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Brand New Mobile Photography iOS App – FiLMiC Firstlight

2019-11-152019-11-08 by Joanne Carter

I am very pleased to announce the launch of this brand new photo app, FiLMiC Firstlight, from the team at FiLMiC Pro – not only did I impart a tiny bit of my own knowledge into it’s development (but don’t let that put you off), it’s an app that’s incredibly user friendly and perfect for image capture. It comes with a comprehensive set of advanced image controls including Auto Exposure mode for setting up shutter/iso combinations. There’s cross-swipe manual controls, allowing you to have the ultimate control over focus and exposure, if you desire. There’s more too with reactive analytics – this is something that set apart FiLMiC Pro in the app store and it’s good to see it here in FiLMiC Firstlight. When manually adjusting your focus and exposure it will automatically apply focus peaking or zebra stripes to ensure you capture, what you’re aiming to do. There are also various film simulations realistically mimicking authentic film stocks and of course from a serious image capture app, there are professional camera tools, including burst mode, timer, flash and lots more.

This is a free to download app but in order to unlock the full potential, you need to agree to a paid subscription. The fee for this is nominal. You can select a monthly fee for $0.99/£0.99 or the better value annual subscription for $7.99/£7.99.If you’re interested in downloading FiLMiC Firstlight, we’ve included a jump start tutorial below to help get you started.

Mobile Photography Intimate Interview with Cheryl Tarrant from Tennessee, United States

2019-11-08 by Joanne Carter

Our eighty fourth interview in this series of intimate interviews is with talented mobile app developer and photographer/artist Cheryl Tarrant from Tennessee, United States. Tarrant developed Distressed FX alongside Developer, Steve Liddell from the UK. Distressed FX an iOS photo editing app that adds texture and atmosphere to pictures, giving them a dream-like quality. Popular on Instagram, with over 135,000 tagged photos and with well over a million downloads, users have found it simple to turn any photo into a work of art. This is an inspiringly honest and enlightening interview, full as you might imagine, with stunning imagery. Enjoy…

To read the other published interviews in this series including artists, Adria Ellis, Rino Rossi, Mehmet Duyulmus, Alexis Rotella, Lou Ann Sanford Donahue, Irene Oleksiuk, Kerry Mitchell, Filiz Ak, Dale Botha, Lisa Mitchell, M. Cecilia Sao Thiago, Deborah McMillion, Rita Colantonio, Amy Ecenbarger, Jane Schultz, Anca Balaj, Joyce Harkin, Armineh Hovanesian, Kate Zari Roberts, Vicki Cooper, Peter Wilkin, Barbara Braman, Becky Menzies, Sukru Mehmet Omur, Sarah Bichachi, Michel Pretterklieber, Alon Goldsmith, Judy Lurie Wahlberg, Andrea Bigiarini, Sean Hayes, Oola Cristina, Kathleen Magner-Rios Linda Toki, Deb Field, Emilo Nadales, Lydia Cassatt, David Hayes, Jean Hutter, Frederic Deschênes, Mark Schnidman, Fatma Korkut, Fleur Schim, Rob Pearson-Wright, Dieter Gaebel, James Ellis, Marco P Prado, Jeronimo Sanz, Manuela Matos Monteiro, Bleu Chemiko, Manuela Basaldella, Stefania Piccioni, Luis Rodríguez, Marilisa Andriani (@mitrydate) Mayte Balcells (@artofmayte), Nicole Christophe, Jennifer Graham, Cathrine Halsør Paul Toussaint, Carol Wiebe, Julie Denning, Kim Clayton (@berleyart), Karen Messick, Serap Utaş, MaryJane Rosenfeld, Paul Suciu, Susan Latty (@pause.and.breathe),John Nieto, Phyllis Shenny, Joy Barry, Max Lies Derdonk, Rita Tipunina, Violet Martins, Nizzar Ben Chekroune, Lynette Sheppard, Paul-Andre Hamel, Rejane Rubino, Susan Detroy, Rosalie Heller, Wayman Stairs, Cintia Malhotra, Anita Elle, Juta Jazz and myself, go here.

