Mobile Photography Interview – A Day In The Life Of Allie Astell – An Inspirational and Talented Photographer
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 115th installment of the series. If you have missed our previous interviews, please go here. Today we are featuring Allie Astell born in Morocco to a Syrian mother and English father. As a child, she travelled much of the world with her parents, as her Dad was a diplomat with the Foreign Office. Astell’s web consultancy business…
Hotshoe Magazine – Leica T Review by Kevin Carter
I mentioned a while ago that I’d been living with the Leica T for a while, this was the reason! Kevin’s review is now available for you to read in the latest issue of this magazine. I just love Hotshoe, it ticks many boxes for me. Check it out here
iOS Photography App – 1-Hour Photo – New – From The Developers Of CameraBag
Well this is a photo app with a difference, and it will be very interesting to see how this takes off. Essentially, you take a shot with 1-hour photo and then wait one hour for it to be processed. Will this drive you crazy? Possibly, but according to the developers, ‘1-Hour Photo makes all your shots more magical by making you wait an hour before you get to see the results (using our black and white film emulation)’. They go on to explain, ‘by the time you see your photos, the moments they’ve captured have already become memories, which changes how you feel about them forever’. If you feel that…
iOS Photography App – LoryStripes – Updated With 30 New Stripes
Pixite LLC’s Version 1.2 upgrade for LoryStripes include three brand-new packs containing 30 fresh stripes with a wider array of eye popping curves, 3-D objects and abstract linear stripes, a collapsible stripe menu for more effective editing, higher resolution refining tools, more sophisticated masking, automatic edit saving and more sharing options. Originally launched through a partnership with Pixite LLC and renowned Italian graphic designer Laurent Rosset, LoryStripes editing innovations allow users to transform ordinary photos into sharply styled, elegant artwork. Featured in the App Store’s Best New Apps section in over 111 countries, LoryStripes became one of the year’s “must have” apps in 2013. “LoryStripes set the bar high from…
Apple to Acquire Beats Music & Beats Electronics
Apple today announced it has agreed to acquire the critically acclaimed subscription streaming music service Beats Music, and Beats Electronics, which makes the popular Beats headphones, speakers and audio software. As part of the acquisition, Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple. Apple is acquiring the two companies for a total of $3 billion, consisting of a purchase price of approximately $2.6 billion and approximately $400 million that will vest over time. “Music is such an important part of all of our lives and holds a special place within our hearts at Apple,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “That’s why we have kept investing in music and…
iOS Photography Tutorial – PicGrunger – ‘When Just A Smudge Won’t Do’ – By Jerry Jobe
We are delighted to publish our latest iOS Photography Tutorial by Jerry Jobe, this week Jerry has puts the popular grunge app PicGrunger through it’s paces and as usual does a wonderful job, don’t miss this! Over to you Jerry (foreword by Joanne Carter) PicGrunger retails for $0.99/£0.69 and you can download it here. “I’ve covered a few apps that make your photos look old and damaged. Some of them can be subtle, like Mextures or Distressed FX. Some of them can be quite intense, like Vintage Scene and Grungetastic (but they also have the capability of being subtle). Today’s app is PicGrunger, by Stephen Spring, and it wouldn’t…
iOS Photography App – aremaC – Temporarily Free
aremaC allows you to create some fabulous effects to your mobile photography/art. aremaC is quite different to the average photo effect app, it allows you to create bespoke filters from some well designed parameters. Why not give it try? Usually aremaC retails for $1.99/£1.49 but today, it’s free, click here to download.
iOS Photography App – StillShot – Temporarily Free
StillShot is temporarily free today for iOS Photography. It’s a popular app that allows you to take stills of video footage in a great package. Usually StillShot retails for $0.99/£0.69 but it’s free today, click here to download.
Olloclip, Hipstamatic, Cinamatic and TheAppWhisperer Team Up – We Invite You! Fabulous Prizes
We are delighted to announce a brand new section to TheAppWhisperer, the Olloclip MicroSite. Within this section, you will find Olloclip tutorials, news, interviews, competitions and other non-biased advice and tips. We will be adding content to this section each week, you can find it here. To celebrate the launch of the Olloclip Microsite to TheAppWhisperer.com we are announcing a fabulous challenge in-conjunction with Hipstamatic and their brand new video Cinamatic app. The overall winner of our challenge will have their video embedded within Hipstmatics Snap Magazine and receive the brand new Olloclip 4-in-1 iPad lens. Two runners up with enjoy winning the Olloclip telephoto lens with circular polarizer filter.…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Releases 400,000 Photographs Online For Non-Commerical Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released a huge archive of 400,000 (predominately) high-resolution digital images online that you can download and use for non-commercial purposes. Fabulous! Click here to browse
