May 2012
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“Facebook Camera is only for interacting with Facebook. Instagram has its own...”
– Chris Foresman, from Ars Technica, writing about Instagram and Facebook Camera
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Photography vs. iPhoneography at art center... →
Wow, I’d love to see this. Unfortunately, it’s at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, just outside DC, only until May 31 (and, as it happens, I’m traveling down there the day after). Oh, well.
Here’s the scoop from the Washington Post: “The exhibition pairs images shot on iPhones with ones from more traditional cameras and raises interesting questions: What makes a...
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Photoville seeking Kickstarter funds for Brooklyn Bridge Park project
“Photoville is a new Brooklyn-based photo destination - a veritable village of freight containers transformed into temporary exhibition spaces, taking place this summer from June 22 to July 1, 2012.”
Learn more at the Kickstarter page.
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Will iCloud soon have “shades of Instagram”?
That’s how the LA Times put it, citing reports about changes to iCloud expected in June. The changes would make it possible “to share and comment on photos and not just sync them on their own devices,” the report says.
“This upgrade sounds as if it would blend a little of the social element that is part of...
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“Maybe photography can’t live up to experience. Maybe photography steals away –...”
– From an article about the book Photographs Not Taken
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Andy Ihnatko: Results make up for awkwardness of... →
The bottom line: It takes time to learn, but it’s worth it.
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PCWorld: 5 Essential iOS Apps for Photographers →
An interesting selection, with an app, Afterfocus, that I’ll definitely want to check out.
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The race to build the Instagram of video →
From the Wall Street Journal: “A growing number of start-ups are providing easy ways to share videos taken from a smartphone, enabling people to add music and text and to share the results on Facebook or another social network. As Instagram has done, these services are swiftly drawing millions of users, as well as big money from top venture capital firms, film stars and angel investors such...
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Macworld: How to beam photos in iPhoto for iOS →
A useful and quick tutorial.
“Using the Beaming feature, users can wirelessly share edited photos across devices without iCloud, Dropbox, or other cloud-based services. Instead, Beaming uses a shared Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection to allow users to share photos between devices with the iPhoto app installed.”
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Toronto Star: Hipstamatic photos of Sept. 11... →
“Visitors take a picturesque ferry across the bay from the airport on the leeward side of the base to the main camp where the prison is held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Star security reporter Michelle Shephard snapped these iPhone Hipstamatic photos this weekend covering the Sept. 11 trials.”
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PhotoShelter blog: Why Instagram is terrible for... →
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Wall Street Journal covers Instagram party at W... →
Sounds like it was lots of fun.
“There are many parties celebrating the opening of photography exhibits in New York, but few where the photos on display were taken on iPhones,” the Journal reports. “But such was a party Tuesday at the W Times Square, where the Living Room lounge is currently decorated with Instagram shots… The concept, explained the hotel’s general...
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Interview: Ben Lowy talks to the New York Times about iPhone photography
There’s a terrific interview at the New York Times Lens blog with Ben Lowy, who’s made a mark in photojournalism with his images from Iraq, Libya, and elsewhere (and for his defense of iPhone photography). As the article notes, “For the last four years, he has been ardently defending cellphone photography...
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Ben Lowy filter coming to Hipstamatic →
Yes, that’s what Lowy says in his interview with the Times.
It will apparently be a “lens and film combo where it’s pure and fairly straightforward,” Lowy says. The combo will apparently “turn back the saturation a little bit, have the clarity up, a little bit of a grain and some contrast, but not enough that you lose the highlights.” Lowy adds, “I found that a...
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Mashable: Instagram's got 50 million users →
And adding five million a week. Wow.
April 2012
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James Campbell's list of iPhoneography apps, with... →
Very useful.
I should cross-check this with my own list of the best apps, which I’m planning to update soon.
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“I like contrasts, paradoxes and extremes. That’s why I love to combine...”
