Mobile Photography / Art ‘Why I Create Self Portraiture with my Smartphone’ by Lorenka Campos from Texas, United States
Our TrueView Interview section is an area where we ask one singular question, to mobile photographers and artists and it is captured to video. This time, we asked highly accomplished Mobile Photographer and Artist, Lorenka Campos from Texas, United States to consider and answer ‘why I create self portraiture with my smartphone’. It is an interesting question to ponder, there are over 1.8 billion photos shared around the internet each day, many of these are selfies. The difference, we feel in our questioning is that we are asking artists. Therefore, do artists take self portraits because it gives them the opportunity to view themselves from the outside? That a considerable…
Mobile Photography – 8mm – Free This Week
For a limited time only 8mm is the free App of the Week in the iTunes store, it usually retails for $1.99 (in-app purchases are sold separately). 8mm Vintage Camera captures the beauty and magic of old school vintage movies right through your viewfinder. Dust and scratches, retro colors, flickering, light leaks, even frame shakes, all can be instantly added with a single tap of the finger. Also, check out the video below, after running out of money, director Malik Bendjelloul finished shooting the Oscar nominated documentary ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ with this app. To give it a whirl on your iPad go here To give it a whirl on…
Mobile Photography Awards 2017 (MPA) Now Open for Submissions
The Mobile Photography Awards (MPAs) have been a mainstay to the Mobile Photography and Art community for seven years. Featuring some of the very best artists throughout the world, celebrating their immense talent and energy. This years competition is now open to receive your submissions until 11 Deceomber 2017 and as always there is a grand prize of $3,000 up for grabs. To find out more and/or to enter your images, please go here.
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (634) via Instagram
Here’s day six hundred and thirty four of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer Today, we congratulate @chalktiger with this breathtaking image entitled “Janet didn’t realize her hairdryer was so powerful!“. Please view more of her body of work here. [Please visit our Artist Directory and find out how we can add you too!]
Indepth Review of Android 8.0 Oreo
Wow, this is an immensely impressive and well written article by Ron Amadeo, Reviews Editor at Ars Technica. “Take a closer look at Oreo and you really can see the focus on fundamentals. Google is revamping the notification system with a new layout, new controls, and a new color scheme. It’s taking responsibility for Android security with a Google-branded security solution. App background processing has been reined in, hopefully providing better battery life and more consistent performance. There’s even been some work done on Android’s perpetual update problem, with Project Treble allowing for easier update development and streaming updates allowing for easier installation by users. And, as with every release, more parts of Android get more…
Mobile Photography & Art – Lightricks Launches Enlight Quickshot, an Intelligent Camera App with Strobe Photography and Batch Editing
Lightricks one of the leading developers of premium mobile creative tools, have announced the launch of Enlight Quickshot, an easy-to-use camera app with powerful photography and editing features. The latest addition to the Enlight suite of creativity apps, Quickshot is hoping to bridge the gap between mobile photography and DSLR quality. Aiming for speed and simplicity, Quickshot eliminates the learning curve for amateurs with automated editing, while offering a wide array of customization and control options for advanced users. Lightricks, the developers behind celebrity-loved app Facetune, the winner of Apple’s App Design Award for 2017 Enlight, and its successor Enlight Photofox, have created Quickshot as an app that takes the…
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (633) via Instagram
Here’s day six hundred and thirty three of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer Today, we congratulate @gothic_swan with this breathtaking image entitled “sometimes there are no second chances…”. Please view more of her body of work here. [Please visit our Artist Directory and find out how we can add you too!] While You’re Here ….we have a small favour to ask. More…
Mobile Photography & Art – My Top Five Apps by Andrew B White From New York City, US
We are revitalising our Top Five Apps section to our Photo App Lounge column. This a section within TheAppWhisperer where we ask highly accomplished mobile photographers and artists to list their top five apps and to explain why they have selected them. Kicking us off today is highly accomplished mobile photographer, artist Andrew B White, originally from New Zealand and now resident in New York City, US, enjoy! (foreword by Joanne Carter). “Talking about my top five photo apps is an interesting job! If you had asked me this question in 2009, 2012 or 2015 you will have got quite different answers – advances in phone camera technology have led…
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (632) via Instagram
Here’s day six hundred and thirty two of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we will be selecting one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer Today, we congratulate @remintrusions – Damian De Souza with this breathtaking image. Please view more of his body of work here. [Please visit our Artist Directory and find out how we can add you too!]
Mobile Photography & Art Flickr Group Showcase – 3 September 2017
“Individuals often withhold help because they are uncertain about whether beneficiaries will appreciate their assistance. Expressions of gratitude can signify that a beneficiary values, needs, and accepts one’s assistance. Previous research has shown that grateful feelings enable people to savour positive experiences, cope with stress, and strengthen social relationships. A disposition toward gratitude is also associated with higher levels of subjective well-being, demonstrating that counting one’s blessings can increase positive emotions and health”, Francis Flynn, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Stanford. Appreciation is one of life’s great motivators, when we take the time to let people know that we value them, it naturally inspires them to continue doing even more.…
