Painterly Mobile Art Monday No. 22

Looking through the Painterly Mobile Art Flickr Group is like strolling through an art gallery. It's really amazing to see all the work being done using only mobile devices. Please visit the group page on Flickr and if you're inclined to edit in a painterly way with your mobile device, please join us!

Toy Soldiers: Battle of Waterloo reenactment 2013 © Sean Hayes

Little Red Barnhouse © Trevor Wilson

© Erika Brothers

hats © jun yamaguchi

Reach © Andrew Lucchesi 

Fue en un cabaret © Patty Larson

© Wayne Greer

© Julie Toupin

The Four Winds Street © Dr. Pajchiwo

Metamorphic Camera © Chad Rankin

© Robin Robertis

In the Garden © Andrea Bigiarini

Vanity © Mariko Klug

Embrace your inner woman © Trish G

Tallinn © Vadim Demjianov

Still life with wooden bowl © Brett Chenoweth

Norristown Farm © Lou Liuzzi

Lifecycle 3 © Dani Salvadori

Old olive tree © Vanessa Vox

fishing expedition © rakusribut

Flowers Vase © Craig Huller

The quiet hunting © Natali Prosvetova

Wake Me Up When It's Warm Outside © Bobbi McMurry

Painted Dandelion © Leon

Looking Out © Kathy Clay

Red on Red © Roger Guetta

© Paula Broom

Towards the Marsh © Sarah Jarrett

The Summer Heat © Allan Copson

Who? © Cristian Margarita

The Whole Story - Photo by Halil Yalçin

Another installation in The Whole Story series by Halil Yalçin. You can view Halil's first featured image here.

For a chance to be featured just tag your Instagram mobile photos with the hashtag #the_whole_story.

The Photograph

© Halil Yalçin

The Whole Story by Halil Yalçin

During our weekend trip, my family and I were losing ourselves in the crowd of Istanbul. Mosques, seagulls, blue Bosphorus, small fishing boats were moored to the shore which provided such beautiful feelings for us. 

In the crowd, I noticed a man. A beer in his hand, the cigarette on his lips, he looked around the surrounding area. While we were rushing through our trip, I thought that he really enjoyed the life. At that moment a verse of a poem came to mind. 

“Not living,

This rushing will kill me” (1)

I smiled. Our surrounding area was so nice but, we did not actually get a taste of it. That  man was doing it. He was listening to Istanbul, he was watching Istanbul through the smokes of his cigarette. Perhaps he is a poet. He left himself to the mood of Istanbul. I'm sure. Poet Orhan Veli Kanık (2) had done the same thing in the 1940s. He had purified himself from the everyday hustle and bustle in the same air. "How magnificent, I'm in Istanbul and I'm not reading, I'm living in a poem." I said to myself. Yes, I did not have my verses, but I could take photographs. 

"A picture is the poem without any word" 

I love Hipstamatic apps, I tried taking a photo with my favorite combinations. Then, I remembered the polaroid of Diego Uchitel. I thought I'd reflect images of 1940. Thus, I could show Istanbul from the eyes of Orhan Veli. I selected the combination Uchitel 20 and John S for creating the grainy, nostalgic image. The images reminded me of the poem of Orhan Veli.

Fine Days (3) 

On this kind of day I resigned
My job in 'Pious Foundations'.
On this kind of day I started to smoke
On this kind of day I fell in love
On this kind of day I forgot
To bring home bread and salt
On this kind of day I had a relapse
In my versifying disease.
These fine days have been my ruin.

(Translated by Bernard Lewis 1982)

The Photographer

My name is Halil Yalçin  I was born in Milas, a lovely small Aegean town. I have added a wonderful marriage and a very beautiful girl into 50 years of my life. I am a mechanical engineer and I work as a Chief of the Plant Projects in an Automobile Factory in Turkey. In my free time I enjoy experimenting with digital photography using my iPhone 4S.

My passion for photography emerged when I was studying at University. My special field of interest is History of the Art of Photography. Especially I like working on the experimental studies of the 19th century photographic technique and I am in preparation for a book about it. 

My wife and my daughter surprised me by giving a great present for the celebration of my birthday last year. This was an IPhone 4S. After discovering the amazing works of the iPhone, my approach to the mobile artistry was totally changed. I have started to use Instagram for sharing my photos. It is my greatest passion now.

Find Halil:  Instagram 

tadaa Filter Friday Competition - Berlin Filter Released

Join the tadaa Filter Friday competition for a chance to have your photo printed on canvas and featured in the tadaa community which has grown to nearly five million worldwide! tadaa released the second of 3 new filters  - BERLIN.  Each filter will only be available for a limited time, so you'll want to grab them while you can!

If you don't already have tadaa on your device, it's FREE and you can download here. You'll find the challenge under the AWESOME tab in the tadaa app.

Here are some shots I edited using the Berlin filter. It really works well with architecture, landscapes and I imagine still life shots would look great too.

The Reading Spot © Geri Centonze

225 © Geri Centonze

© Geri Centonze

More information from the official press release:

        • Get tadaa
        • Find the Challenge feature under "Awesome"
        • Follow the instructions
        • Give it your best shot!

