Is Mobile Photography Underrated?
Well, so say all of us it is, here at theappwhisperer.com we’ve been advocating it for many years now. Award winning photographer Benjamin Lowy will be Judging the Head On Mobile competition, that we just mentioned here – as well as that he will be hosting a workshop in Sydney for the event. He began his career covering the Iraq War in 2003. Since then he has covered major stories worldwide, including the wars in Afghanistan and Darfur, the Libyan Uprising, the Haitian Earthquake and Hurricane Katrina. At the moment Ben is in Sochi photographing the Winter Olympics. Whatever the event, Ben isn’t afraid of using a mobile phone to capture…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition with Mobile Category – Deadline Approaching
As avid followers of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for more years than we care to remember we were delighted to learn last year that the organisers have added a mobile category for smartphone photographers aged 17 and under, called WILD-I, hopefully this will be rolled out within the adult category too at a later stage, we mentioned it here. Since then, the organisers of the competition reached out to Nettie Edwards and Dan Burkholder to provide inspiration to new smartphone photographers and you can read the interview here. The Competition is now in its 50th year but there are only 12 more days to get your entries…
Creative Mobile Photography Tutorial – ‘The Creation of Smeagol’ by Nico Brons
We’re delighted to publish the latest in our series of creative mobile photography tutorials with this stunning one by Nico Brons. Nico takes us through the steps to create a fabulous image of Smeagol also known as Gollum from J. R. R. Tolkein’s legendarium. It’s a fabulous tutorial that we’re sure you will all enjoy. Links to all apps are highlighted and within the text. Over to you Nico (foreword by Joanne Carter). “In this tutorial I will show you how I created my imaginative design of Smeagol, the great figure in the story and movie of “The Lord of the Rings”. The original image I took with the…
Mobile Photographer Interview – A Day In The Life With Jaime Ferreyros – One of the Great Pioneers of Mobile Photography
Welcome to our very exciting interview column on theappwhisperer.com. This section entitled “A Day in the Life of…” is where we take a look at some hugely influential, interesting and accomplished individuals in the mobile photography and art world… people that we think you will love to learn more about. This is our 104th installment of the series. If you have missed our previous interviews, please go here. Today we are featuring Jaime Ferreyros, Jaime was born in Lima, Peru and is an Emmy Award winning TV producer, and avid iPhoneographer. Jaime’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the US and Europe, including the very first iPhoneography…
Mobile Photography Competition – 7th Annual iPhone Photography Awards – Open For Entries
The latest iPhone Photography Awards is now open for new submissions. iPhone Photography Awards™ (IPPAWARDS) is the first and the longest running iPhone photography competition since 2007. IPPAWARDS has been celebrating the creativity of the iPhone users since the first iPhone has inspired, excited and engaged the users worldwide. Since then every year, IPPAWARDS has selected the best shots among thousands of images submitted by iPhone photographers from 50+ countries around the world. Winners are selected by the jury members in several steps and The Photographer of the Year prize awarded. The 2013 winners of the most recent competition have recently been announced and you can view all the winning…
Mobile Photography Flickr Group Showcase – TheAppWhisperer (TAW) – December 15, 2013
We have just finished curating this weeks’ Flickr Group Showcase, our 45th of the year and once again, it is outstanding and full of incredible mobile photography and art. It is a joy to curate and a pleasure to view. If you would like to be considered for our weekly Flickr Group Showcase, Please upload your images to our dedicated Flickr group, for this section, here. With many thanks to our Flickr Group Showcase Sponsors – Olloclip.com Each image can be viewed on Flickr by clicking on the relevant artist below: Philip Park/komeda, Susanne, Roy Moore, Gina Costa, Jeanette Vazquez, Tuba Korhan, PSPOP, Thierry Laurent, Amo iPhoneography, Janine Graf, Nettie…
Leonardo – Photo Editor with Layer, Selection and Mask – Temporary Price Drop
Leonardo – Photo Editor with Layer, Selection and Mask is fast becoming a popular app for iPhone photography. It comes from the same developer stable as PhotoWizard and Superimpose, equally popular apps. Leonardo usually retails for $4.99/£2.99 but today you can download it for only $0.99/£.069. Click here to download.
The World’s ‘Best’ Mobile Photography Travel Photo – Winner Announced
The winner of the ‘best’ travel photo taken on a smartphone has been awarded to Zoe King, for her photo taken in Colombo (Sri Lanka), at the Gangaramaya Viharaya Temple. The search was launched after Celebrity Cruises found that 67% of people now use their smartphone to take holiday photographs. As a result, Celebrity Cruises worked alongside esteemed photographers Stuart Franklin (Former President of Magnum, who took what is lauded as one of the most iconic images of all time: the World Press photo Award-winning picture of a man defying a tank in Tiananmen Square, China); Magnum photographer Ian Berry, Art Wolfe and Massimo Vitali to find winning picture –…
New – Techxar Photo Video Light For iPhone Mobile Photography
Techxar TX1 Photo Video Light addresses two major Apple iPhone shortcomings: camera performance in low light setting and battery life. The iPhone’s built-in LED flash is relatively under-powered. Even if it is switched on, iPhone’s pin-hole camera is only sufficient for taking photos and videos within close range in the dark. The powerful LED light of Techxar TX1 significantly improves the image quality over the iPhone built-in LED for photo taking and video recording. Its optically enhanced 250-lumen light output turns night into day enabling mobile photography possible in all light settings. You will finally be able to take photos and record videos of people and objects beyond 6 feet…
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Deco Sketch – Technical IOS Photography App Tutorial – Part 2 – By Jerry Jobe
It’s with great pleasure that we publish Part 2 of a Deco Sketch tutorial by our wonderful Technical Tutorial Editor, Jerry Jobe. This app is from the same developer as the equally popular Tangent app. If you missed Part 1 please go here. Deco Sketch retails for $2.99/£1.99 and you can download it here We’re quite sure you will enjoy this a lot. Over to you Jerry…(foreword by Joanne Carter). “In Part 1 of the Deco Sketch tutorial, we were working with a blank canvas, creating abstract techno images. In Part 2 we’ll see how you can add the lines and shapes from Deco Sketch to a photo, giving…
