Retromatic HD For iPad – Temporarily Free
Retromatic HD for iPad provides 17 original retro-style filters, 11 background images and 30 authentic retro-style ornaments. All these images aim to reflect a social atmosphere of early 20 century. You can produce your own retro look picture by applying graphic themes, ornaments, and special vintage effect. Usually this app retails for $2.99/£1.99 but today you can pick it up for free. Click here to download.
ProCam – Temporarily Free
ProCam for iPhone is temporarily free, usually it retails for $0.99/£0.69. We have published several tutorials to help you get started with this app and we have more on the way, take a look here to view the tutorials. Click here to download ProCam for free today.
EyeEm – Photo Filter Camera – Updated
The EyeEm – Photo Filter Camera iPhone photography app has just been updated with a new ‘steph’ filter and new ‘heine’ frame. There’s also a better photo enhancement feature and a few other tweaks and improvements. This is a free update to an already free app, you can download it here.
Instant110 – Temporarily Free
Instant110 is a photo app that takes toy camera and analog photo style pictures. It’s quite popular and usuallly this app retails for $1.99/£1.49 but it’s currently free, click here to download.
ItalianBrother – ‘The Pianist’ – By Dilshad Corleone
We have just published Dilshad Corleone’s latest article to his column, ItalianBrother. This week Dilshad talks us through his intrepid photographic journey from London to Derby, a path I also took a few days before (and will be writing about shortly). Dilshad’s article is full of the sensory stimulations he received throughout the day and will definitely inspire you to take your own photographic journey. Don’t miss this, over to you Dilshad. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). “It’s Easter Sunday, early in the morning. The omens seem to be in my favor: it’s a beautifully cold and sunny day, one of those days that I have long waited. Just…
PictureBook – The Rules of Paranoia – By Benamon Tame
We’re delighted to publish Benamon Tame’s ninth article to his column PictureBook. In PictureBook Benamon concentrates on the the story behind the image. 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). “Delphi watched behind the safety of her jar, dirty glass eye behind stained glass wall. The other toys…
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Getting Exposure Right In Smartphone Portraiture
Nokia have published an interesting article on their blog describing how to maximize the use of exposure with their 808 PureView smartphone, (we have one of these in our lab actually and it really does take some great images). The blog explains how in the ‘creative mode’ on the 808 PureView, you can manually adjust the exposure, deliberately under exposing or over exposing the photograph. Of course this is ‘standard’ photography and these tips can be applied to whichever smartphone you have (within reason). Exposure Above are two images one showing the cameras ‘correct’ exposure and the other deliberately ‘under’ exposed. Bracketing If you bracket the exposure, allowing…
Instagram Image Takes Front Page Of New York Times
Despite the actual photo shoot for this event taking place back in February 2012, this image of Alex Rodriguez taken by professional sports photographer Nick Laham in a locker room, graced Sunday’s (March 31, 2013) front page. It was taken with an iPhone and edited in Instagram. It’s an interesting tactic by the NYT’s, we’re not entirely sure why they have decided to publish these images now but we’re very grateful that they have as it continues to drive the momentum of mobile photography as a serious form of photojournalism. Petapixel (via Huffington Post), have some great behind the scenes images from the photo shoot and we have included them…
Almost Half Of All Instagrammers Are Now Android Users
Yesterday, April 3, 2013, was the first year anniversary for the developers of Instagram’s Android app. Last year, in less than one day over a million people downloaded the app and now almost half of all instagrammers use the Android app to share photos with friends, family and the world. Philip McAllister of the Instagram Android Team, explains, "Instagram for Android has helped make this community more global than ever. Major events such as: Brazil’s Círio de Nazaré festival, the 85th birthday of Thailand’s King Bhumibol, and a streak of severe thunderstorms throughout Malaysia have been captured by Android Instagrammers and shared to global audiences like never before. We’ve also…
Huge Photos – Temporarily Free
Huge Photos is a popular iPhone photography app, it has some interesting filters and the facility to add texts with some great fonts. Usually this app retails for $1.99/£1.49 but today you can pick it up for free. Click here to do so.
