After my post the earlier this week about iPhoneography in South Africa, I started getting in touch with a couple of iPhoneographers in South Africa who I have started finding. The quality of some of these guys and girls is absolutely amazing, and I am looking forward to showcasing them here over the next couple of weeks.
First up is Shawn Borcherding. Shawn hails from Cape Town, and has some amazing iPhone Photography.
Portfolio: Facebook Album
Twitter: @ShawnBorch
Website: http://www.bluehousefx.com/
What are your “must-have” apps in your iPhone camera bag?
- ProHDR ($1.99)
- TrueHDR ($1.99)
- PhotoFX ($2.99)
- PictureShow ($1.99)
- PhotoForge2 has just been released ($0.99 for today only, otherwise $4.99)
- CrossProcess ($1.99)
How many camera apps do you have on your iPhone?
I currently removed a whole lot, however my usable ones that I have kept is 31!! Then there are my video Apps which I consider part of iPhoneography. The Video app count is 11.
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How did you get into iPhoneography?
I got into iPhoneography when I saw how versatile and potentially powerful the iPhone and its apps are together. Once I downloaded apps, I discovered that one can really think out the box when creating imagery on the device. As I started experimenting, the techniques, new routines and understanding of what the apps are doing becomes very addictive and exciting. Personally I’m not into the press a button effect.
Must have iPad apps
To create original post processed images is possible because there are such amazing apps. iPhone users are very lucky to have a “realtime” photo processing studio in our hands at anytime. Where the iPhoneography has been a big interest to me is also in my field of work. The post production industry requires very high standards of creative quality media. Having the iPhone is truly amazing to utilize for work and requires me to make sure that what I get out of it is matching up to usable industry standard material for my work.
What’s your favorite subject to shoot with the iPhone?
Definitely pretty girls, however besides that I would say general lifestyle shots and scenes where I can experiment with composition and lighting a lot. I usually take pics of anything that I find is beautiful.
See gallery below. Find more of Shawn’s work at www.bluehousefx.com
4 Comments
Marc,
I used my iPhone4 to shoot an impromptu tutorial yesterday, when time was short and I knew I needed to have a reference which included visual as well as audio w.r.t. a process I had to document and implement.
First, I tried to source a small tripod at short notice – eish – no go.
Then I discovered that holding it in my hand was not going to work – too much shake.
After balancing the phone in a memopad box on top of another box, it worked. Kinda.
Sound volume was a bit low, focus a bit dodgy…
What accessories and apps are out there to make the iPhone into a useful little camcorder?
Editor: Let’s see if Marc responds. Otherwise, I’ll forward your question to him.
Thanks DaveG
Hey Dave,
Thanks for the comment.
I been looking into this same issue for a little while, and came across this neat little device called the Piolo. (http://thepiolo.com/) A rubberised “stand” for the iPhone4, and can be used anywhere. It is only about R50, and I should be getting mine in the next few days.
Alternatively if you looking for something with a tripod attachment, check this attachment called “The Glif” (http://www.theglif.com/) seems like a more viable solution for the serious guys, but at a premium ($20)
You can also check out the steadylens app, which comes highly recommended by the iPhonegrapher featured here, Shawn. Apparently works like a dream.
Let us know how it works out for you ?
Cheers
Marc
Wow Shawn, amazing pics! Amazing that a little work on the iPhone can produce such cool results!