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Hipstamatic Oggl – Updated And Free Download For All – Battery Improvements
Oggl is now available to download from the App Store for all, when it was first released by the developers of Hipstamatic it was by invitation only. It’s an app with a social presence, allowing you to capture and create images and share throughout the community. It has just had its first update and perhaps the most sought after improvement users wanted was a decrease in battery drain – with this update, that issue has gone – according to the developers at least, please give us your feedback. In addition to the battery improvements, it is now possible to add an artist statement to your profile. There’s a tap-hold to…
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Viewmatic – New From The Developers Of Wood Camera
‘From the creators of top-ranked photo app Wood Camera, Viewmatic is a retro-themed photo editor that allows you to create and share the experience of looking through the viewfinder of a classic film camera’. This app retails for $0.99/£0.69 and you can download it here.
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Flare – Temporarily Free
Flare is a great app for shooting video with HDR and perfect to use for our new Mobile Movie Flickr group – we want to see some more movies uploaded there – find out more information about our new mobile movie column here. Usually Flare retails for $2.99/£1.99 but today it’s free, click here to download.
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The App Whisperer – Flickr Group Showcase – May 26, 2013
We have put together another very special Flickr group showcase , our eighteenth of 2013 with some of our favorite images and some great new talent that have been uploaded to our Flickr group – Mobile Photography & Imagery, this week. The quality of submissions continues to rise, so we have decided to make our showcases that much bigger to incorporate as much of this stunning mobile art and photography as we can and to get it out to a wider audience. Each image can be viewed on Flickr by clicking on the relevant artist below: Tal Shafik, Miucco Rainbow, Louise Fryer, Michael Hill, Alon Goldsmith, Michael Koralewski, Tuba Korhan,…
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Gray’s Anatomy – Wo ist mein Handy? – By Richard Gray
I hope this column doesn’t come across as too self-absorbed, but I will take the advice of someone on Twitter who recently said to me there was nothing wrong with celebrating one’s successes. Though on reflection, I’m not sure this is such a great success. I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by leading German newspaper Bild about my iphoneography classes. In the article, I’m described as a Handy-Knipser and also (possibly) a Handy-Nutzer. I rather like these terms. The Handy-Knipser sounds a bit kinky, said one of my friends. But it reminded me of something I already knew from my previous job (I worked in a mainly German-speaking…
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Photostein – Temporarily Free
Photostein allows you to combine multiple photos into one framed picture. This is a quite a popular app for iPhone photography and usually retails for $1.99/£1.49. Today it is free. Click here to download.
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Halftone 2 – New For iPhone Photography
The long awaited sequel to Halftone, named by Apple as one of the best Photo apps of 2011, a Starbucks Pick of the Week in 2012, a 4½-star app, with over 2 million downloads! Halftone 2 re-imagines what it means to turn your photos into professionally-themed comic book pages on a touch device. Its extensive feature set is based on direct feedback from our most passionate Halftone users. Quickly and easily create stories that put words in your friends’ mouths and thoughts in their heads. Add some WHAMS, BAMS, and POWS, and share your creations with the world. Halftone 2 is free to try, and you can add more graphics,…
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Street Football: An Insider’s Perspective – Event Tonight – I’ll Be There!
I’m super excited to be attending the preview of the above event tonight in London, it’s in association with HTC a global leader in mobile innovation and design. They have launched ‘Inside Street Football,’ a new exhibition designed to capture the passion and spirit of street football. ‘Inside Street Football’ used the award-winning new HTC One to shoot grass roots football across twelve cities in Europe and the Middle East, including London and Glasgow, with all images captured by Getty Images’ photographers. The exhibition will be hosted at Top Office Machines, 133-135 Bethnal Green Road – a gallery located in a former computer repair shop – from Friday, 24th of…
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Streets Ahead – Visual Diary Article – ‘Setting The Stage’ – By Maddy McCoy
We’re delighted to publish in full a Visual Diary article by Maddy McCoy via our specialist dedicated Backspaces section, see here that compliments JQ’s and Maddy McCoy’s Streets Ahead Column with us. The concept of Streets Ahead is best expressed in their own words – “This column will provide a platform for discussion on the techniques, aesthetics, and goals that we, as women, bring to this art form. In addition to the weekly showcase, we have set up a dedicated Flickr group –see here. We also plan on featuring bimonthly interviews as well as sharing our own experiences and learning curves in mobile street photography. We will do this through a Visual Diary…
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Technical Tutorial – ProCam: Night Mode
Recent updates to ProCam added its “ISO Boost” feature which when activated, will up the iPhone5’s maximum ISO from 800 to 3200. This is really helpful when shooting in low light environments. A real bonus with this app is its “Night Mode”! This allows you to reduce the shutter speed…and so more light is captured by your iPhone 5’s camera sensor. Using this with the “ISO Boost” gives you a lot more possibilities!! We have recently published some excellent technical tutorials to help you get the most from ProCam, to read those, go here. ProCam retails for $0.99/£0.69 and you can download it here. Let’s take a look…