– Photographer Giuseppe Capozzo in an interview at Life in Lofi
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Interview: Florian Meissner of EyeEm →
This is a fun interview with EyeEm’s CEO. Definitely check out EyeEm if you want an Instagram alternative (or just want to experiment with other options for mobile photo filters/sharing).
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99 Instagram alternatives for iPhone photography
To be honest, that headline is something of a joke. Ever since the Facebook acquisition of Instagram, there have been scores of articles on Instagram alternatives, from media outlets from Macworld to the Huffington Post (and far beyond). I’m guessing lots of people are now discovering the world of iPhone photography beyond Instagram.
Well, here’s another quasi-list of options: my own...
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Lovely flower photos by an iPhoneographer →
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“I learned to appreciate the artistic side of photography, and I learned that...”
– Anick Jesdanun of the Associated Press
In this article about warming up to Instagram
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Cartoon: More billion-dollar startups →
Love this.
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New book: “Instaburb: 50 Images of Australian Suburbia”
Love the look of this. Learn more at the Instaburb website.
Instaburb: Softcover by Misho Baranovic and Oliver Lang | Make Your Own Book
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“The first time one sees a picture with an Instagram-type filter applied, it...”
– Photographer Stephen Dowling
From a thought-provoking story (“Has Instagram made everyone’s photos look the same”) at the BBC website
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“In the last year, Instagram became the main back channel where most of my...”
– Jenna Wortham, commenting on Instagram
From the Bits blog in The New York Times
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Is the Facebook/Instagram deal an opening for Flickr?
The Android app for Flickr has Instagram-like filters. If the iPhone app gets them, and Flickr brings Instagram-style simplicity to the app, is there a chance Facebook-wary Instagram users would give Flickr another shot at becoming a leader, even an innovator, for mobile photography? Anything is possible.
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You must see this: London cab and 1,000 StickyGram... →
Wow, what a cool promo. From stickygram:
Here’s a little something we’ve put together to welcome millions of Android users joining the Instagram party.
Made up of nearly 600 individual images, this magnetic mosaic has been sent round the city of London on the roof of an iconic black cab.
Look out for it next time you are out….
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CNN: Will Facebook ruin Instagram? →
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“It’s important to be clear that Instagram is not going away. We’ll be working...”
– Kevin Systrom, Instagram CEO
From the Instagram blog.
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Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion, pledges...
Wow. $1 billion. And this pledge: “We’re committed to building and growing Instagram independently.”
Here’s the scoop from the Facebook blog: “The total consideration for San Francisco-based Instagram is approximately $1 billion in a combination of cash and shares of Facebook. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close...
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The Next Web: Detailed side-by-side comparison of... →
“Instagram for Android is a great example of an iOS development house making a good translation of its app that manages to be similar on both platforms, while retaining a singular theme between them. If you’re an Android user that has been waiting, this is a faithful and mostly whole Instagram experience, enjoy.”
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Burn magazine is an evolving journal for emerging... →
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Instagram is now available for Android
From an Instagram blog post about this: “For the over 30 million people already using Instagram, this is a big step forward for the community as a whole. When we started working on Instagram, we tried to imagine what the world would be like if every single person on earth could share the world around them through the lens on their phones. With the...
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WatchGalileo is a pan-tilt head for the iPhone
Wow, it’s already been funded on Kickstarter.
Here’s a description: “The Galileo is a revolutionary, iOS-controlled robotic iPhone platform with infinite spherical rotation capability. Just swipe your finger on the screen of your iPad or other iOS device and Galileo reacts, orienting your iPhone or iPod Touch accordingly. With...
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Wall Street Journal: Is the iPhone the only camera... →
Hm, the story doesn’t really answer that question, but it’s a fun take on iPhone photography, especially for anyone just getting into it.
It appeared on a section front in the print edition.
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Watch“You Don’t Know Jack”: an iPhone photography presentation
Here’s a really inspiring (and info-packed) presentation from Jack Hollingsworth. If the embedded presentation (above) isn’t working, you can view the presentation at the Projeqt website.