Streets Ahead – Twenty Third Edition
Welcome to the twenty third 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…
Phoooooooar! Introducing Leather Crochet Touchscreen Gloves, Another First By Mujjo
I so love theMujjo brand of products, their beautiful sleeves caress my iPads so beautifully. They are serene, functional and downright gorgeous. So, we were delighted when the co-founder reached out to us to introduce their brand new leather crochet touchscreen gloves! The gloves are made out of a well-considered combination of Ethiopian lambskin leather and crocheted Egyptian cotton. The crochet pattern on the top creates a deliberate and powerful contrast with leather on the palm of the gloves while sleek lines and uniform dark tones amplify harmony. Nanotechnology integrated into the leather of the gloves mimics the conductive properties of the human skin; this makes the gloves touchscreen compatible. While…
Last chance to register for AppsWorld London!
We’re really excited, next week we’ll be at AppsWorld indulging ourselves in delicious apps and developers of course. This is your last opportunity to pre-register for the event, 11K have done so already. Steve Wozniak is a huge draw this year and we can’t wait to chat with him. If you’d like to find out more or preregister, go here. Registering will give you the unique chance to hear industry giants such as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, EA originator Trip Hawkins and Lastminute.com co-founder Brent Hoberman deliver key note speeches. The free pass will allow you access to both these speakers, five of our 12 dedicated conference streams and a…
Brand New 4-in-1 Olloclip – With Two Macro Lenses!
Following on soon after their previous hardware release with the Olloclip telephoto lens, the uber popular hardware iOS accessory manufacturer have now released a 4-IN-1 Olloclip device. The Olloclip 4-IN-1 lens system, the latest in the company’s line of simple, easy-to-use mobile photography tools, offers fisheye, wide-angle, and two macro (10x and 15x magnification) lenses in less than one ounce — with enhanced optics and sleek new design — all for $69.99 USD. Simple, elegant and unobtrusive, the olloclip 4-IN-1 lens connects to the iPhone within seconds. With the fisheye and wide-angle lenses on opposite sides, selecting a lens is as simple as flipping the lens over. The macro lenses…
Sony Xperia Z1 Overview – A Serious Challenger To Nokia Lumia 1020?
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the Sony Xperia Z1 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘our partners at DxOMark have put the Sony Xperia Z1 through their comprehensive image quality testing regime’. Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and interesting findings regarding the video capabilities. To read the dpreview review, go here.
Mextures – iPhone Photography App – Updated
We’ve published several tutorials here on theappwhisperer.com to help you get the most out of Mextures. It’s an outstanding app and if you’ve missed those please go here. Mextures has been updated with some very interesting features as well as bug fixes. Check out What’s New below. If you haven’t downloaded Mextures yet, you can do so here. It retails for $1.99/£1.49/download. What’s New? – Graphic overhaul for iOS7 New Icon New revamped home screen Larger text for opacity slider Other iOS UI enhancements. – New inspiration feed design Larger/higher resolution images in the feed. – iOS 7 bugs squashed.
Distressed FX – Temporarily Free
Distressed FX is a hugely popular app for iPhone photography and one that we have mentioned many times on theappwhisperer.com, not least in Lee Atwell’s beautiful ‘A Picture’s Worth’ article that we published here. It has been used (among other apps) in the edit below. Distressed FX usually retails for $0.99/£0.69 but today it is free. Click here to download.
2014 Sony World Photography Awards Judge shares what she’s looking for in this year’s competition
You have seen the call for entries to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards but how can you make sure yours is the photograph that the judges choose? WPO gives you an exclusive insight into the thoughts of our 2014 Honorary Jury members and exactly what they are looking for in an award-winning image. This week, WPO interviews jury member Isabella Icoz, Art Consultant, Turkey. To enter the competition, go here. In your opinion, what makes an award-winning image? What key elements will you look for in the entries to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards? I generally respond to difficult work, by that I mean work that is intellectually…
TangledFX – iPhone Photography App Tutorial – Part 3 – By Jerry Jobe
We’re delighted to publish the third and final part of a special series of iPhone Photography Tutorials with the app TangledFX by our incredibly talented Tutorials Editor, Jerry Jobe, don’t miss this. If you missed Part 1 or Part 2, please click on the highlighted links to view. (Foreword by Joanne Carter). If you haven’t picked up TangledFX yet, you can download it here. ‘In the last tutorial we went exhaustively through the sliders that control the amount of Tangled FX you apply to your image. I mentioned that I thought the presets supplied are rather obvious, making large changes to my images. Using the sliders to tone down the…
The New Renaissance: A Glimpse Into The World Of Creative App Development By Sarah Jarrett – Part 4
We are delighted to publish our wonderful Columnist Sarah Jarrett’s latest article to her The New Renaissance Column. This section has a wide remit and takes the form of interviews with artists about their working techniques, looking at approaches to a particular theme by different artists, showcase some unusual collaborations between Sarah and other artists and offers insight into apps and their creative uses. Sarah herself explains, ‘I am really passionate about this whole area, I have my ear to the ground and guarantee to uncover some really inspiring ideas – over to you Sarah (foreword by Joanne Carter). This is my final installment in my series looking at the…
