inside the hip 2B square smartphone exhibition

Following on from our last post, here's some photos from the Instachimps "Hip 2B Square" smartphone exhibition, which you can see until Saturday lunchtime in Lincoln (UK).

With around 100 photos in the room presented in identical square frames, the group believe this is the first exhibition of its kind in the region.

Anglo exhibited nine photos. 

The photos she considered for inclusion can be found in this Facebook album.

The event website is:  http://www.ice.phoneographer.org/news/  pop over there to see a time lapse of the set up and a 360 degree panorama. 

Last minute preparations and photo taking

Friends, families and Linconites join the launch party

The Jelly Baby table was very popular with the little people

Anglo's daughter stands in front of a photo of herself

hip 2B square iphoneography exhibition

One of Anglo's exhibited images

Exciting news! Anglo's taking part in a Smartpone Photography exhibition. Here's the full details:

UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION IN LINCOLN, SHOWCASES GROUP’S TALENT FOR SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY. 1st - 15th SEPTEMBER, LINCOLN LIBRARY

Launch Party - Saturday 1st September 2012 between 1.00pm & 3.30pm, Lincoln Central Library

A selection of images that will be exhibited, with Anglo's top left

InstaChimps are a group of photographers based in Lincolnshire who use smartphones to create images. The group functions through a vibrant online presence, with a varied programme of events and competitions happening throughout the year. The group’s first ever exhibition, called “Hip 2B Square” will be at Lincoln’s Central Library, between the 1st and 15th September 2012. The group believe that this will be first smartphone photography exhibition of its kind to be held in Lincolnshire.

Miles Winterburn, the founding member of the InstaChimps Group, said:

“This exhibition is really exciting for us, being the first one we have pulled together since the group started earlier this year. We also believe that this is one the first mobile phone photography exhibitions be held in Lincolnshire and probably the Midlands. We have a lot of talented image makers within the group, and we wanted to promote not only this talent through the exhibition, but the existence of the group to new members.

“All the images on display at the exhibition have been shot and edited with an iPhone or other smartphones. This is a fast growing and creative medium, helped by the cutting edge technology and apps that modern mobile phones offer the visually creative of Lincolnshire."

The group will be holding an official exhibition launch at Lincoln Central Library, on Free School Lane in Lincoln, on Saturday 1st September 2012 between 1.00pm & 3.30pm. The exhibition will be open from Monday 3rd until Saturday 15th September. Exhibiting members would like to welcome everybody along to the official launch event, to browse and comment on the images and exhibition.

The exhibition's official blog can be found at http://www.ice.phoneographer.org/

let's talk of graves

This gorgeous angel statue lives in the Canwick Road Cemetery in Lincoln, England. In this post @Anglo reveals the two apps she used to turn this from iPhone snapshot into moody Gothic image. 

"First editing app was Dynamic Light. With this I used the Orton filter to make the colours more vivid and the light and dark more polarised"

"I then switched to the Qbro app, where you have to crop to square before you can edit, so that came first. I was tempted by a lot of the filter's effects on the image, but ended up using the Qbro Blacker filter because it looked most dramatic and haunted. I have always loved the work of Simon Marsden, and often find myself trying to capture that infra-red feel. I wonder what she is supposed to be reading?" 

The cemetery was opened in 1856 and contains many angels and Victorian graves. You can see more photos from this session under the #AngloVanHelsing tag on Instagram. 

Want to catch the next post? Click here to Subscribe to Incense and Peppermints by Email

Have a feed reader? The please click here to add Incense and Peppermints to your feed

Thinking 'what's a feed reader?', click this link to read all about them, and find out how to get hold of one

light & dark

Two editing stories for the price of one. Both images taken by @Anglo on her iPhone 3GS.

"With both these images I used the iPhone app Noir which (and I quote the makers here) 

'...lets you transform your photos with beautiful, dramatic lighting and instant results. Peel away the color to a cinematic black-and-white, apply a lovely tint, and then light up your subject. Touch and pinch the brightness Vignette and spin the Contrast and Exposure dials for white hot thrills and shadow.'

"In this first one, I used the vignette to create a diagonal vignette, to change the natural side light into a more diagonal top light. I made the rest of the image as dark as possible whilst keeping the story that it was a tunnel of trees, with the light at the end of the tunnel also there on the original image.

Original image

"In this second one, I set the vignette to be tall and slim, circling the child and the path behind her. I used the app to make what was inside the vignette slightly darker, whilst bleaching the rest of the image to the barest details."

Original Image

If you enjoyed this post, please share now using these handy little buttons:

Want to catch the next post? Click here to Subscribe to Incense and Peppermints by Email

Have a feed reader? The please click here to add Incense and Peppermints to your feed

Thinking 'what's a feed reader?', click this link to read all about them, and find out how to get hold of one

st swithin's and the multi storey

Original image taken on an iPhone 3GS by @Anglo

Editing Step by Step

"I noticed when I was taking the shot that the sky was very dramatic around the spire, so I used Camera+ to bring out as much detail as possible. Firstly I used the Clarity setting sharpen all the details, then I used the HDR FX effect to expose each area of the image. Not as good as true HDR, which @Ashog does a lot, but it always suprises me what the iPhone lens has captured which you cannot see on the unedited shot. Finally I used the black vignette in Camera+ to really throw your attention on the church"

If you enjoyed this post, please share now using these handy little buttons:

Want to catch the next post? Click here to Subscribe to Incense and Peppermints by Email

Have a feed reader? The please click here to add Incense and Peppermints to your feed

Thinking 'what's a feed reader?', click this link to read all about them, and find out how to get hold of one