Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 Call for Entries…With Mobile Category WILD-I
The 51st Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition launches for entries on Monday 5 January 2015 for eight weeks until 26 February 2015. Critiquing the many tens of thousands of submissions to find the winning 101 will be an international jury of experts including National Geographic Senior Editor Kathy Moran, master of nature photographer, Tom Mangelsen, French aerial photographer, Thierry Vezon, and underwater photographer, Dr Alex Mustard. Sir David Attenborough, who has presented the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards on many occasions, says: ‘Great pictures of nature have one thing in common – they are unforgettable. They can also be a profound source of beauty, wonder and joy.’ Truly…
The Ultimate Gift Guide for iPhone Photographers by Austin Mann – TheAppWhisperer
Many thanks to my friend Austin Mann, the photographer behind the iPhone 6/Icelandic trip (see here) who has allowed me to republish his ‘Ultimate Gift Guide for iPhone Photographers’. There are so really wonderful items in this list, ones that if you don’t have already, you might want to consider, take a look below… “One of reasons iPhone photography is so fun is simplicity. No need to pick a lens, choose complex settings or anything else… It’s just you, the iPhone, and the beauty around you. That said, there are thousands of iPhone accessories hitting the market these days claiming to somehow enhance your iPhone photography. Some of the tools…
Illuminating Lyon with the Festival of Lights – Instagram – 2014
Oh, how I would’ve loved to of been here, every year at the beginning of December, the Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights) takes place in the French city of Lyon (@villedelyon), illuminating the city’s parks and building facades with 75 light installations set to music. The festival now attracts huge crowds from all over the world, but began as a Lyonnaise tradition. When plans to unveil a new religious statue in 1852 were thwarted by bad weather, residents placed candles in jars on windowsills as a tribute. Lyon’s inhabitants still decorate their windows today, but lighting techniques have somewhat advanced since the 19th century. The festival spans four days,…
‘Impossible’ Article with Joe Papagoda – TheAppWhisperer
Today, we are delighted to publish our nineteenth ‘Impossible’ article (to view the others, go here), this time we are featuring Joe Papagoda, a fine art student studying Art History and Photography. “What lead me to experiment with Impossible Project film is my interest in art history, and the enigmatic artists from the 20th century such as Francesca Woodman, Imogen Cunningham, and Andy Warhol who’ve all had a part in jolting my interest in fine art film photography…” Don’t miss this… “Unforeseeable” is an ongoing project of self portraits to be presented in form of a polyptych. I took inspiration from the iconography found in classical Greek sculpture and mythology,…
Mobile Photography – A Picture’s Worth with Rino Rossi – TheAppWhisperer
‘A Picture’s Worth‘… is where we ask mobile photographers that have created powerful mobile photography/art to explain the processes they took. This includes their initial thoughts as to what they wanted to create, why they wanted to create it, how they created it, including all apps used and what they wanted to convey. We also ask these incredible artists to explain their emotions and how the image projects those feelings. We have published a few A Picture’s Worth articles recently, if you have missed those – please go here. In this A Picture’s Worth today we asked Rino Rossi to tell us more about her image ‘Discrete Machine’, she has…
Call for Entries: The 2015 Alexia Foundation Grants
The Alexia Foundation is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its 2015 Professional and Student Grants. The deadline for submissions for the Professional Grant is 2 p.m. Jan. 29, 2015. The deadline for the Student Grant is 2 p.m. on Feb. 2, 2015. The goal of The Alexia Foundation Grants is to give voice to those who go unheard, foster cultural understanding and expose social injustice. The strength of the proposal will be judged equally to photographic skills. The grants go to those who clearly and concisely propose significant projects that share in the Foundation’s mission and who also submit photographic or motion materials that reflect…
Flickr Group Showcase – 7 December 2014 – TheAppWhisperer
This week our Flickr Group Showcase is filled with beautifully atmospheric pictures, capturing and portraying deeply alluring imagery. It’s seductive, I hope you all enjoy this as much as I do. 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 Music this week is – Can’t love you enough by Beth Champion Mason (link) Each image can be viewed on Flickr by clicking on the relevant artist below: wanphen sangkamee, Mel Harrison, Erika Brothers, thistledownup, Max Lazzi, Alan Kastner, Luison, Susan Rennie,…
Creation (Photographie) Mobile – 4 -5 December 2014 – Live Stream Now Available – TheAppWhisperer
Between October 21st and November 23rd, 2014, a call for entries was organized: focusing on Mobile (Photographic) Creation, the initiative was the result of a partnership between the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, and the blog Photophores, dedicated to the promotion of emerging photography. The organisers received 125 applications demonstrating ‘an immense array of creative work done with mobile technology, from smartphones, tablets, and even drones’. The Jury of Mobile (Photographic) Creation would like to thank all of the participants for their propositions and their interpretation of the guideline: “three photographs, without any specific subject, dealing with mobile creation”. This curatorship is being presented today – December…
Mobile Photography – A Picture’s Worth with Cattis Carlander – TheAppWhisperer
‘A Picture’s Worth‘… is where we ask mobile photographers that have created powerful mobile photography/art to explain the processes they took. This includes their initial thoughts as to what they wanted to create, why they wanted to create it, how they created it, including all apps used and what they wanted to convey. We also ask these incredible artists to explain their emotions and how the image projects those feelings. We have published a few A Picture’s Worth articles recently, if you have missed those – please go here. In this A Picture’s Worth today we asked Cattis Carlander to tell us more about her wonderful image ‘Bound’. Cattis has explained…
iOS Photography App – ProCamera 8 + HDR – Updated
ProCamera 8 is a hugely popular app for mobile photographers and it deserves all the adoration that it receives. It has just been updated with some fabulous new features including (via in-app purchase) vividHDR – this allows you to capture moving objects, without a tripod incorporating a world of vivid colours and powerful contrasts. We have listed the additional new features below. ProCamera 8 + HDR retails for $3.99/£2.49 and you can download it here.
