News – Appotography

Mobile Masters PROOF Call for Entries

All mobile artists and photographers are invited to take part in the upcoming Mobile Masters PROOF, a contest aimed at the promotion mobile photography as an art form and at assessing its most distinctive potential. Mobile Masters was born as one of the several projects of designer, author and photograher Dan Marcolina, also known for his other mobile-oriented feats, AppAlchemy and iObsessed.

The previous edition of Mobile Masters was by invitation only. The juried contest format was adopted for the second edition to embrace a wider range of photographic and artistic influences and visions. The most deserving artists will earn a feature spread in the upcoming Mobile Masters iTunes app. Winners will be announced in the course of MacWorld in San Francisco on March 26. Continue reading “Mobile Masters PROOF Call for Entries”

iPhone 5s and 5c Officially Announced

In the course of today’s media event that took place at the auditorium of the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, Apple announced the release of two new iPhone models and confirmed the release of iOS 7 to the public for September 18.

Apple Media Event September 2013 We won’t cover the event in full, as you will find plenty of sources for this purpose, but we want to share the exciting news that will directly concern iPhone photographers—pros, amateurs and casual shooters with no distinctions. Continue reading “iPhone 5s and 5c Officially Announced”

Pixelist, Oil Paintings From Your Photos

There are often mixed feelings when it comes to photographic paintings and photos altered with painterly effects. Many photographers have been exploring the possibilities of the latter creating and applying artistic filters to photos to enhance their visual impact. But do you need art filters when you can have the real thing? True, not everybody is a painter and having a specialist craft a custom painting does not come as cheap as downloading an app to apply art filters on your fancy snapshots. However, if the idea of turning digital photos into traditional artwork sounds intriguing and you have some money to invest on it, you should check out Pixelist, a new service to create hand-made oil paintings out of your favorite images.

The funding campaign for Pixelist is currently ongoing on Indiegogo and through this platform it has raised over $16,000 of the original $20,000. Continue reading “Pixelist, Oil Paintings From Your Photos”

iOS 7 Brings New Features To Photos

In the course of today’s event at WWDC – Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced among other things the release of their new iOS 7. The latest operating system will bring major changes to the way users experience their iDevices, and iShooters will have their share of changes.

iOS 7 Photos
Among the new features the update to iOS 7 is going to introduce, iShooters should keep their eyes on a few interesting ones that will definitely affect the way they take, edit and organize their pictures closely. Continue reading “iOS 7 Brings New Features To Photos”

EyeEm Lisbon Masterclass & Photowalk – May 11 2013

EyeEm organized via its Ambassador Fernando Cruz an event for this Saturday, May 11. There will be a special phoneography masterclass followed by a scenic photowalk through the city of Lisbon. The event — aimed primarily at Eyeem members, but not restricted to them — will be of interest for mobile shooters in Lisbon and surrounding areas.

The masterclass, which will take place from 5PM to 6PM, will be hosted by the Portuguese Institute of Photography (IPF). Continue reading

Camera XE Quick Preview & Launch Offer

MEA Mobile‘s newest photo app, Camera XE is out. To celebrate the launch, the app is free for one week in the App Store.

Currently, Camera XE is also offering another promotion in collaboration with Walgreens: by entering the coupon code CAMERAXE13 when using the app to order prints, you get 25% off your purchase.

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Coming Soon: Woxom SlingShot

Woxom is launching the SlingShot, a smartphone stabilizer to fit all camera phones that was especially designed as an aid for mobile videographers to record videos with their devices without having to worry about camera shake. Woxom’s stabilizer will be out on September 24, 2012.

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HipstaVault Now Open

Hipstamatic opened the HipstaVault for the weekend: this is a good occasion for those who have missed some of the previously released HipstaPaks to download them and enrich their personal equipment collection of lenses, films and camera cases.

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Free iObsessed & AppAlchemy Teaser

To celebrate the LA Mobile Arts Festival, the iObsessed Companion for iPad will be free throughout this week. The iObsessed iPad Companion is an interactive guide packed with videos and other informative material for learning to use the iPhone and a variety of apps as effective creative tools. You can read our review for the app here.

iObsessed’s creator Dan Marcolina will give a talk at this year’s festival (08/24) and on this occasion he will uncover his new 100-page book app, AppAlchemy. AppAlchemy will be out in September, but if you are curious and want to have a taste of it before the release, you can watch the app’s teaser video below. Continue reading “Free iObsessed & AppAlchemy Teaser”

International iPhoneography Show Calling for Entries

MobiTog and FX Photo Studio have joined forces to the International iPhoneography Show, a special event for all iPhone and iPad photographers, professionals and amateurs alike, that will take place in New York on December 16-22, 2011.

International iPhoneograhy Show
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