APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – ‘Silver Pink’ – TheAppWhisperer
Many of you have already seen our new segment to our APPart column here at TheAppWhisperer, edited by Bobbi McMurry. We would like to inspire all mobile artists to create one image a day using the selected colour of Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ – see here (we will announce the colour each day). As well a ‘Color of the Day’, Pantone also link that colour with adjectives and/or nouns. For your information Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ was originally created by renowned astrologer Michele Bernhardt – you can read more about her here. Today’s Pantone color of the day is ‘Silver Pink’ (14-1508) and the accompanying descriptives are…
Mobile Photography Tutorial – Diana – When a Little Mix-Up is a Good Thing
We are delighted to publish Jerry Jobe’s latest mobile photography/art tutorial for our reading and viewing pleasure. This week Jobe takes a look at the mobile photography app, Diana. Read his thoughts as he puts it through its paces (foreword by Joanne Carter). Diana is a free app and you can download it here “If you have ever spent any time cooking, you should know the feeling of getting to the point in the recipe when you should be adding an ingredient you were certain you had, but it’s not there. “No sage! Coriander? Rosemary? Whatever!” Sometimes the result is wonderful, sometimes it’s not – but it’s never quite what…
Photography Competition – International Garden Photographer of the Year
International Garden Photographer of the Year is the world’s premier competition for garden, plant and botanical photography. With eight main categories including Wildflower Landscapes, Greening the City and the Beauty of Plants, 2 Photo Projects, 5 Special Awards and a Young Garden Photographer of the Year, there is something for everyone! Winners are displayed at the exhibition launch event at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and then tour the UK and iconic venues worldwide. PRIZE DETAILS: £7,500 overall winner, £2000 portfolio winner, equipment prizes for category winners, various special award prizes, winners published in premium book, exhibited at venues worldwide. To find out more, go here.
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – Winner Announced – 8 July 2015
Huge congratulations to our APPart Color of the Day with Pantone Daily Challenge winner. The Color of the Day was Persian Jewel (17-3934) with the adjectives and nouns, ‘Intelligent, Seductive and Sensitive’. We feel that @illseharris has captured the essence of these with this wonderful image, please check out her Instagram account, it’s fabulous. Today’s Pantone color of the day is ‘Lilac Marble’ (14-3903) and the accompanying descriptives are ‘Willful, Powerful and Cautious’. So, we would like to see your creations using this colour in combination with those words, if possible. It’s a challenge after all! To take part in this challenge, please create an image and post it to Instagram…
Mobile Photography/Art – Pic of the Day (143) – via Instagram – TheAppWhisperer
Here’s day one hundred and forty three of our new 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. Furthermore, each month we will also offer an overall prize to the image that receives the most love. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer Today, we congratulate the @_brooklyndragonfli_ – with this image ‘s y n e r g y’. Please check out her Instagram feed here for more stunning imagery.
APPart – Mobile Art – Pantone Color of the Day – ‘Lilac Marble’ – TheAppWhisperer
Many of you have already seen our new segment to our APPart column here at TheAppWhisperer, edited by Bobbi McMurry. We would like to inspire all mobile artists to create one image a day using the selected colour of Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ – see here (we will announce the colour each day). As well a ‘Color of the Day’, Pantone also link that colour with adjectives and/or nouns. For your information Pantone’s ‘Color of the Day’ was originally created by renowned astrologer Michele Bernhardt – you can read more about her here. Today’s Pantone color of the day is ‘Lilac Marble’ (14-3903) and the accompanying descriptives are…
Photography Competition – Win The New Leica M Monochrom with Lens
Black & White Photography magazine is a platform for contemporary monochrome photography, celebrating the best in image making from around the world. Quality is the keystone of the magazine with excellent journalism and superb photography covering reportage, portraiture, landscape and every genre in between. They have a wonderful competition in association with Leica. Submit three pictures which are linked by style and theme and you could be the winner of the fabulous new Leica M Monochrom worth $7,450/£5,750, plus a beautiful Leica 50mm lens worth $2,068/£1,200. You can also enter the single image categories. The first prize in each category is £200 cash and a £100 voucher from theprintspace. Winning…
Mobile Photography/Art – Apple Default/Native Camera Most Used For Initial Image Capture
Through our APPart Column, edited by Bobbi McMurry, we raised the question ‘do you use the default/native camera in your iPhone or a dedicated photo app to capture your initial images?’. It proved a popular question and our editor for this section Bobbi McMurry has created a pie chart clearly demonstrating the Apple default camera as being the most popular choice with 31%. This was followed by 14% Other* (see below), Hipstamatic with 13%, with Camera+ and ProCamera at 12%, 645 PRO Mk III and Oggl both achieved 6% and Slow Shutter and Provoke with 3%. Please take a look at the chart below…and please let us know your thoughts,…
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Take Action Now – Save the Freedom of Photography – Petition
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