Mobile Photography – Xiaomi Mi 8: Challenging the Best – SmartPhone Review – DxOMark with Kevin Carter
Some of you may know, many of you do not know, my husband Kevin Carter is a photographic technical expert and journalist. He works at high level imparting his knowledge, never compromising his journalistic objectivity, it’s one of the many things we share (Sociologist Michael Schudson suggests that “the belief in objectivity is a faith in ‘facts,’ a distrust in ‘values,’ and a commitment to their segregation”). As well as that, he’s an editor for DxOMark and he’s just completed his latest report which includes an in-depth analysis of the Xiaomi Mi 8 smartphone camera. Its resulted in an overall score of 99 points, the Mi 8 offers some improvements…
2019 Sony World Photography Awards Now Open For 12th Edition
We are delighted to invite all photographers to enter the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Celebrating the finest contemporary photography from the past year, the Awards are FREE to enter and offer amazing prizes, vast exposure, visibility, and opportunities to photographers worldwide. CHOOSE BETWEEN FOUR COMPETITIONS Professional – outstanding bodies of work between 5-10 images across ten categories Open – rewarding the world’s best single images across ten categories Youth – a single brief for emerging talent aged 12-19 Student – for photography students across the globe BRAND NEW CATEGORIES The 2019 Awards sees the introduction of two challenging new categories in the Professional competition: Brief and Documentary. Brief asks photographers to compose a body of work on…
More Than 50% of British People Avoid Tourist Hotspots According to Recent Research
A report commissioned by Huawei to celebrate the recent launch of the P20 Pro handset, reveals that more than half of British people avoid photographing some of the most beautiful locations abroad whilst on holiday. This report was conducted in respect of holiday destinations within the UK. We are extremely short of space, here in the UK and overcrowded most of the time, so it’s not altogether surprising that we don’t wish to queue to take shots while we have some free downtime, sadly. The report goes on to say “UK tourists spend a collective 25 million hours just to queue, view and photograph landmarks, nearly half (45%) are becoming…
Mobile Photography – Instagram TAKEOVER with @italianbrother – Days 8 – 10
We are so excited with our latest Instagram TAKEOVER this time with @italianbrother – Dilshad Corleone from England, UK. He is a respected and very talented mobile street photographer. @italianbrother has been granted full access to our Instagram account and he is doing a very impressive job. We are very proud of him! On Day 8 he selected a wonderful image by @iphonefineartphotography and he writes “I remember walking down the shores of Kent, on a windy wintery day, huge swollen waves of a cold sea rising majestically, and this old man, with his Sherlock Holmes’ hat and a Barbour parka, relentlessly fighting the bitter chill, with the hope of…
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (813) via Instagram
Here’s day eight hundred and thirteen of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select 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 @frederic_deschenes – Frederic Deschenes with this breathtaking image entitled “Mrs. Anita Gravel, from the series: People from my neighborhood”. Go here to view more of his work
Visualising Mobile Photography and Art Interview with Alexis Rotella from the United States
Today, we are publishing our twenty fourth visual interview, this time with Alexis Rotella from the United States. Like all good art, Rotella’s work is definitely ambiguous but effervescent with pregnant incident. It reaches us on a metaphorical peripheral perspective, toying with our senses as we gather the context from the sides, to decipher our response. There’s earnestness aplenty, with the depth of emotion atmospheric in its elemental vista. Rotella is a talented artist, producing some of the most vibrant and vivacious explorations of mobile art at this time with the ability to emotionally engage. The viewer almost senses the conspiratorially whispers in their ears… I am so excited about this new…
Mobile Photography/Art – App of the Day – Distressed FX
We curate mobile videography, photography and art apps here at TheAppWhisperer as we do images, only highlightlighting ones that are worthy of your time and experience and will allow you to work at a more rewarding level. Today, our App of the Day is Distressed FX a tried and much tested app and one that has also just been updated and includes a new free filter called ‘Blithe’. There’s also a new overlay pack called ‘Beyond Skies’. We have published many tutorials to help you get the most out of this app here at TheAppWhisperer, if you’d like to relook at them, please go here. This app has been around…
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (811) via Instagram
Here’s day eight hundred and eleven of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select 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 @misarfa – Micaela Sarfatti with this breathtaking street image entitled “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go (Hermann Hesse)-(Women on street)“. Go here to view more of her work
Mobile Photography/Art – App of the Day – Waterlogue – On Sale Too!
We curate mobile videography, photography and art apps here at TheAppWhisperer as we do images, only highlightlighting ones that are worthy of your time and experience and will allow you to work at a more rewarding level. Today, our App of the Day is Waterlogue and it is also currently on sale, down to $2.99 from $4.99. Created by John Balestrieri and Robert Clair (othewise known as Tinrocket), both determined to create an app that could transform photographs into paintings, well. Their diligence paid off, the algorithms created in Waterlogue are intelligent, layer by layer, just as a true artist would create. This app has been around for several years,…
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (810) via Instagram
Here’s day eight hundred and ten of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select 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 @danziga – Arie Danzig with this breathtaking street image entitled “Tel Aviv University Railway Station“. Go here to view more of his work
