Art highlights repression: Women are being exploited globally as Amnesty launches awareness campaign
An incredible article and one that I picked up on from my friend at Fujifilm highlights how far the world still needs to go to combat sexual repression. This article is full of alarming facts and figures. All these figures are the focus of a two year global campaign by Amnesty International launching today. ‘It calls for everyone to be able to learn about their body, sexual health and relationships, to choose their partner and when or if they have children and to access sexual and reproductive health services’. The charity teamed up with Tokyo based artist Hikaru Cho for the ‘My body My Rights’ campaign with a series of…
RED Epic Sensor Reviews – Kevin Carter/DxOMark and More…
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor/Consultant for DxOMark, the British Journal of Photography among many others has just completed some huge technical reviews for DxOMark. Not least the RED Epic Dragon review ‘the first camera to break the 100-point DxOMark sensor score barrier’. He’s also reviewed the Leica X Vario sensor, the Leica S sensor, the Olympus Stylus 1 sensor, the Sony Alpha A500 sensor and a range of the best lenses for the Sony Alpha A300 both primes and zooms. Phew, no wonder I haven’t seen him! The DxOMark lab tests represent the gold standard for technical tests and these are…
Photo Tool Apps – Reduce camera shake – in your pictures – by Martin Duerr
While the iPhone, with the iOS behind and all those nice photo and art apps available, is a wonderful mixture to do art and art related stuff right in your hands it is not so perfect to help you edit imagery which is “shaky”. Yes, there are software driven stabilizers available for several apps, but it still could happen that a picture you want to have “sharp” is slightly blurred due to unexpected camera movement because it’s windy for example. Let’s discover three different methods, or better plugins, you can use to save your images. Yes, you will need Photoshop for that, but there is no written rule that you…
iPhone Photography Tutorial – PopAGraph – Part 2 – By Jerry Jobe
We’re delighted to publish Jerry Jobe’s latest tutorial this time it’s on the app ‘PopAGraph’ and is in two parts, this is part 2. We published Part 1 last week, if you missed that, please go here. We think you will really enjoy this, over to you Jerry (foreword by Joanne Carter). PopAGraph is free and here’s the link to download it “In the last entry we started discussing the PopAGraph app. One thing I didn’t mention is that typing the name of the app over and over is like typing a secure password – all those random capitals! But that’s my problem, not yours. At this point, our image…
StreetVIEW – The Secret Life of Things – By Laura Peischl
We’re delighted to publish Laura Peischl’s latest article to her StreetVIEW Column. Below you will find text by Laura describing the atmosphere as she meanders a local street market one Saturday morning. Beneath that you will find her fabulous still captures. We have put these together into a video showcase with music of Laura’s choosing to bring you the complete picture of her experience. This is not to be missed – over to you Laura (foreword by Joanne Carter). “Strolling through the flea market on a Saturday at an early morning, means for a photographer, first of all observing. There are so many layers of interaction, so many…
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iOS Photography App – PhotoMotion – Updated
Yesterday we published a great introductory tutorial by David Hayes relating to PhotoMotion and to help you gain the most from this new app, if you missed that, please go here. The developers EastCoastPixels have just updated this app and added support for adjusting photo duration timing for all photos and individual photos. A control to enable the video end fade optional has also been included. There’s also been a few user issues fixed. This is a free update, if you have previuosly purchased this app. If not, you can pick it up here. It retails for $0.99/£0.69.
Mobile Camera Club – Opening of the first 3.0 gallery Paris, March 6 2014
We are very excited to bring you news that the Mobile Camera Club gallery will host the second edition of Mobile Photo Paris from March 6 to March 29 2014. One exhibition, two openings: Thursday, March 6 2014 from 6 PM Sunday, March 16 from 3 PM Located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, Mobile Camera Club will exhibit mobile photography in all its forms. The name of the gallery is a tribute to camera clubs and photographic societies, which were the real “test kitchens” of the early photographic years. It is also a reference to Alfred Stieglitz, a photographer and gallery-owner born 150 years ago, who was a real…
Mobile Masters Competition – Deadline Extented
The deadline has been extented for this fabulous mobile photography competition. You now have until March 9, 2014 to enter. The aim of this second edition of the Mobile Masters interactive eBook is to showcase Mobile Photography as a distinctive and expanding new movement in the history of the art form. It will curate the best work of some of the most passionate early innovators of this underground movement with images that would not have been made just 3 or 4 years ago. We are proud to be a supporter of this competition with the organiser Dan Marcolina who also happens to be one of our Columnists, we are also…
iOS Photography Technical Tutorial – PhotoMotion – By David Hayes
We’re delighted to publish David Hayes’ latest technical iOS Photography tutorial. This time it’s on the very new and popular app, PhotoMotion. We are sure you will really enjoy this, over to you David(foreword by Joanne Carter). “East Coast Pixels, the same group that produced such winners as PhotoToaster and TitleFx, have recently released PhotoMotion. This app allows you to add “motion” to your stills…and in the spirit of all filmmakers…gives you the chance to create narratives ala Ken Burns. If you are a follower of the mobile photographers, Cat Morris, Andrea Koerner, Roger Guetta, and myself you have already seen what this app can do! I’d like to…
Women In Focus – An Artist Initiated Organisation for Women Photographers
Virtual Exhibits – International Women’s Exhibit 2014 An exhibit in Celebration of International Women’s Month, March. Representing and connecting women from around the world from all backgrounds and cultures, working in all areas of life who share the same passion, photography. The exhibit is sponsored by Women In Focus, a women’s photography Group in Atlanta, Georgia. Curator is Gittel Chase Price, President of Women In Focus and Founder of the Women In Photography LinkedIn Group of more then 48,000 women from all parts of the globe. Five hundred images exhibited here and from fourty-three countries. To view the slide show go here ©Laura Lupas – Romania