On My Radar Eight Apps for a Desert Island with WiFi by Fleur Schim from California, United States

2019-03-062019-03-04 by Fleur Schim

We have another brand new section here at TheAppWhisperer called ‘On My Radar’ and this time we are asking a selection of highly talented mobile photographers and artists, which apps they would take with them on a unique desert island, that has wifi! We want to know exactly what apps are really on their radar and why. As well as eight apps, we have also allowed each artist to select a book and a luxury object on this luxury journey. Kicking us off with our second issue of this section, is non other than the highly talented Fleur Schim from California, United States.

“Thank you, Joanne Carter, for inviting me to participate in this imaginative endeavour. The rules of the fantasy game are interesting, especially, but not limited to, the allowance of Wi-Fi on a deserted island! And, I was posed with a dilemma of whether to abandon my iPhone Xs, in lieu of my iPad Pro. Adios iPhone XS!”

Mobile Photography App Hydra 1.5 Brings Support for the Telephoto and front cameras on iPhone – We Have Promotional Codes!

2018-08-232018-08-23 by Joanne Carter

Hydra launched in 2015, pioneering the new category of computational photography apps for iPhone, by introducing 32 megapixel images shot with an 8-megapixel sensor and HDR photos with a wider dynamic range by merging up to 60 images together. These features made it a great companion to the built-in camera app for iPhone photography enthusiasts. Today, Creaceed, the developers of Hydra have released 1.5, a significant new update to their HDR photography app. Hydra 1.5 now features support for the telephoto and front cameras respectively in Zoom and Lo-Light/HDR modes.

Hydra lets users take beautiful pictures even in the most difficult lighting conditions using a variety of capture modes including HDR, Hi-Res, Lo-Light and Zoom. This is achieved by combining up to 60 frames to create a single high-quality picture.

With Hydra version 1.5, users’ feedback has been taken into account. Infact, shooting with the telephoto lens in Zoom mode and with the front camera for selfies in HDR/Lo-Light modes were two of the most popular requests from users.

“The front camera sensor typically is less capable than the rear camera one, and enabling multi-image fusion with Lo-Light and HDR modes allows selfie capture in situations where this would otherwise not be possible”, says Raphael Sebbe, Creaceed’s founder. Similarly, Hydra can now take advantage of the telephoto lens on compatible iPhone when shooting in Zoom mode (super resolution), enabling higher quality 2x and 4x, plus adding a new 8x zoom level.

Hydra retails for $4.99/£4.99 each in the iOS App Store and today we are offering the opportunity for you to win a free code. If you would like to try, please join our Twitter followers here, like us on Facebook here and Instagram here then post a comment to this post (on our website – so we can obtain your email address), perhaps you’d like to give us some feedback, tell us how we are doing, what you’d like to see and hopefully, we will then be able to send you a code. All winners are selected at random.

If you prefer to purchase the app, just go here.

Top 10 iOS Mobile Photography Apps

2018-06-152018-06-15 by Joanne Carter

Having consulted over 2,700 posts where I asked award winning mobile photographers for their favourite mobile photography apps, I feel confident publishing this article today. Everything is relative and following extensive research I am happy to announce that these are TheAppWhisperer’s Top 10 iOS Mobile Photography Apps, at this time. I have not included apps more suited to mobile art, they will be included in another post. There are of course, more than ten good photography apps but these ones, should be standard on every mobile photographer’s device. Take a look…

Streets 4.0: Street View App Adds Drag and Drop and Live Panorama Mode

2018-05-07 by Joanne Carter

Streets, the popular Street View browser app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, is now available in version 4. The major update adds drag and drop on iPad and a new Live Panorama mode allowing to look around in a panorama simply by rotating the device.

