Mobile Photography – StreetWise Winter 2017 / 2018 Showcase
“I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my friends. I’ve never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.” Bruce Gilden Hello Everyone! Thank you for submitting your images to StreetWise Flickr group for our ‘Winter Showcase.’ We were touched by the soulfulness and warmth of your photos – beautiful winter scenes (whether in tropical or snowy settings) of people (and animals) looking out windows, windows as frames, windows reflecting cityscapes, people in public transportation, carrying umbrellas, lone figures in urban landscapes and photos of people connecting hand in hand, or embracing one another. Even in the…
Mobile Photography – Instagram TAKEOVER with @gilliannb – Gillian Brodie – Day 4
We are so excited with our latest Instagram TAKEOVER this time with @gilliannb – Gillian Brodie. She is a highly respected and talented artist and has been granted full access to our Instagram account and she is doing a magnificent job. We are very proud of her! Please take a look at her Instagram feed to see what an incredible artist she is. On day 4 @gilliannb highlighted this image by talented mobile photographer @mitrydate and she writes “Hi everyone, @gilliannb here for @theappwhisperer posting my second pic for today. I have chosen this gorgeously dreamy & mysterious street shot from @mitrydate ✨ I have been following her since my…
Mobile Photography – StreetWise Autumn Showcase 2017
“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality is” Ansel Adams Hello Everyone! Thank you for submitting your images to StreetWise Flickr group. Lee and I continue to be amazed at all the wonderful photographs submitted to StreetWise. We are proud to curate so many incredible artists from around the world, this is truly an international and diverse group, and it is our honor to share the showcases with you. As we have often found, Lee and I were challenged to choose such few images for the Autumn showcase from all those that were submitted and we want you to know that we appreciate each and every post!…
Mobile Photography – StreetWise – ‘Shooting From The Knees’ Challenge Results
“Taking an image, freezing the moment, reveals how rich reality truly is…” Ansel Adams Hello everyone! Thank you all for submitting your images to our StreetWise Flickr group for our 11th Challenge Shooting from the Knees. This wasn’t an easy challenge and we were thrilled by and are always so inspired by the quality of photography submitted to our group from around the world and it is an honor to share the showcases with you. It is always incredibly difficult for us to choose such few images for the showcase from all those that were submitted and we want you to know we appreciate each and every post. As a…
Mobile Photography StreetWise Eighth Challenge Results ‘People Working on the Street’
“The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany” Rebecca Solnit Hello Everyone! Welcome to our Eighth StreetWise Challenge ‘People Working in the Street.’ We are thrilled to share it with you! Thank you so much for participating and sharing your wonderful photographs. Lee and I were delighted by all the beautiful submissions to this fun challenge. It was particularly fascinating for us to see how people work in the streets in neighbourhoods from around the world and our showcase beautifully reflects a global coming together. As always, Lee and I hope you enjoy the showcase as much as we enjoyed putting it together. A…
Mobile Photography – StreetWise – Seventh Challenge – ‘Shapes and Geometry in the Street’
Hello Everyone! The theme of our next challenge is ‘Shapes and Geometry in The Street’ Deadline: October 31, 2016 “To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place” Elliot Erwitt Shapes and Geometry are popular themes in any genre of photography, and street photography is no different. There are so many wonderful ways to incorporate both elements into your street shots. From the passing of a square or rectangular window, a circular cutout on a construction site wall, large triangular marble slabs on the side of a building there are numerous architectural details of multitude shapes, the repeated pattern of a floor…
Mobile Photography – StreetWise – Sixth Challenge Showcase ‘Reflection in the Street’
Hello Everyone! Welcome to our Sixth StreetWise Challenge Showcase ‘Reflection in the Street.’ We are thrilled to share it with you. Thank you so much for participating and sharing your beautiful photographs. Lee and I were quite wowed by all the incredible submissions to this challenge. There were so many varying, artistic ways in which reflection was captured that it was difficult for us to chose amongst them. It’s also nice to see our wonderful, creative group continue to grow. As always, Lee and I hope you enjoy this showcase as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured in this showcase,…
Mobile Photography StreetWise Sixth Challenge ‘Reflection in the Street’
Hello Everyone! We are in the process of curating our September Showcase and wanted to thank you for submitting such wonderful images we look forward to sharing it with you soon! The theme of our next challenge is “Reflection in the Street’ Deadline: September 31, 2016 “A photograph can be an instant of life captured for all eternity that will never cease looking back at you.” — Bridget Bardot. While walking in the streets there are reflections everywhere, in windows, mirrors, on rainy days, in puddles, on metallic and shiny surfaces, that capture our attention — sometimes we even see our own reflection when capturing a photo. This challenge is…
Mobile Photography – StreetWise – Welcome and Fifth Challenge – ‘Accessories in the Street’
Hello Everyone! We are in the process of curating our August StreetWise showcase and wanted to thank you all for submitting such great images – we look forward to sharing it with you soon! The theme of our next challenge is ‘Accessories in the Street’. CHALLENGE 5: ‘Accessories in the Street’ Deadline: August 31st, 2016 “Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.” Epictetus, First Century, AD While walking the streets it is evident that the height of the summer season is upon us, given the attire and accessories that people are adorning themselves in. Our challenge this month is ‘Accessories’ – hats, sunglasses, shoes, purses, jewellery, watches,…
Mobile Photography – StreetWise Showcase – June 2016
“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” Robert Frank We were thrilled and particularly moved by your photos submitted to our StreetWise Flickr group and chose images for the showcase that are in keeping with our group’s intention and guidelines “We believe that it is important to focus on the key aspects of street photography composition, timing, juxtaposition, catching the decisive moment rather than relying on too much aping. We therefore feel that aping should be kept to a minimum cropping, tweaking exposure, colour, adding a grain or texture is ok but we would like to see you steer away from overly app’ed images…
