Apple iPhone Patent Demonstrates Two Cameras with Optical Zoom System
AppleInsider report on a new Apple patent application proporting to two cameras with different focal lengths to the iPhone. Essentially, this would allow the photographer to capture two images simultaneously. Perhaps two still images, or one still and one video capture, simultaneously, not dissimilar to the current Live Photo feature. Once captured both images could then be combined, creating a new image. DPreview comment, “Improved zoom may only one be of several applications of the design. The dual-camera could also be used to create 3D images or increase image quality in wide-angle images by adding additional detail that is captured with the longer lens. In video mode it could help capture…
Sony Creates 48K 360 Degree Video with 12 Xperia Z5 Smartphones
Sony currently holds first place (with the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus) smartphone for the best camera in a leading smartphone with their Sony Xperia Z5 (see here). Utililsing this position, Sony created a 360 degree video shot entirely on 12 Xperia Z5 smartphones, eaching filming simultaneously in 4K (essentially, that’s a total of 48Ks). Sony explain (as part of their recent photography trip to Rise Ski & Snowboard Festival in Les Deux Alpes, France), “The short film is the result of an ambitious, creative R&D experiment, where each Xperia Z5 Compact device was mounted on a custom 3D printed rig. We set about capturing scenes from the slopes, including…
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – ‘Fir’ – TheAppWhisperer
Many of you have already seen our new segment to our APPart column here at TheAppWhisperer, edited by Bobbi McMurry. We would like to inspire all mobile artists to create one image a day using the selected colour of Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ – see here (we will announce the colour each day). As well a ‘Color of the Day’, Pantone also link that colour with adjectives and/or nouns. For your information Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ was originally created by renowned astrologer Michele Bernhardt – you can read more about her here. Today’s Pantone color of the day is ‘Fir’ (18-5621) and the accompanying descriptives are ‘Striving,…
Mobile Photography/Art – Pic of the Day (280) – via Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day two hundred and eighty of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer Today, we congratulate @catmorris – Cat Morris with this image. Please check out her Instagram feed here for more stunning imagery.
‘Brought To Light’ – Mobile Photography / Art Interview with Roger Guetta (Draman)
There is something intensely romantic about Roger Guetta and his imagery. One of the finest mobile artists in the world today, Guetta is a painter of the mysteries of perception and being. His vision, accurately understood, is one of the most liberating ever created in mobile art. This is our new interview section for mobile photographers and mobile artists and we hope to be filling it very soon with vast explosions of thought and imagery. These questions are designed to explore the artist behind the work, to get to know them a little more intimately. We recently published our first ‘Brought to Light’ Interview with Andrea Bigiarini, Founder of the…
Mobile Art – AppArt – Winter Challenge – TheAppWhisperer
It’s been so long since we’ve all worked on a common theme, so I think it’s time for an AppArt Challenge! The details are listed below and the selected images will be presented in a showcase shortly after the challenge is closed. CHALLENGE 5: Winter Deadline is January 26, 2016 Our theme for this new challenge will be winter, some love it, I am not one of them. Here is a winter poem called “A Daughter of Eve” by Christina Rossetti to get your thoughts going. A fool I was to sleep at noon, And wake when night is chilly Beneath the comfortless cold moon; A fool to pluck…
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – Winner Announced – 12 January 2016
Huge congratulations to our APPart Color of the Day with Pantone Daily Challenge winner. The Color of the Day was ‘Doe’ 16-1333 with the accompanying descriptives ‘Profound, Ambitious and Spiritual’. We feel that @sukru_mehmet_omur has captured the essence of these with this wonderful image, please check out his Instagram account, it’s fabulous. Today’s Pantone color of the day is ‘Ginger Bread’ (18-1244) and the accompanying descriptives are ‘Imaginative, Quick and Diligent’. So, we would like to see your creations using this colour in combination with those words, if possible. It’s a challenge after all! To take part in this challenge, please create an image and post it to Instagram and include the…
Mobile Photography/Art – Pic of the Day (279) – via Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day two hundred and seventy nine of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer Today, we congratulate @imagomimago_ – Mimi Svanberg with this image. Please check out her Instagram feed here for more stunning imagery.
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – ‘Ginger Bread’ – TheAppWhisperer
Many of you have already seen our new segment to our APPart column here at TheAppWhisperer, edited by Bobbi McMurry. We would like to inspire all mobile artists to create one image a day using the selected colour of Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ – see here (we will announce the colour each day). As well a ‘Color of the Day’, Pantone also link that colour with adjectives and/or nouns. For your information Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ was originally created by renowned astrologer Michele Bernhardt – you can read more about her here. Today’s Pantone color of the day is ‘Ginger Bread’ (18-1244) and the accompanying descriptives are…
Mobile Photography/Art – Pic of the Day (278) – via Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day two hundred and seventy eight of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer Today, we congratulate @Eauditalie – Marina Sersale with this image. Please check out her Instagram feed here for more stunning imagery.
