Mobile by Peak Design: Make Your Phone a Better Photographic Tool – Kickstarter
I am so proud of this product and project, I am a huge fan of San Francisco based Peak Design and their brand new mobile venture is no exception, it is absolutely astounding. They only make quality products and essentially, Mobile by Peak Design is an ecosystem of mounts, cases, accessories, and chargers designed to better integrate your phone with your life. They’re made for any phone, and also compatible with Apple’s new MagSafe® system. Once we have put our pre-production sample through its paces we will come back and confirm what we already know, stand by for that review. Peak Design have launched a new Kickstarter campaign where you…
KickStarter – Pictar Pro | DSLR Your Smartphone
We’re always interested to learn about innovative mobile photography projects and this one from Miggo sounds particuarly interesting. They’ve developed a product, called the Pictar Pro that bridges the gap between a phone’s power and camera’s usability with a wide set of physical controls and software features. The cherry on top is the phenomenal user experience: a pleasure-to-touch polished metal grip and an unmatched front-loaded intuitive user interface. There’s a feature that particularly interests me, that’s the Pictar Pro Viewfinder. If you’re used to looking through camera viewfinders, or just find your smartphone screen too hard to see in bright light, then this could offer a great solution. The Picture…
Mob-Entrepreneurs – Lonesome City: A Fine Art Book – KickStarter with David Ingraham
We created our Mob-Entrepreneurs section many moons ago, this is a select area and we only choose to mention projects that we truly believe in. It reflects the work of mobile photographers and artists who are pushing the boundaries of their talent into other areas. This could be workshops, app development, exhibitions anything that draws in others to our magical world. This time we are featuring a KickStarter project by a very talented mobile street photographer, David Ingraham. He has created a book ‘Lonesome City’ that he describes as ‘culmination of over five years of extensive photo-shooting in the streets of Los Angeles as well as other cities around the…
Kickstarter – Lume Cube Life Lite For Mobile Photography
Lume Cube have already succeeded with their Life Life small portable light Kickstarter campaign. With 30 days to go and $61,360 (at the time of writing) pledged, from a goal of $33,000, this is one light that we expect to see in the flesh very soon. (It took only 29 hours for this goal to be reached). It’s smart, it will sync to your iPhone or Android device via a simple Bluetooth powered app. The app gets smarter, it allows you to remotely adjust the settings to help you capture great images up to 90 feet away. It is waterproof up to 10 M. Chargeable via micro USB and will…
Kickstarter Project – iPhone Photography Cards
I am very pleased to learn of this exciting Kickstarter project of iPhone Photography Cards. Essentially they are flashcards for iPhone photography enthusiasts. The deck includes 10 knowledge and 40 task cards. The concept is to combine both types of cards to obtain one photography challenge – there are 400 possibilities! This project has been created by my friend and fellow photographer Jack Hollingsworth as well as Killian Kunz a graphic designer and photographer. They are hoping to raise €10,000 and have 30 days to go. You can read more and back this project by clicking here.
Mobile Photography – Lomosapiens – Paris in the Digital Age
This is an interesting enterprize that I have recently been sent details of, this project revolves around the specific theme of Paris, concentrating on a body of photographic work covering life in all 20 arrondissements (districts) of the city. The work will be exhibited under the title ‘Lomosapiens’ in a gallery located in the South Pigalle district of Paris in October of this year. Combined with signed limited photographic fine art prints, a selection of 5 images will also be printed in a limited run on Savakas T-Shirts and Tote bags. Renowned for their quality and domestically produced garments, the images are printed on t-shirts designed in-house, assuring the finest…
Kickstarter Campaign – Olloclip Studio for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
We were inspired to learn about this new Olloclip Kickstarter campaign, called the Olloclip Studio for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. The olloclip Studio system is the combination of an all-new, more protective case design that incorporates an integrated mounting solution (patent pending) and a series of mobile photography accessories. Both the case and accessories are designed to intuitively work together the moment you pick them up. Unlike many of today’s modular mobile grip systems, olloclip’s Studio components seamlessly work together so you can focus on capturing the opportunity in front of you and not on building a rig. The olloclip Studio Accessory Kit includes an ingenious two-finger universal…
Kickstarter – COVR Photo Lens Case for iPhone 6 – Now Live
We are very excited to report that the brand new Kickstarter campaign for the iPhone 6 COVR lens case has just launched. Thomas Hurst is the creative genius behind this fantastic product. An award-winning photojournalist for almost 20 years, Thomas captured photographs in some of the most dangerous places in the world. Thomas’ work has appeared in such publications as Time magazine, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe. Among his many nominations and awards, Thomas has earned three World Press Photo awards, “Photograph of the Year” from Editor and Publisher magazine and was a finalist for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography while at the Seattle…
Kickstarter – COVR Photo – An iPhone Case with a Built In Camera Lens – An Interview
This is a cool little project with support and backing from both our Columnists Richard Koci Hernadez and Kevin Kuster among 986 others- $65,966 has actually been pledged so far to get this product into production. COVR Photo is a protective iPhone case with a lens built into it. Simply press the case onto your iPhone, download the app from the App Store, and you’re ready to shoot pictures and video. If you want to use your regular iPhone camera just slide the COVR lens back and shoot away. One of the great assets of COVR Photo is that it’s always on your iPhone ready and waiting—you’ll never have to…
Kickstarter – Ember – The Night Photography Tool For iPhone
We’ve just been sent information regarding this new Kickstarter camaign ‘Ember’. It’s an iPhone light accessory for night photography that allows you to capture night images and videos with soft warm light. The Ember is a continuous light tool contoured to the shape of the iPhone 5 and 5s. The back panel illumination provides a soft, warm light. The Ember’s design was inspired by the function of professional fill lights, used by photographers and videographers to illuminate their subjects. The 56 LEDs provide light that’s 10x brighter than the iPhone’s flash, and the built-in diffuser softens and spreads light evenly resulting in a flattering glow. The Ember’s soft, warm light…