Features of tadaa include:

        • Probably the most sophisticated suite of editing features that are used to create stunning photos

        • Users don’t just have access to dozens of different filter effects and frames - they're able to adopt the     use of professional standard tools such as masking, HD Tilt Shift and improved depth of field (even with real bokeh!)

        • On top of all that there is the amazing photographer community - including photo replies, re-posting similar to a retweet and much more

Painterly Mobile Artist - Cristian Margarita

I just love that I have been able to meet talented people from all over the globe through the medium of mobile photography. Each artist has their own unique style. Today I am happy to present the work of Cristian Margarita. Christian received three Honorable Mentions in the recent Mobile Photography Awards 2013 - 1 in the category of Digital Fine Art and 2 in the VisualFX category. Congratulations Cristian! Please visit the Painterly Mobile Art Flickr group to see more from Cristian and all of the artists! 

Do you like to edit in a painterly style? Please join the group, we'd love to have you!

The Artist 

Cristian Margarita - Born in July of 1976. Lives in the province of Turin, Italy. As a young boy developed a passion for music and art in general later. Collaborated in the mid 90's in audio-visual projects and performances in some small artistic collectives of Turin and province.

In the next decade Cristian collaborates in other musical projects and creates a soundtrack for a short film presented at Corto Corto Film Festival, and uses his early work of generative music for an installation in the studio of a young and now established artist of Turin.

Bought his first iPhone to be able to play with the apps, but was struck by Hipstamatic. So intrigued was he by the discovery, he temporarily dropped music which led him to discover the amazing world behind mobile photography.

The Work

The Super Ape © Cristian Margarita

Cristian's Commentary

I started with random brush strokes and subsequently processed with Decim8 and Glaze. The strokes and their shadow on the texture of the canvas, in some areas, seem three-dimensional, textured and worn out, as if there was a detachment of the paint film. In other places instead, brightly colored and absorbed by the plot of the canvas.

During processing, the dark spot on the upper side, it was gradually transformed into a face resembling an ape with tribal costume. And the black bars on the left side, the claws that seem to catch us. Everything vaguely outlines the shape of the subject, giving depth and a bit of dynamism.

Find Cristian: Flickr / iphoneart / EyeEm / Instagram

Links to apps mentioned:

Decim8
Glaze
Picfx
VSCO Cam

Kickstarter: Moment - Amazing Lenses for Mobile Photography

I'm crazy about iPhone photography and also app addicted. It seems I have an attachment to gadgets and accessories for my iPhone as well. My latest discovery is a Kickstarter project called Moment. The project was started by Marc Barros whose intention was to empower mobile photographers by providing them with lenses that are of the highest quality, sharp, portable and easy to attach. It looks like a good idea to me and apparently other mobile photographers think so as well because with 19 days left to go on their Kickstarter campaign, Moment has already received pledges of over $270,000 which is well over the $50,000 needed to fund the project!

Marc describes his lenses way better than I ever could, so watch the video below to find out more about Moment - I think you'll be as excited as I am to get your hands on these lenses.





Recently photographer and adventurer Bradley Castaneda (@bradleycastaneda on Instagram) tested the lenses and the results look great (as shown below). You can see more images by Bradley shot with the Moment telephoto lens here. (Follow Brad on Twitter)

Captured With: iPhone + Moment Tele + VSCOcam b4 preset
© Bradley Castaneda

If you pledge before the campaign closes you can get both the telephoto and wide lenses for $99, retail value $199 (or either for $49, retail value $99) estimated delivery June 2014.

Fragment App Giveaway

You've probably heard of Fragment App and more than likely you've already purchased it, but just in case you haven't, Ben Guerrette the mastermind of Fragment, Deco Sketch and Tangent generously provided six promo codes for a giveaway.

The first six commenters will be the lucky winners.

If you're not familiar with the app, below is a sample of images from Instagram that other users have created.



And here are a couple of images I created yesterday with the app.

With Fragment, you can hit the randomize button and watch the magic happen or carefully create your own fragmented image using the various settings.

If you're not one of the lucky winners you can still purchase Fragment in The App Store for $1.99



Fragment - Prismatic Photo Effects App for iPhone and iPad from Pixite Apps on Vimeo

43mm Magazine Releases Mobile Art Exposée

43mm Magazine just released Issue 3 of their online magazine. This issue is totally dedicated to mobile photography and is titled, Mobile Art Exposée. The issue is available to view below (I've conveniently opened it to the pages featuring my work) You can view all of the back issues here. 

**Some explicit material is contained in the issue** 

Dreaming With Eyes Open © Geri Centonze

I am extremely honored that TZIPAC, the publisher invited me to be a part of this issue. Other featured artists include Cedric Blanchon, Clint Cline, Shirley Drevich, Sarah Jarrett, Roger Guetta, Patricia Larson, James Clarke, Gianluca Ricoveri, Michelle Robinson, Nick Hoffer along with 20 more contributing artists. TZIPAC not only publishes 43mm Magazine but also runs juried competitions targeting different themes and skills. Visit their site to learn more about them.