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The Rise Of The Smartphone – Camera Manufacturers Fight On
As we are all aware more images globally are being taken with mobile phones than cameras and this has been going on for some time. Great news for Apple – US and Samsung – South Korea, of course but it’s a major headache to Canon and Nikon as their sales decline and affect the Japanese economy. "Smartphones are killing cameras across the globe. There is nowhere to hide, no magic country where the market is stable," said Christopher Chute, research vice president at IDC, a global market intelligence firm. "That’s been a huge problem for Japan." Between 2013 and 2014 alone, point-and-shoot sales fell 30 percent, according to Ben Arnold,…
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William Daniels Receives 2014 Tim Hetherington Grant – World Press Photo
World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch are pleased to announce that the French photographer William Daniels has been awarded the fourth annual Tim Hetherington Grant. Daniels, represented by the London-based agency Panos Pictures, was selected for his work on the Central African Republic, a project entitled ‘Roots of Africa’s Unholy War’. He will receive a grant worth 20,000 euros to complete the project. The jury, meeting in New York on 10 December, selected the winner from among 198 applications. Read more here
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Streets Ahead Interview: Angelique Manchanda-Peres – Mobile Street Photography
This week, the Women’s Street Photography Collective (Streets Ahead) is pleased and honoured to feature Angelique Peres Marchand in our interview segment. Manchanda-Peres grew up in Mumbai, India. She has always been interested in people, travel and geography and indirectly studied immunogenetics and neurochemistry at University. After University she joined British Airways and spent many happy years travelling the world. In the early 1990’s she left Mumbai and went to live and work in Dubai, in the UAE for 12 years. She has been living in Ontario, Canada ever since, working as a book reviewer. One day, when asked to review a book of photographs (India) by Eric Meola, her…
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iOS/Android Photography App – Photo Editor by Aviary – Updated – Free $200 Photo Editing Supplies – Extended!
We mentioned this opportunity to download $200 worth of free photo editing supplies for Photo Editor by Aviary in November. It was a limited time offer but the developers have decided to extend this it through to the end of the year as it’s been a huge hit. To find out more go here.
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Mini Mobile Portfolio Review (MMPR) – Davide Capponi
I am delighted to publish in full our latest Mini Mobile Portfolio Review (MMPR), this time for Davide Capponi. As we mentioned in our original post for this new section, see here, we are committed and most of all deeply passionate about mobile photography and mobile art and we have been a leading force in this area for many years. Our new MMPR section is a fully confidential service, unless the artist agrees for us to publish the review, as in this case with Alon. Miranda Gavin is our editor for this section, she is a writer, blogger, editor, educator and photographer. She regularly reviews professional portfolios – Photomonth (2009-12),…
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iPad Photography Tutorial – iColorama Update 3.85 – by Jerry Jobe
We’re delighted to publish Jerry Jobe’s latest tutorial looking at the latest update to iColorama 3.85. It is a very extensive update and we know you will appreciate this wonderful tutorial very much, over to you Jerry…(foreword by Joanne Carter). iColorama for iPad retails for $2.99/£1.99 and you can download it here. iColorama S for iPhone retails for $2.99/£1.99 and you can download it here ‘iColorama 3.85 – Lots of goodies While I was off talking about Pixelmator, there was (as usual) a lot going on with iColorama (and the sister program for iPhone, iColorama S). So much that it becomes difficult to cover everything in much detail. This…
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New Book! The Decisive Moment – Henri Cartier-Bresson
Oh Wow!!! I have just received THE most incredible book! This is a brand new edition of The Decisive Moment by Henri Cartier-Bresson – it is not on sale yet. It will go on sale on 12 December 2014 – two days time, I have been sent a review sample and will publish my review in full shortly but I wanted to let you know about this book first. It’s bound to sell out – I am not sure of the print run, I will try and find out but I do not imagine there will be many copies left. So, I urge you, all of you who are deeply…
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2015 Sony World Photography Awards – Call for Entries – Enter For Free Today!
Select your best images of 2014 and submit them for free for your chance to win up to US$25,000, international press and exhibition opportunities, new Sony camera equipment, and much, much more. Click here for more information
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 Call for Entries…With Mobile Category WILD-I
The 51st Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition launches for entries on Monday 5 January 2015 for eight weeks until 26 February 2015. Critiquing the many tens of thousands of submissions to find the winning 101 will be an international jury of experts including National Geographic Senior Editor Kathy Moran, master of nature photographer, Tom Mangelsen, French aerial photographer, Thierry Vezon, and underwater photographer, Dr Alex Mustard. Sir David Attenborough, who has presented the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards on many occasions, says: ‘Great pictures of nature have one thing in common – they are unforgettable. They can also be a profound source of beauty, wonder and joy.’ Truly…
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The Ultimate Gift Guide for iPhone Photographers by Austin Mann – TheAppWhisperer
Many thanks to my friend Austin Mann, the photographer behind the iPhone 6/Icelandic trip (see here) who has allowed me to republish his ‘Ultimate Gift Guide for iPhone Photographers’. There are so really wonderful items in this list, ones that if you don’t have already, you might want to consider, take a look below… “One of reasons iPhone photography is so fun is simplicity. No need to pick a lens, choose complex settings or anything else… It’s just you, the iPhone, and the beauty around you. That said, there are thousands of iPhone accessories hitting the market these days claiming to somehow enhance your iPhone photography. Some of the tools…