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Cleaning the iPhone 4's lens and flash

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The new, larger lens of the iPhone 4 camera is still teeny. The actual lens itself is protected by an external lens casing. While the lens casing is about 5 mm, the lens itself is about than 2 mm — just a little larger than the head of a pin. Even a small smudge or a fingerprint on your lens can really effect the quality of your images. Also, the iPhone 4′s lens casing is no longer recessed as in previous iPhones. It’s pretty much flush with the back of the phones case, making it even easier to get smudged and dirty. Fortunately, keeping the iPhone 4′s lens clean is even easier than previous models.

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[Press Release]

After the Mobile Photography Award 2010, Berlin-based EYE’EM continues their work with the launch of a new website: a hub dedicated to the mobile photography movement. The innovative website brings mobile photographers from around the world together to establish mobile photography as a new form of art.

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Killer Photos with Your iPhone
by Matthew Bamberg, Kris Krug, and Greg Ketchum
Published by Course Technology
Price: $24.99

Bottom Line: An excellent introduction to both photography and iPhoneography. Its straightforward style and emphasis on photography make this a great guide for beginning and intermediate photographers.

Killer Photos with Your iPhone by photographers Matthew Bamberg, Kris Krug, and Greg Ketchum is the first book for iPhone photographers. There are already books published that feature iPhoneography — most notably The Best Camera is the One That’s With You by Chase Jarvis. Killer Photos is about creating photography using the iPhone, with its unique combination of digital lo-fi camera and thousands of available photo apps. Written from the perspective of a photographer, this is an excellent book for beginning and intermediate iPhoneographers but even more seasoned iPhoneographers will learn a thing or two about the iPhone and the capabilities of its camera.

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Many iPhoneographers — myself included — upload and display images on Flickr. More iPhone photographs end up online than in print — one of the reasons why I’ll sometimes give a pass to a photo app that doesn’t support full resolution. Other than sharing images with a close network of family and friends, many of us post to the Flickr community in an effort to have our images seen by a broader segment of the photography community. Basically, Flickr can be a great place to show.

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Looking for a perfect gift for the aspiring iPhoneographer? Course Technology has just published the first book for iPhone photographers, Killer Photos with Your iPhone by photographers Matthew Bamberg, Kris Krug, and Greg Ketchum. Written from the perspective of a photographer, this is a great book for beginning and intermediate iPhoneographers and even more seasoned iPhoneographers will find items of interest here.

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"Blue Train to the G Stop" taken at SFO

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Online news giant USAToday is looking for your best cellphone travel photography. That, of course, includes photos taken with an iPhone.

In a story posted on May 25, 2010, USAToday/Dispatches blogger Laura Bly is looking for “the most inspiring and intriguing” images to post online in their Dispatches blog.

Cellphone travel photos take off: Send us your best shots

Apart from from its inherent portability, a cellphone camera’s biggest appeal may be “the imaginative ways we can now instantly put photos to use,” says travel photographer Jeff Pflueger. And thanks to the burgeoning ranks of sophisticated photo editing apps for both the iPhone and Android, capturing compelling visual souvenirs has never been easier

Here’s a link to the complete story, which includes submission information, on USAToday.

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Special thanks to Knox Bronson from Pixels At An Exhibition for this tip.

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UPDATED 5.12.2010 at 13:00

Pixels An An Exhibition is showing a new exhibit of iPhoneography. art@TheOakbook opens this Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Oakbook Gallery in Oakland, California. The opening reception starts at 4:00 PM and the public is invited. The exhibit will run for one month.

Among the iPhoneographers represented are works by Maia Panos, Jaime Ferreyros, Daniel Berman, Fabio De Vincentiis, Andrea Mdos and many others.

art@TheOakbook is an entirely new collection of iPhone photography, different than was shown previously at the Giorgi Gallery exhibit in February. A full-color program of the exhibit is available from the PixelEx website.

Click here to go to the PixelEx website for gallery hours, directions, a map as well as more information on the exhibit.

If you will be in or near The Bay Area this month, be sure to include plans to see this new exhibit from curator Knox Bronson. It’s another impressive collection and the photography is amazing.

UPDATE: Here’s the link to a list of the finalists who will be showing in art@TheOakbook Exhibition.

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Related links: Oakbook Gallery website

Regardless of our camera preference, some things in photography are universal and a well-composed photograph is one of those constants. Starting with a good image in camera is one less thing to fix in post-production.

One of the advantages iPhoneographers have over traditional digital photography is the tremendous amount of apps at our disposal that we can use to process our photos. Almost no amount of “apping” can save a poorly composed photograph. Recently, Photo Tuts+ blog ran a great story on tips for better image composition. The post goes beyond the Rule of Thirds and offers other advice for creating well-framed shots. It’s an excellent read for the novice and a good refresher for seasoned photographers.

That’s not to say that these are hard and fast rules that must be obeyed. In fact, there are always exceptions. But I’m a huge proponent of learning the rules — learning how and why things work — so that when the opportunity arises, you know when to break them.

One of the first composition rules we learn in photography is the rule-of-thirds. But once you’ve understood this concept, what else can you do to improve the composition of your photos? It will get you started, but there’s more to composition than where you place your subject in the frame.

Click here to read the entire story on Photo Tuts+ >>>

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Willie Dawgs interior, by Mike Ayers

Greenpoint Ave, by Mike Ayers

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To paraphrase the classic T-shirts that are still available in shops on 7th Avenue at 3 for $10, I love New York. New York is one of the easiest cities I’ve photographed. The people, the architecture, the vibe of the city make for great stories everywhere, and especially great for iPhoneographers.

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Birmingham by 4am Project Organiser Karen Strunks

The global phenomenon that is the 4am Project returns for its second consecutive year next week, as bleary eyed photographers take to their local landscape to capture the moment during the dead of night.

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