Apple Introduces 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K Display
Apple today unveiled the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display, featuring the world’s highest resolution display with a breathtaking 14.7 million pixels. At this amazing resolution, text appears sharper than ever, videos are unbelievably lifelike, and you can see new levels of detail in your photos. With the latest quad-core processors, high-performance graphics, Fusion Drive and Thunderbolt 2, iMac with Retina 5K display is the most powerful iMac ever made—it’s the ultimate display combined with the ultimate all-in-one. “Thirty years after the first Mac changed the world, the new iMac with Retina 5K display running OS X Yosemite is the most insanely great Mac we have ever made,” said Philip…
Apple Introduces iPad Air 2—The Thinnest, Most Powerful iPad Ever
Apple today introduced iPad Air 2, the thinnest and most powerful iPad ever. Now just 6.1 mm thin and weighing less than a pound, iPad Air 2 features an improved Retina display for enhanced contrast and richer, more vibrant colours, and better cameras for taking stunning photos and videos. Available in gold, silver and space grey, the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 offer Touch ID so users can unlock their iPad with just the touch of a finger and make purchases easily and securely within apps using Apple Pay.¹ “iPad is a magical piece of glass that runs more than 675,000 apps specifically designed for it, and…
OS X Yosemite Available Today as a Free Upgrade
Apple today announced that OS X Yosemite, the latest major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, is available as a free upgrade for Mac users from the Mac App Store. Yosemite delivers a fresh, modern look and introduces Continuity features that make it easy to hand off activities between Mac and iOS devices and even make and receive iPhone calls from your Mac. Yosemite also includes a new Today view, a redesigned Spotlight and updated versions of Safari, Mail, Messages and iTunes. “OS X Yosemite is the most advanced version of OS X we’ve ever built, with a brand new design, amazing Continuity features and powerful versions…
Another iOS Photography App Giveaway – A+ Signature – The Photo Annotator
We mentioned the huge update to this very popular watermarking iOS app yesterday, see here. Today, we are excited to have a selection of free codes to share amongst our loyal readers. A+ Signature retails for $1.99/£1.49 but if you would like to be in with chance to win a promo code, all we ask is for you to reply to this post telling us what you love most about theappwhisperer.com (we know how hard it is to narrow it down to one thing and also retweet or FB this post). That’s it, we’ll enter your details into our magic hat and if you’re a winner, a code will soon…
iOS Photography App Reflect+ – More Standing Water Ahead – Part 1 – by Jerry Jobe
We are delighted to publish our latest iOS Photography Tutorial by Jerry Jobe. This week Jerry writes Part 1 (of 2) about the new app Reflect+, one that you may find very useful to have in your toolbox. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). Reflect+ retails for $1.99/£1.49 and you can download it here “Back at the end of August, I did a two-part series that was a “battle” between two apps that add water to your images: ColorLake and Flood. Now, barely more than a month later, another app has come to the App Store that mirrors the capabilities of those other apps, and adds more bells and whistles. Upon reflection,…
‘Building Mobile Bridges With Instagram’ – Michael Christopher Brown
We’re are delighted to publish our second article to our brand new section to TheAppWhisperer.com today, entitled, ‘Building Mobile Bridges with Instagram‘. Within this section we profile specific mobile photographers that have caught our eye, demonstrating their talent via their Instagram feed. We view so many talented feeds everyday and we wanted to make sure we highlighted these photographers to help them raise their profiles. Previously we looked at street photographer Hannibal Renberg, if you missed that, please go here. Today, we are taking a look at Michael Christopher Brown. Michael was raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington State. Often using a camera phone as a primary…
iPhone Photography/Art App – iColorama S – On Sale Today
iColorama S is a very popular app for iPhone photo and art editing. The developers are hugely attentive and this is clearly apparent in the capabilities of the app. We have published many tutorials to help you gain the most from it, if you have missed those, please go here. Usually iColorama S retails for $2.99/£1.99 but today it is available for $0.99/£0.69. Click here to download.
iOS Watermarking App – A+ Signature – The Photo Annotator – Huge Update
A+ Signature – The photo annotator is a very popular app for watermarking and adding other items to your iOS images. There’s a free lite version which contains less features from the full version that costs $1.99/£1.49. This update includes the facility to add unlimited texts or drawn items on to images, more fonts and lots more, all the details are below. To download the lite version, go here To download the full version, go here
StreetVIEW – 7500 feet above the ordinary – The Stanley Hotel by Laura Peischl
We are delighted to publish this wonderful article by our Columnist Laura Peischl who’s travelling the US right now. As well as writing the text, Laura sent us some beautiful mobile images from her trip. We have put these together into a video showcase with the music of her choice ‘The Shining Soundtrack – Masquerade’. Don’t miss this… “I visited the Stanley Hotel… And it was creepy! And fascinating the same time! The Stanley Hotel is a 140-room neo-Georgian hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Located within sight of the Rocky Mountain National Park, the Stanley offers panoramic views of the Rockies. It was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley of…
Advertising Assignments and Instagram Success
A very interesting article in PDN last week talks about advertising assignments and success for mobile photographers. They interview Lauren Randolph a very successful photographer, more commonly known by her Instagram title of Lauren Lemon and discuss the continued rise of her career. Only five years out from college, she has attracted more than 230,000 Instagram followers. It’s a great read, go here to read more.
