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  • My iPhoneography interview on Expresso

    Last week Friday I was invited by the team on the popular morning show Expresso on SABC 3, to chat about the upcoming iPhoneogrpahy exhibition.

    I was super excited, and nervous, but all in all the interview went off well. The Expresso studios are very very cool, and the people are all super friendly. I got to stay in the awesome 15 on Orange hotel in Cape Town, and had some time after the interview to have a walk around Cape Town, and do a little coffee tasting. All in all, I had an awesome time, and would like to thank the team at Expresso for the opportunity !!

    Check out the interview below on Youtube

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  • 2012 iPhoneography Exhibition entries NOW OPEN !

    ENTRIES FOR THE 2012 iPhoneography Exhibition are now OPEN !! All the info @ http://iPhoneographySA.com

    Following the success of the inaugural 2011 iPhoneographySA exhibition, MarcForrest.com & iStore have teamed up again to bring you the exciting 2012 edition of the exhibition.

    This year promises to be a cracker event with events planned for Johannesburg, on the 11th October, & for the first time ever, in Cape Town on the 23rd October.

    Entries will be open from Monday 27th August to Wednesday 26th September (JHB) & 8th October (CT) for submissions.

    Anyone who has taken an iPhone photo, is eligible to enter, so please feel free to upload your images. We have opted to limit the entries this year to a maximum of 5 per person. Once entries have closed, a judging panel will go through all the images to see who goes onto to the final round of exhibting. For full guidelines on the 2012 exhibition visit your Guidelines Page

    This year we have teamed up with the printing team from Printwild to ensure uniformity with the look & feel of the event, and ensuring all prints are delivered on time for hanging.

    We are really excited about this years event, and look forward to your entries. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us on [email protected].

    Stay tuned for updates on this site for more info closer to the time on the events that will be happening with our launch evenings.

     

  • The 2nd SA iPhoneography exhibition happening in October

    You may recall last year myself and the team from the Core Group, put together the hugely successful 1st ever South African iPhoneography exhibition up in Joburg. The event went off without a hitch, and we got some awesome feedback from everyone who entered as well as visited the exhibition.

    So when the team from the Core Group called me to ask me if I would be keen in help putting the exhibition together again this year, I immediately jumped at the opportunity.  So after a few meetings over the last couple of weeks we have got the ball rolling, and are very very exicited that 2nd South African iPhoneography exhibition will be happening in October !

    The most exciting news is that this year, we have also included Cape Town as a exhibition venue, which, after going through last years feedback was a must to include. What this means is that Joburg entrants will see their artwork in Joburg & Cape town entrants will see theirs at the Cape Town exhibition.

    We have confirmed the following dates & venues for this years events.

    Johannesburg
    iStore 1 Sandton Drive
    Opening 11 October
    Exhibition stays up for 2 weeks

    Cape Town
    V&A Waterfront – Exhibition Space in Mall
    Opening 25 October
    Exhibition stays till the 29th October

    We are currentley working on the finer details and will soon start asking you to submit entries. We have gone through all the cons from last years exhibition, and have streamlined the process a bit more. One of the major changes for this year will be, we are looking at 1 dedicated printer to bring all the printing to the same quality & standard, as well as ensuring the pieces are delivered in time before we need to hang.

    So, get those iPhones out, and start snapping away ! Remember, this exhibition is for EVERYONE. You don’t have to be a professional to enter :)
    If you have any suggestions or ideas, drop a comment below. If you would like to drop me a mail about the exhibtion, please do so at [email protected]

     

  • 6 Must-Have iPhone Photography Apps

    I often get asked about what apps I use for some of the iPhone photography I use to take, edit & publish my photos that I put up online, so I thought I would put a quick post together with a couple of the apps I use and the workflow I use to get them published.

    Camera+ – $0.99 (On Special)

    This has to be my number 1 most used app on my iPhone. I can’t live without it. I use Camera+ to take all my photos regardless of how quick I need to take them. Camera+ has come a long way and in terms of functionality it offers almost everything you need to take & edit images. When taking photos, I don’t have any of the options such as burst or stabalizer enabled, only gridlines. Once I have taken a couple of photos, I usually delete the ones I don’t want or came out dodge, and edit the ones I want to keep.

    The Clarity scene in Camera+ is amazing, and makes almost any picture look good. Once I have done that I use the “Square Crop” function to crop the image down to a square, and sometimes apply an effect. Camera+ has around 48 different filters under the effect tabs, and my most used here would be the Depth of Field & Overlay. There are plenty others, but try stay away from editing it too much.

    A handy tip with Camera+ is that you can commit the edits you have made, by holding down the save button and it brings up a number of options. This means you can go back into the image and edit more with other filters etc. I also tend to use the “Save & Keep” option, this way I can come back and re-edit if need be.

    AutoStitch Panorama – $1.99

    I have written about AutoStitch Panorama before, but this is by far the most superior Pano app I reckon. The stitching is near perfect, especially with horizons, and it also saves all your panos in the app. I often shoot my images first then import them into the app, but I have found that actually using the app to take the pano images works pretty well. I always try and export in the highest resolution, which takes a bit more time, but the pic clarity is 100x better. I also export without a crop, and with a crop.

    PicFrame – $0.99

    An fantastic framing all which allows you to import images into loads of different frame options. Handy if you have a couple of images you want to show off in 1 image. Don’t use it too often, but one of the best framing apps with around 60 different frame options. You can also use the share option to import into a multitude of apps including instagram, Camera+ & Phonto

     

    Phonto – Free

    Only recently come across this app, and it’s awesome. Phonto allows you to add text to your images, with a selection of over 200 fonts. You can bring your images to life, by adding simple words or sentences. You can also export to instagram & Camera+
    It’s a free app, so it’s really a no-brainer to get this one. Cost’s $0.99 to remove the ads & well worth it.

     

    VSCO Cam – $0.99

    Another new app I have just come across. So far I am loving it. Very simple, but allows you to “wash-out” a your pics with different filters & settings. Very basic, but gets the job done perfectly. I love the simplicity of the app, and the user interface makes it a breeze to edit images.

     

     

    instagram – Free

    Love it, or hate it… Instagram for me is one of the best iPhone photography apps out there. Not necessarily for taking photos, but some cool editing & sharing. More often than not though, I don’t even use the preset filters in instagram, but just use it as a sharing tool, allowing me to post instantly to instagram (with a great community), Facebook & Twitter.

     

    So that’s my very brief list of apps I use to take, edit & publish my iPhone photography images. Any other suggestions. I have 3 folders of Photography apps on my iPhone, but these are the ones I use 90% of the time. Any other suggestions of must have iPhone Photography apps ? Leave a comment below with your suggestions

     

     

  • NURTURE, an Instagram exhibition in Cape Town

    On 27 May the guys from Instagramers Cape Town will be presenting a digital exhibition for TEDx TableMountain.

    Images will be displayed on screens at the convention.

    The theme for the the exhibition is: NURTURE, Exploring the relationship between Man, Technology and Nature.

    The exhibition is open to all South African Instagramers.

    For more info check out the Instagramers Cape Town’s Facebook page or follow @igerscapetown on Instagram for more info on what looks to be an awesome event !