Streets Ahead – Thirty Seventh Edition – Mobile Street Photography
Welcome to the thirty seventh edition of “Streets Ahead,” a weekly column dedicated to women mobile street photographers. Each week we review and curate work that was submitted to our Flickr Group. In addition to creating a showcase video which features a sampling of submitted work, we also highlight a few images that caught our attention… offering some thoughtful commentary about technique, composition, and subject matter. If you are not a member of our Facebook group… we highly recommend that you join us! This is our space for sharing newsworthy information and conducting discussions (what, when, where, why and how) about Women Photographers/Artists and Street Photography, in general. So, if…
SAMSUNG LAUNCHES COMPACT AND STYLISH GALAXY S5 MINI
Samsung Electronics today announced the Galaxy S5 mini, a compact version of Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5. The Galaxy S5 mini delivers powerful performance, as well as the same dedicated fitness tools and enhanced device protection features found in the Galaxy S5. “If you’re someone who wants a stylish, smaller smartphone without having to compromise on the latest features and technology, then look no further than the Galaxy S5 mini,” said Ines Van Gennip, Marketing Director at Samsung Electronics UK & Ireland. “As with our previous ‘mini’ devices, this latest incarnation combines the iconic design and essential features of the Galaxy S5 with a sleek and compact body. A…
Streets Ahead Interview: Liz Traynor – Mobile Street Photography
This week, the Women’s Street Photography Collective (Streets Ahead) is pleased and honored to feature Liz Traynor in our interview segment. I first noticed Liz’s work when I joined the Streets Ahead group on Flickr. Her photographs immediately stood out for me – she has a great eye and ability to capture the narrative. It is fascinating to read the stories behind her photographs and I love that she has a gift for titling her images just right, and often with a sense of humor. I highly recommend a visit to her galleries. You can find Liz @Ferguscat1 on Flickr. Liz Traynor ‘Liz Traynor’ – ©Liz Traynor Please tell…
Olloclip, Hipstamatic, Cinamatic and TheAppWhisperer Team Up – Final Call For Entries!
Today is the final day for entry to our fabulous Olloclip, Hipstamatic/Cinamatic video competition. The overall winner of our challenge will have their video embedded within Hipstmatics Snap Magazine and receive the brand new Olloclip 4-in-1 iPad lens. Two runners up with enjoy winning the Olloclip telephoto lens with circular polarizer filter. The entry requirements are to create a short video, using the Cinamatic app and post these to our new Olloclip Flickr group – see here. Main ‘Rules: 1/ You must use the Cinamatic app to create a video 2/ You must post the video to our Olloclip@theappwhisperer Flickr Group (see here) Terms and Conditions: 1/ The artist must…
INDIEGOGO – The Petal Project
Here’s a really wonderful inspirational project that I thought our readers would like to learn about. It’s an ongoing portrait photography series combining petals, it’s really beautiful. Tal is a Fine Art Portrait and Fashion photographer, this project displays feminity, inner power, fragility, strength and sensuality – I use these words day in and day out – it’s how I like to view the world too. To find out more, go here.
Firecracker Photographic Grant 2014 – Applications Now Open
The Firecracker Photographic Grant is an annual award providing funding for a female photographer, to aid in the completion of a documentary photographic project. Through a combination of self-initiated fundraising and with the generous support of Genesis Imaging, the Grant fund is a minimum financial contribution of £1,000 plus £1,000 credit of professional printing, mounting and framing services from Genesis Imaging. Applications are open to women photographers born or residing in Europe and submissions are judged by an independent panel of industry specialists from a cross section of disciplines and sectors, including picture editors, commissioners, art buyers and gallerists. Submissions are subject to a £10 application fee, with all funding…
Flickr Group Showcase – TheAppWhisperer (TAW) – June 29, 2014
Oh Wow! We have just published this weeks Flickr Group Showcase and it is absolutely incredible – the images within this showcase are truly and utterly fabulous. Each week I do this, each week I feel that it can’t be beaten, this weeks’ work really is at such a high level. Curating the showcase this morning has been an absolute joy, I have been completely and utterly immersed, similar to the feeling of reading a gripping novel. Please view this and I really hope you enjoy as much as I do. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. If you would like to be considered for our weekly Flickr Group Showcase,…
Tickle Your Fancy #42
Welcome back to our forty second post in our new section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’. ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ includes a round-up of between three to five links to articles from around the internet that have specifically interested us during the course of the week. Ones that we feel are relevant to your interest in photography and art. Just to explain the title for this section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ is an English idiom and essentially means that something appeals to you and perhaps stimulates your imagination in an enthusiastic way, we felt it would make a great title for this new section of the site. This week we look at a fascinating…
Mobile Movies Showcase – Week 34 – by Donna Donato
Welcome back to the thirty-fourth 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 chosen ones. ”The…
ArtRage 4 Painting Software Now 50% Off For A Limited Time
Ambient Design www.artrage.com, the award-winning creator of realistic art painting software for Mac, Windows, iPad, and iPhone, announced today that the popular ArtRage 4 paint software for Mac and Windows is now available at 50% off for $24.90 (originally $49.90) from now until July 1st at http://www.artrage.com/artrage-store.html. Eligible upgrade discounts for ArtRage 2.x and ArtRage 3.x to ArtRage 4 will also be 50% off during the sale. Check eligibility at: http://www.artrage.com/upgrades/. ArtRage 4 Optimized for Touch Screens ArtRage 4 offers unique touch-friendly workflow advantages optimized for pen tablet users. The art creation app takes full advantage of Windows 8 multi-touch tablets, laptops, and desktops. ArtRage 4 not only allows…
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