Life in LoFi: iPhoneography | iPhone Photo News, Showcases, App Reviews

The first iPhone Photo Show event will take place in Naples from Friday, February 24 to Sunday, February 26, 2012. It features 34 artists selected from the more than 1000 artists in the WiAM movement, the Worldwide iPhoneography Art Movement.

The Naples exhibit is the first of a series of annual iPhone Photo Shows to exhibit the work of WiAM artists.

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Although I passed on it when it was first released, here’s a look at Nofinder, a toy camera app that, as the name suggests, lacks a viewfinder. It also lacks flash, autofocus and front camera support. It’s not really a stealth cam, although it can be used as one. It’s a shoot-from-the-hip camera — just shoot blind without first being able to compose your shot.

Nofinder is not a camera replacement or an everyday shooter. Even the developer says it is not a “friendly photo app.” I think it makes a good “project” camera — an app you can use on a photographic mission to challenge yourself creatively.

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Here is the Faved On Flickr iPhoneography showcase for the week of February 19, 2012. As I look through the images each week –  and I look at each one — I’m always impressed with how great the photography is and how far iPhoneographers continue to push the art of apping and production. All this from a device that started out as a means to send snapshots by text message. Pretty impressive.

Once again, here are a small sampling of the week’s great iPhoneography submitted this week. Click past the jump for the rest of this week’s showcase. >>>

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It’s been a while since Nick Campbell last updated the app Cross Process for iPhone– over a year, in fact.

The 2.0 update of Cross Process has just been released. While light on new features, this is a good opportunity to revisit this simple, classic digital lo-fi photo app that adds very nice looking analog effects to your photos.

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The new America Hipstapak is available now as an in-app purchase in Hipstamatic. The pak is $0.99 and contains the same lens and case from the now-discontinued Made In America FreePak as well as two new films. I got an extra week to shoot with the Americana lens. I would have bought the Hipstapak regardless.

And in the other big Hipsta news of the day, the Soho Hipstapak is being pulled off the Hipstamart soon. This is the first time Hipstamatic have deleted one of the regular Hipstapaks, so grab it now while it’s still available.

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Today, Friday, February 17 is the last day to submit images for Depixtions, a mobile photography exhibition open to all iPhoneographers and Droidographers. Each print will be for sale and proceeds benefit the charity New Hope For Kids, which helps children who are grieving the loss of a loved one or who are battling a life threatening illness.

Photos must be in a square format with a minimum resolution of 600 x 600. One entry per person. For more information or to submit your image today, visit the event website.

The event will be held Saturday, March 10 at Orange Studio in the Orlando Florida area.

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One of the areas where the iPhone camera excels is street photography. The camera (the iPhone) is small, ubiquitous and doesn’t effect the subject the way a traditional DSLR or point-and-shoot can. It doesn’t look like a camera and can get into scenes that other cameras can’t.

There are many great street iPhoneographers shooting today creating classic works regardless of the camera used. This includes Sion Fullana, Anton Kawasaki, Greg Schmigel, Robson Santos, Dixon Hamby, Aik Beng Chia, Clay “Butch the iPhoneographer” Benskin, Hideous Manki and many, many others.

Thanks to the French website Nikon Passion, here are three eBooks about street photography that you can download for free. Two of the books are by Thomas Leuthard, a Swiss photographer. The third is by Alex Coghe , a photographer based in Mexico City. All three are in English and in PDF format.

“Whether you’re a fan of Street Photography – Photo of street or photo on the spot – or just curious to learn more about the practice of photography, here are three ebooks for free download. These documents are written in English, but they are highly instructive if you want to learn more about the practice of taking photos on the spot, in the street, in town or traveling.”

Here’s link to “3 free ebooks on street photography or photo on the spot” on Nikon Passion. Links to all three ebooks are in the post.

I’ve just grabbed these myself and haven’t had a chance to read them yet. Let us know what you think about them in the comments on this post.

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Big thanks to Néo Phil Montes who shared this link on Facebook.

What You Need To Know About the New Camera Prime 2.0 Update

Camera Prime is solid camera replacement app. In my original review, I said that “Camera Prime is a straightforward shooter. It doesn’t try to reinvent this style of app, but rather it takes what works from several other camera apps and integrates the features well.” It’s not an all-in-one, but a good camera replacement with an emphasis on capturing better photos. While not the most widely used camera app, it has mostly good App Store reviews and has a loyal following.

The Camera Prime 2.0 update has just been released. Among its new changes, Camera Prime has gone the “Freemium” route, much like King Camera has. The basic app is free but to unlock its more advanced features is a $0.99 in-app purchase.

Like King Camera, if you’ve already purchased version 1 of the app, you can get the update and the advanced features for free. Click on to find out how, as well as a few other things you need to know about the update. >>>

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Pudding Camera is one of the most popular free apps on the iPhone. Last year, it made our list of the “The Ten Best FREE iPhone Photo Apps.” and will still be on there when we update the list this year. It’s a quirky, fun toy camera app.

The new 2.0.0 update is out. Among other changes in the update, Pudding Camera just got a little less quirky. Click past the jump to find out why. >>>

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The Shorty Awards are given to social media users for excellence over the past year. Each award recognizes a content creator’s entire body of work, not just an individual tweet or post. Life In LoFi has been nominated for a Shorty Award in the Best Blogger in Social Media category. These are the last two days for the public to vote for their nominations.

The nomination period goes through Friday, February 17, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST. Nominations are made by tweeting or through ShortyAwards.com. If you’d like to vote for Life In LoFi, visit this page to tweet your vote.

I truly appreciate the votes that have already been cast and the flattering comments you all have made. I don’t have the words to express how honored and thankful I am. Except to say thank you very much.

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