Streets is focused on delivering the best Street View browsing experience. The user can navigate to any 360° panorama simply by dropping a pin on the map or by searching for an address or contact. A selection of more than 2000 spectacular locations such as national parks, museums, and underwater panoramas are available in a gallery as well. Panorama coverage is visualized with a blue map overlay and favorite panoramas can be organized in folders.

New in Streets 4 on iPad, panorama locations can also be set via drag and drop. The user can drag a pin location from the Maps app, a contact, or a textual address into the Streets app to find nearby panoramas. Even geotagged photos can be dropped in Streets to find 360° spherical images near the photo location.

Street View panoramas and map locations can also be shared with other apps using drag and drop. For instance, the user can attach a Street View panorama of a meeting place to an email or note. Or the user can drag a panorama or map location into the Maps app to get directions.

With the new Live Panorama mode, virtually traveling abroad is even more immersive and fun. Turning around in the panoramic scene works by simply rotating the device.

Streets 4 is optimized for iOS 11 and fully supports the iPhone X, in either portrait or landscape orientation.

Mobile Photography – App of the Day – Camera-M App Giveaway Today

2018-02-152018-02-14 by Joanne Carter

You didn’t think I’d forgotten, this Valentine’s did you? Before we are all distracted with a night of passion, I am delighted to offer Camera-M iOS app to our readers. Camera-M is designed to do one thing and one thing exceptionally well — to help you take truly amazing photos with manual camera controls. These precise controls are always within reach and completely free of useless clutter. By keeping irrelevant interface elements out of your way, Camera-M creates a straightforward user experience for getting the most out of your iPhone’s incredible camera. There are no filters to be distracted by, or gimmicks to worry about.

Not least, this app captures images in RAW format, offering a tremendous advantage over highly compressed JPEG files.

Camera-M usually retails for $2.99 and you can download it here but if you’d like to try to be in with an opportunity for a free code. Please join our Twitter followers here, like us on Facebook here and Instagram here then post a comment to this post (so we can obtain your email address), perhaps you’d like to give us some feedback, tell us how we’re doing, what you’d like to see…and hopefully, we will then be able to send you a code. All winners are selected at random.

Artstudio Pro – Brand New iPhone and Mac OS Photography/Art App Announcement

2017-12-14 by Joanne Carter

We are very excited to bring you ‘hot off the press’ news of a new app, Artstudio Pro, which according to the developers, Lucky Clan, has taken three years of development. It is the successor to the well known ArtStudio app and has been completely written from scratch with an array of new features; taking full … Read more Artstudio Pro – Brand New iPhone and Mac OS Photography/Art App Announcement

Mobile Photography – Hailde for iPhone App Giveaway Today!

2017-11-092017-11-09 by Joanne Carter

There’s no question that Halide is one of the smartest camera apps, developed by some of the smartest app developers in the world. Ben Sandofsky and Sebastiaan de With. Sandofsky is a former Tech Consultant to HBO’s Silicon Valley, and used to be the tech lead of Twitter for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. de With is an ex-Apple designer and photographer that runs the San Francisco design shop Rune, which recently designed the Nylas email client.

Halide gesture-based interface makes it fast and easy to change exposure and manual focus. It has customizable controls that adapt to your needs. Halide’s features include focus peaking, a detailed histogram, adaptive level grid, and RAW support.

We have been graciouisly gifted some promotional codes from de With. Would you like a code to try this app yourself? If so, please join our Twitter followers here, like us on Facebook here and Instagram here then post a comment to this post (so we can obtain your email address), perhaps you’d like to give us some feedback, tell us how we’re doing, what you’d like to see…and hopefully, we will then be able to send you a code. All winners are selected at random.

Halide retails for $/£4.99

Mobile Photography – App of the Day – AfterLight 2

2017-11-07 by Joanne Carter

Afterlight 2 is the newly updated version of the succesful app, Afterlight. It has undergone a complete overhaul and has been thoughtfully re-designed & re-developed with ease of use in mind and an extensive list of brand new features. Take a look below at the new features and once you purchase this app, all updates will be free, there are no hidden fees.

It is now available for $2.99 without any in-app purchases/download.