 series is the best possible lifestyle and entertainment platform.”
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Nico Brons – Graduates With A Masters Degree In iPhone Art
Nico Brons is a very well known and accomplished mobile photographer and in December 2013 he graduated with a Masters Degree of photography with iPhone Art. He graduated from the Photo Academy, the largest and most ambitious establishment to study Photography in the Netherlands. This graduation project was undertaken solely with the iPhone. Brons created a book with iPhone art and poetry. He contacted a Arjen van der Linden, a poet from Amersfoort to make poetry with his images, it was a fabulous collaboration. The books consists of 60 pages, 25 images and 25 poems and some introductory text. Further on there is music to accompany the images and poetry.…
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Exclusive Interview With Chris Davies Of The American Aperture Awards (AX3)
As many of you know the winners of the American Aperture Awards (AX3) were recently announced. Four major Award Winners and 51 Winners in each additional category from over 1,100 entries from 63 countries were narrowed down to receive these prestigious awards. We were delighted in particular with the mobile photography category, not least with seeing our very talented Contributor Nettie Edwards scoop the Top Prize and Award of Mobile Photographer of the Year. Sarah Jarret, Adria Ellis, Gianluca Ricoveri, Cedric Blanchon, Eeken, Ale Di Gangi, Eloise Capet, Cindy Patrick, Lisa Waddell, Susan Tuttle, John Fulton, Mattia Vacca, Valerie McBride and more, all received Awards too in various categories –…
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AX3 – American Aperture Mobile Awards 2013 Winners Announced
The AX3 American Aperture Awards Wiiners have just been announced and it’s with huge pride that so many of the mobile photographers that we regularly feature here at TheAppWhisperer.com as well as our Columnists have swept the Awards categories. Not least Nettie Edwards who has been awarded Mobile Photographer Of The Year. Not only that, Nettie has also picked up the Category Winners Awards of the Landscape/Seascape/Nature and Video/Moving Images Categories. There are a host of fabulous Cateogory winners including Valerie McBride for Collage, our Columnist Cindy Patrick for Conceptual/Experimental, Eloise Capet picked up the Fashion Category, Susan Tuttle for Nudes, Lisa Waddell for Still Life, David Ingraham for Street…
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Gray’s Anatomy – ‘So Many Platforms, So Little Time’ – By Richard Gray
It’s Friday, so that means it’s Gray’s Anatomy! Each Friday, Richard Gray graces us with his humorous mobile photography column, Gray’s Anatomy and this week Richard humorously expresses his frustrations with platforms. Whether this is weather induced, who knows… we’ll let you decide but you’re sure to enjoy this. Over to you Richard (forward by Joanne Carter). My head is spinning. And it’s not because of the heatwave we’re having in the UK at the moment. I’ve just come back from a small visit to Google+. I’d been looking for the digital whereabouts of France Freeman who was recently featured on the App Whisperer. I loved her Slow Shutter…
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Repix – Updated With New Live Brushes
Repix has just been updated, this is a popular app for iPhone photography and one of Sarah Jarrett’s Top Five Apps, see here. It’s been updated to include new live brushes, a new set of stylistic frames and the Master’s Collection of in-app purchases has been updated to give all the brushes, filters, frames and future updates. Repix is free and you can download/update it here. Falling’ – ©Sarah Jarrett
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Shooting Star – Storytelling: Letting Details Speak and Suggest – By Star Rush
We’re delighted to publish this very interesting article by our Columnist Star Rush for her column with us ‘Shooting Star’, which offers inspiration and guidance in seeing as a photographer sees, for those interested in in exploring creative ways to observe, record, and comment upon the small and large moments of one’s life and those people, things and places around them with a smartphone camera. In this article Star discusses the art of storytelling and reveals her emotional techniques and subtleties, satisfying the viewer but leaving them pleading for more, don’t miss this! Over to you Star… We’d love to hear your thoughts on this fantastic article by Star, we…
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The Guetta Fringe – Beyond The Valley Of The iPics – By Roger Guetta
We’re delighted to publish Roger Guetta’s second article to his Column with us, entitled The Guetta Fringe. Roger Guetta’s sometime’s ‘off the cuff,’ other times ‘formal investigations’ will reveal how smart the smart phone is. He will push limits by demystifying inherent creative capabilities of this wonderful hand held artistic tool. All with humor, sassiness and downright passion. We think you’re going to enjoy this Column a lot. In this article Roger looks back at our latest Flickr Group Showcase using every single title the artists attached to their images. Using a form of wordplay Roger has created a disjointed but nevertheless cohesive narrative. He painstakingly wrote down all the…
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Streets Ahead – Visual Diary Article – ‘Look in Glass: Part II’
Before sharing our featured story… we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone for their submissions to Backspaces! It’s been such a privilege to read (and learn about) everyone’s visual explorations… and we really wish we could highlight all of them. But unfortunately, we have space for only one and this is published every Thursday on the main TheAppWhisperer.com site. So please make sure to visit our page (http://www.backspac.es/tag/theappwhispererstreetsahead) on the Backspaces app to see all the work that is being done. And also, please continue to tag your stories with #theappwhispererstreetsahead, so that we can find them… and enjoy them and feature them here! For the first…
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New Nokia Lumia Range Delivers Latest PureView Camera Innovation, New Navigation Experiences and Wireless Charging on Windows Phone 8
Nokia today announced the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia Lumia 820, the first devices in Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 range. The Nokia Lumia 920 is the flagship Windows Phone 8 smartphone, including the latest advances in Nokia PureView imaging innovation. Using advanced floating lens technology, the camera in the Nokia Lumia 920 is able to take in five times more light than competing smartphones without using flash, making it possible to capture clear, bright pictures and video indoors and at night. It also compensates for hand movement while the photo is being taken. Quote “Nokia PureView continues to deliver cutting-edge technology to make it possible for a…