Instagram Introduces Five New Filters – TheAppWhisperer
In December 2012, Instagram added Mayfair and Willow to the Instagram filter family—and a lot has happened in the last two years. Inspired by the photography, art, fashion and design of the global Instagram community, the developers have released five new filters. You’ll see the filters at the front of your filter tray: Slumber, Crema, Ludwig, Aden and Perpetua. They soften and subtly shift colors to achieve the look and feel you want for your each photo.
Illuminating Lyon with the Festival of Lights – Instagram – 2014
Oh, how I would’ve loved to of been here, every year at the beginning of December, the Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights) takes place in the French city of Lyon (@villedelyon), illuminating the city’s parks and building facades with 75 light installations set to music. The festival now attracts huge crowds from all over the world, but began as a Lyonnaise tradition. When plans to unveil a new religious statue in 1852 were thwarted by bad weather, residents placed candles in jars on windowsills as a tribute. Lyon’s inhabitants still decorate their windows today, but lighting techniques have somewhat advanced since the 19th century. The festival spans four days,…
Mobile Photography – A Picture’s Worth with Jane Schultz – TheAppWhisperer
‘A Picture’s Worth‘… is where we ask mobile photographers that have created powerful mobile photography/art to explain the processes they took. This includes their initial thoughts as to what they wanted to create, why they wanted to create it, how they created it, including all apps used and what they wanted to convey. We also ask these incredible artists to explain their emotions and how the image projects those feelings. We have published a few A Picture’s Worth articles recently, if you have missed those – please go here. In this A Picture’s Worth today we asked Jane Schultz to tell us more about her wonderful image ‘1000 Empty Glasses’.…
Mobile Photography – A Picture’s Worth with Luis Rodriquez / Lrh Arquitecto – TheAppWhisperer
‘A Picture’s Worth‘… is where we ask mobile photographers that have created powerful mobile photography/art to explain the processes they took. This includes their initial thoughts as to what they wanted to create, why they wanted to create it, how they created it, including all apps used and what they wanted to convey. We also ask these incredible artists to explain their emotions and how the image projects those feelings. We have published a few A Picture’s Worth articles recently, if you have missed those – please go here. In this A Picture’s Worth today we asked Luis Rodriquez (@luisonrh)/Lrh Arquitecto to explain more about his wonderful capture ‘A Real…
Microsoft Hires Photographer To Travel The World via Instagram
It’s taken some time, but Microsoft have now joined Instagram and have hired photographer Justin Bastien as well as financing his travel to capture images and post stories about people in various careers using Microsoft in their work. The Microsoft Instagram account currently has 14,537 followers but we are expecting this grow very quickly. Go here to follow them.
Instagram Updated With Discovery and Caption Editing
In this update, Instagram are continuing to improve the Explore page by making it faster to find people you want to follow. With this in mind, you’ll see that the Explore icon at the bottom of your screen has changed to a magnifying glass. When you open Explore, you’ll now see two tabs: Photos and People. The Photos tab has not changed. It contains the same scrolling grid of photos and videos you already know. The new People tab highlights interesting accounts for you to discover.
‘Building Mobile Bridges With Instagram’ – Michael Christopher Brown
We’re are delighted to publish our second article to our brand new section to TheAppWhisperer.com today, entitled, ‘Building Mobile Bridges with Instagram‘. Within this section we profile specific mobile photographers that have caught our eye, demonstrating their talent via their Instagram feed. We view so many talented feeds everyday and we wanted to make sure we highlighted these photographers to help them raise their profiles. Previously we looked at street photographer Hannibal Renberg, if you missed that, please go here. Today, we are taking a look at Michael Christopher Brown. Michael was raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington State. Often using a camera phone as a primary…
Advertising Assignments and Instagram Success
A very interesting article in PDN last week talks about advertising assignments and success for mobile photographers. They interview Lauren Randolph a very successful photographer, more commonly known by her Instagram title of Lauren Lemon and discuss the continued rise of her career. Only five years out from college, she has attracted more than 230,000 Instagram followers. It’s a great read, go here to read more.
Mobile Photography Interview – A Day In The Life of Lynette Jackson – A Very Talented Mobile Photographer with a Unique Style
Welcome to our very exciting interview column on theappwhisperer.com. This section entitled “A Day in the Life of…” is where we take a look at some hugely influential, interesting and accomplished individuals in the mobile photography and art world… people that we think you will love to learn more about. This is our 119th instalment of the series. If you have missed our previous interviews, please go here. Today we are featuring Lynette Jackson, “Lynette Jackson uses her iPhone to document, design, and publish images of the built environment around her through Instagram. Taking a series of images that zoom deeper and deeper into the nuances of architectural form and space, Jackson’s…
‘Building Mobile Bridges with Instagram’ – Hannibal Renberg – Instagram Street Photographer
We’re opening a new section to TheAppWhisperer.com today, entitled, ‘Building Mobile Bridges with Instagram‘. Within this section we will profile specific mobile photographers that have caught our eye, demonstrating their talent via their Instagram feed. We view so many talented feeds everyday and we wanted to make sure we highlighted these photographers to help them raise their profiles. Today, we are taking a look at Hannibal Renberg a Street Photographer from Paris, France. Renberg is an active member of the Paris Mobile Photography Community and has exhibited in many shows. He was also a Judge for the Street Category of the Paris Mobile Photography Award, see here. Renberg’s images portray…
