Indianapolis JCC’s International Mobile Device Photography Competition and Exhibit – Deadline Extended
The deadline for this wonderful mobile photography and exhibition has been extended to July 6, 2015. You have three more days to enter. To find out more, go here.
Sony Xperia Z3 DxO Review – Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested Sony’s Xperia Z3 smartphone. Kevin explains “With an over DxOMobile score of 82 points, the Xperia Z3+ shows some slight improvement in image quality over its predecessors the Z3 and Z2, which both achieved the same score of 79 points. However, while the improvement isn’t huge exactly, it is good enough to place the flagship Z3+ in the Top 3 — in joint third place next to the latest iteration of Apple’s smartphone, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Take a look at…
Mobile Photography/Art – Pic of the Day (139) – via Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day one hundred and thirty nine of our new 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 the @gizemkarayavuzart – with this image – ‘Self Portrait: A Moment’s Indulgence’.
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – ‘Shell Coral’ – 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 ‘Shell Coral’ (15-1334) and the accompanying descriptives are…
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – Winner Announced – 2 July 2015
Huge congratulations to our APPart Color of the Day with Pantone Daily Challenge winner. The Color of the Day was Cadium Orange (15-1340) with the adjectives and nouns, ‘Romantic, Desirable and Dramatic’. We feel that @illseharris has captured the essence of these with this wonderful image, please check out her Instagram account, it’s fabulous. Today’s Pantone color of the day is ‘Fragrant Lilac’ (14-3204) and the accompanying descriptives are ‘Artistic, Partner Oriented and Independent’. 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…
Mobile Photography Interview with Helen Breznik ‘ “My photography is a place where there are no limits’…
As many of you will know, among the assortment of hats that I wear, writing for the BBC and Vogue, I am also Contributing Editor to LensCulture. I have a brand new interview in the works, which will be published soon and in the meantime, with kind permission of LensCulture, I will be republishing my work to our beloved TheAppWhisperer website – the most popular mobile photography and art site in the world. Today, I am publishing ‘Fabulens: Mobile Portraits’ . I hope you enjoy this, Helen Breznik’s work is stunning. “My photography is a place where there are no limits. A place where I can be fearless, where I…
Kickstarter Campaign – Olloclip Studio for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
We were inspired to learn about this new Olloclip Kickstarter campaign, called the Olloclip Studio for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. The olloclip Studio system is the combination of an all-new, more protective case design that incorporates an integrated mounting solution (patent pending) and a series of mobile photography accessories. Both the case and accessories are designed to intuitively work together the moment you pick them up. Unlike many of today’s modular mobile grip systems, olloclip’s Studio components seamlessly work together so you can focus on capturing the opportunity in front of you and not on building a rig. The olloclip Studio Accessory Kit includes an ingenious two-finger universal…
Mobile Camera Lens Manufacturer – Moment – Launches New Macro Lens
Moment are becoming a very popular lens manufacturer for mobile photography. Last year they released two mobile lenses, an 18 mm wide-angle and also a 70 mm telephoto. At the beginning of this year Moment started production of their new ‘Moment Case’ for the iPhone 6. It includes lens mount, shutter button and ‘smart’ camera strap and is available to order here. The latest news from the Moment camp is a brand new Macro lens. It features a 10x magnification at a 25 mm focal distance. It also comes complete with a custom diffuser hood, to reduce shadows and maximise ambient light. The new Macro lens from Moment will be…
Mobile Photography Tutorial – Ansel: Channeling a Master or Taking his Name in Vain?
We are delighted to publish Jerry Jobe’s latest mobile photography/art tutorial for our reading and viewing pleasure. This week Jobe takes a look at the mobile photography app, Ansel. Read his thoughts as he puts it through its paces (foreword by Joanne Carter). Ansel retails for $0.99/£0.79 and you can download it here. “As you might guess from the title of this article, I think it’s a gutsy move to name your app after one of the greats in black and white photography, Ansel Adams. His name and several of his images are familiar to anyone who takes even a passing interest in photography. He’s known for his painstaking attention…
iOS Photography App – Fragment – Updated
Fragment is a popular mobile photography app, developed by Pixite Apps. It enables the user to instantly fragment their image into a myriad of prism-like glass pieces. It has just been updated to include six new shape packs and with the addition of video import (iOS 8) only. Fragment retails for $1.99/£1.49 and you can download it here.
