There is an interesting article in the BBC News Magazine on the digital camera and how it’s changed photography (and the way we take photographs). It also discusses how the camera phone (iPhone in particular as it’s arguably the most used phone camera) has changed the digital camera. It asks: does the fact that we [...]
At Jaggr we love that there’s a Flickr group devoted to 6×6 and 6×7 iPhone app photography. It’s not the biggest group, but many of the members are prolific and talented. A number of them have a real eye for pattern. Have a look at some of the more abstract images here: beautiful birds on wires [...]
The new Mobile Photography Awards (MPAs) has just announced the winners of its first annual competition. Phoneography is fast becoming accepted as a legitimate form of photography and a valid art-form and MPAs immediate goal is to showcase the photographers, the developers and the work produced. While filters and effects can – in the [...]
From time to time we’ve read comments about “shill” (dishonest) reviews on the iTunes App Store. The be honest, we’ve tended to dismiss them as simply sour grapes. But then… A few days ago we got an unsolicited mail from a company offering to market our apps for a fee (nothing odd in that). However [...]
The Justice & Police Museum in Sydney, Australia has archived (and on display) the “rogues galleries”, 6×4-inch glass plate negatives produced in the New South Wales prisons and police stations between 1912 and 1930. These “special photographs” (as they are described in the police documents of the period) were taken in the various inner-city police stations [...]
To mark World Aids Day (1 December), a Pasadena gallery is hosting a photography exhibition put together by Art Aids Art. The exhibition, South Africa: A Nation in Transformation, shows works by photographer Jürgen Schadeberg who has photographed the most significant faces and places in the last 60 years of South African history. You don’t [...]
There are plenty of add-on lenses for the iPhone out there. Some of them stick over the lens, others screw in to specially-adapted cases. But the iPhone Lens Dial from Photojojo has to be the most radical yet. A chunky (described as "slim") aluminium case supports a three-lens turret reminiscent of the turrets once [...]
Paris of the 1930s was a busy place. It drew top end musicians, performers and dancers; was documented by notable writers, painters and poets; and provided the scenes for some iconic photographs. One of the notable photographers working this beat was Brassaï (born Gyula Halász in 1899). A trained painter and sculptor, he moved to [...]
If you’re interested in vintage photography and cameras then the odds are good that you know about the US Government’s Library of Congress catalogue. If you don’t this is for you. The LoC catalogue documents American – and international – history. It’s made up of extensive collections (some privately-owned) which include maps, manuscripts, newspapers, film [...]
Want toasty-warm hands and fingers free to iPhoneograph? Your best bet is to opt for gloves with open thumb and index finger tips and a fair bit of grip, ideally rubberized, non-slip palms. So if you’re searching online, here are some of the most popular options, the terms used and what they describe: Photography gloves: [...]