PhotoFusion – Miranda Gavin “Discovering your Competitive Side”
If you’re around in Brixton, London tonight and you’re a member of PhotoFusion, don’t miss Miranda Gavin’s talk discussing Photography Competitions. Not only is a Miranda a good friend of mine but she’s also editor-at-large of Hotshoe photography magazine, editor of Frame and Reference – online visual arts in South East England, and co-founder of Tri-pod, a creative initiative supporting lens-based artists with personal projects in process. Miranda will lead an informal discussion covering the benefits of entering work into competitions, things to look out for when entering and how best to present your work for submission. Miranda will also touch on promoting yourself in an age of media convergence…
Polamatic – Another iOS Photography App Giveaway by TheAppWhisperer.com
Polamatic by Polaroid for iOS Photography has just been updated with some great new features including new live filter previews, with the existing filters refreshed and twelve all new image settings. Also in the new Polamatic Store, you’ll find features film and border packs. There’s some great new film packs, including ‘a walk among the tombstones: photographic evidence’ for free and a Chroma Film pack for $0.99/£0.69. There’s also new filters added to the 600 Series Film and increased output resolution on iPhone 4, bug fixes and more. This is a free update to Polamatic but if you have not previously downloaded this uber popular app, why not take your…
Olloclip Lens Systems – The Original 3-in-1 System
Following on from the success of his first Olloclip series article, David Hayes has today taken a closer look at the original 3-in-1 lens from Olloclip. For many of our readers who are wondering what an Olloclip is and what it can do, this is a great series to learn more from. Don’t miss this, (foreword by Joanne Carter). In my last article covering the Olloclip lens systems (see here), I gave a brief overview of their entire iPhone line. Today I’d like to take a look at their Original 3-in-1 system. This system, which retails at $49.99, is…
EE Contactless Mobile Payments – Now Available on London’s Underground, DLR and Overground Networks
EE, the UK’s most advanced digital communications company, today announced customers can now use their mobile phone to pay for travel on London Underground, tram, DLR, Overground and National Rail services that accept Oyster for the very first time. The roll-out compliments the ability to make mobile payments with EE on London Buses introduced on August 4th. Customers with Cash on Tap enabled handsets can now benefit from the simplicity, convenience and security of mobile payments across the entire TfL network, without the need for an Oyster card or contactless debit card. EE continues to work closely with TfL and MasterCard to make sure paying for the Tube is faster…
Apple Announces Record Pre-orders for iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Top Four Million in First 24 Hours
Apple® today announced a record number of first day pre-orders of iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, with over four million in the first 24 hours. Demand for the new iPhones exceeds the initial pre-order supply and while a significant amount will be delivered to customers beginning on Friday and throughout September, many iPhone pre-orders are scheduled to be delivered in October. Additional supply of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available to walk-in customers on Friday, September 19 at 8:00 a.m. local time at Apple retail stores. Customers are encouraged to arrive early or order online from the Apple Online Store…
First 4K iOS Video Capture App – Vizzywig 4K – $999.99
Well, we have looked at expensive apps before so Vizzywig’s $999.99 new app did not knock us down. However, despite last week Apple not announcing 4K capabilities in the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, Vizzywig 4K has passed by the Apple police at the app store and it you to produce and distribute 4K videos from your iPhone 5S. Except, it will only work with iOS 7 and if you want to continue using it, you must not upgrade to iOS 8. Some say that the Burst Mode in iOS 8 appears to have broken the ability for this app to operate on iOS 8. Vizzywig 4K has the…
Flickr Group Showcase – TheAppWhisperer (TAW) – 14 September 2014
Oh I love this! Every week whenI curate this showcase I love it and this week to me, it seems to gel so well together. All the artists have created totally fabulous images, please don’t miss this. Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week. 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 Each image can be viewed on Flickr by clicking on the relevant artist below: Shel Serkin, Pat Beradici, Susan Tuttle, livenotonevil, Erika Brothers, Giancarlo Beltrame,…
Mobile Movies Showcase – Week 40 – by Donna Donato
Welcome back to the fortieth article in the column, Mobile Movies. We at TheAppWhisperer have been inspired by the Flickr upgrade of 1 Terabyte of storage for everyone and have wanted to launch a mobile movie section for some time. Now seems to be perfect, the new Flickr upgrade will allow for a full three minutes of 1080p HD quality video per single film and you can have as many as you have storage space for. Each week I (you can find me on Flickr here) will curate the movie uploads to our new Flickr group MobileMoviesTheAppWhisperer – I will view all the videos uploaded and comment on the ones selected. ”The internet has created other crossroads…
London Analogue Festival – 12 – 14 September 2014
If you’re around in London this weekend then don’t miss the 2014 London Analogue Festival. The London Analogue Festival (LAF) is a unique experience of screenings, talks and exhibitions. The festival provides a platform to upcoming and promising independent talents working with analogue mediums today, to show that despite the dominance of digital technologies, proficiency in the analogue arts is still prominent today. There’s so much to learn and to do including an Impossible Project Emulsion Lift Workshop, Lomography Sprocket Rocket Workshop, Silverprint Cyanotype Workshop and more. It is all totally free, the location is at The Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, Wharf, London, SE1 9PH!
Leonardo – Photo Editor with Layer, Selection and Mask – Updated
Leonardo – Photo Editor with Layer, Selection and Mask is a very popular universal app for iOS photography editing. It’s just been updated with rotate – scale rotations are more accurate in the transform section and some minor bugs have been squashed. This is a free update if you have previously downloaded this app, if not you can pick it up here. It retails for $4.99/£2.99/Download.
