Gizem Karayavuz – Extension of the I – Mobile Photography Interview
Welcome to another new series of interviews and insights that we are running on theappwhisperer.com. This section, entitled, “Extension of the I,” goes deeper into the photographic aspects of mobile photography. It delves into the lives, thoughts and influences that our artists experience from their photography. No other mobile photography website reaches the depths and emotions of the mobile photographers as we do in this new series of interviews. If you’ve missed our previous interviews of this series, you can read them here. Today we are featuring Gizem Karayavuz. Gizem lives in Istanbul, Turkey where she worked as a financial adviser for three years whilst she studied fine arts part…
Typic Pro – Temporary Price Drop
Typic Pro has some great fonts and design elements to enhance your images with some great captions. This app usually retails for $1.99/£1.49 but today it is available for only $0.99/£0.69. Click here to download.
Wood Camera – Major Update
The developers of Wood Camera, Bright Mango, describe this update, version 2.0.1 as their biggest one yet. This update features 10 new lenses, 11 new texture and 6 new frames. There are also speed improvements, it has been optimized fo iOS 6 and the larger display of the iPhone 5. It’s now possible to select multiple images when importing from the Camera Roll, there’s one touch sharing to Instagram and lots more. This is a free update, if you have previously downloaded this app. If not, you can still pick it up at the reduced rate of $0.99/£0.69 for a limited time by clicking here.
PictureBook – The Cruelty Of The Innocents – Muse – By Benamon Tame
We know that Benamon Tame is building up quite a cult following via his fabulous Column PictureBook with us and those fans and new ones will be delighted with his tenth installment to this series. As Benamon himself describes it: ‘As Photographic artists we do not just capture stories but create them, the journey behind and the image we present. PictureBook draws on Images selected from my own story series but will also look at the work of the other story tellers within the community’. Don’t miss this uber creative article from Benamon, fabulous piece. Over to you Benamon. (foreword by Joanne Carter). “Muse stared out into the…
Online Digital Art Sales – Meet The Dealer
Thanks to Nettie Edwards (@Lumilyon) to pointing us in the direction of this great article from The Guardian. It’s very appliable to our readership and focuses on digital art dealer – s[edition]. As The Guardian points out, ‘it is an online platform and marketplace for affordable limited edition digital artworks. You can log in and buy one of 2,000 editions of Damien Hirst’s diamond-studded baby skull For Heaven’s Sake (the higher end of the affordable scale at £500) or an Emin Neon for the cost of a night out: just £50, a fraction of the usual £30,000 guide price for an original. There are works by Yoko Ono, Shepard Fairey…
Polamatic for iPad – Temporarily Free
Polamatic for iPad enables you to capture or import a photo then select from 12 Polaroid frames, 12 photo filters, light leaks, add text, and share your Polaroid. It usually retails for $1.99/£1.49 but today it is free. Click here to download.
Outstanding Photography By Blind Photographer Craig Royal
Yes we know that title is going to promote a lot of comments but it is actually completely true, Craig Royal is legally blind and has been since birth. Craig is also an award-winning visually impaired fine art photographer and photo artist, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He received a professional fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art in 1983 after graduating from VCU. We are picking up this story after we saw it via Facebook on the Visionaware.org site. You can read more about Craig’s eye conditions over there, see link but just take a look at some of his work…
Kuster – Constant Change Of Life – By Kevin Kuster
We’re delighted to publish Kevin Kuster’s latest article for his Kuster Column with us. This time Kevin discusses the constant changes of life in relation to mobile photography, of course. Don’t miss this, you’re all in for quite a treat. Over to you Kevin… (foreword by Joanne Carter). ‘The greek philosopher Heraclitus (c.535 BC – 475 BC) said “The only constant in life is CHANGE”. ©Robert Jahns @nois7 Although this man of great intelligence and wisdom spoke these profound words thousands of years ago, why have we as a society not embraced them? Specifically, why have we not embraced this idea of change within the…
ArtRage 4 Now Available For Mac & Windows
Ambient Design the award-winning creator of realistic art painting software for Mac, Windows, iPad, and iPhone, released today the new ArtRage 4, a major upgrade of the popular paint software for Mac and Windows, available now for download here. ArtRage 4 offers unique touch-friendly workflow advantages optimized for pen tablet users. The art creation app takes full advantage of the new Windows 8 multi-touch tablets, laptops, and desktops. ArtRage 4 not only allows rotation, scale, and movement of the canvas with two fingers, but it can even utilize simple multi-touch gestures with layers, selections, rulers, stencils, stickers and reference images. Whether using a pen, brush, drawing tablet, mouse or even a finger, ArtRage provides…
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The Guardian – Picture Of The Day – Pablo Picasso
Today is the anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death and The Guardian have selected a quite unknown image from Gjon Mili’s series for Time Life magazine. ‘The genius idea of giving Picasso a light pen to play with reveals both the artist’s speed and agility. Picasso died on this day in 1973’. A triple exposure photograph of Pablo Picasso taken in 1949 at his home in Vallauris, France Photograph: Gjon Mili/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
