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10

Aug/11

Phoning It In: Beautiful iPhone Photography

Most designers and developers jumped on to the mobile bandwagon as soon as the market broke. So many new avenues were made available, and the field gained a new route of accessibility. Another area that the new smartphone pandemic has impacted is photography.

This is not suggesting that folks running around armed only with iPhones and enthusiasm are going to be dominating the professional photography market, far from it. But a new avenue of accessibility has certainly opened up for so many, and the inspirational wellsprings are overflowing as a result.

With so many fantastic apps on the market, with their one touch photo effects and filters, iPhones and their built in digital cameras have taken the photography world by storm. Producing some truly inspiring results, which we have gathered a collection of for you today. Take a look at the fun and creative life captured on an iPhone followed up by some links to a few apps to take your own pics with.

Gallery of Goods

My Wife by yto

Untitled by Marco MaaÃŸ

Instagram’d by Darren Shilson

Untitled by rick1j13

instagram catchup from the last few weeks by philcampbell

Starburst by Jamie Pachomski

instagram catchup from the last few weeks by philcampbell

Sunny-side up by Jamie Pachomski

Probando instagram… + flickr by Juan Pablo Olmo

the color wheel by Jamie Pachomski

Instagram by 246-You

Locomotive of the Arosa-Bahn by JÃ¼rg Vollmer

#instagram Shadowy Road by tommy_io

Alpine Architecture 01 by JÃ¼rg Vollmer

Instagram pic of Maui by matturick

Rose Garden in Schenkon/LU 01 > Grunge by JÃ¼rg Vollmer

Untitled by Krzysztof Urbanowicz

The Orb by simplyrikkles

test instagram by kimi-

First ride @Citytunneln by Eldin Beganovic

Testing Instagram by sthcrft

Jackie Lation by Greg Scott

Trying out Instagram’s tilt-shift filter in Detroit by George Hotelling

Photo by iquanyin moon

Untitled by Krzysztof Urbanowicz

Staring at the Sea by An en Alain

Even instagram uitproberen voor de bui losbarst by Bonny van Sighem

Untitled by keka marzagao

Yay primer instagram en B&W, miren quÃ© bonito. by Nacho el Nacho

Untitled by iquanyin moon

Untitled by Krzysztof Urbanowicz

intergalactic volkswagen beetle by Sweet Cheeks Willie

Untitled by John Nolen

Industrial Art by bitjungle

Instagram by JessicaPenny

Weed by bitjungle

Tira Pinchon by Gary De La Fuente

Untitled by iquanyin moon

Spring by Donny Urrutia

Untitled by iquanyin moon

iPhone Camera Apps

Instagram – Free
Hipstamatic – $1.99
Camera+ – $1.99
iCamera HDR – $0.99
ColorSplash – $1.99
TiltShift – $1.99
Timer Auto-Camera – Free

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29

Jul/11

Skyline Photography At Its Best

by Angie Bowen under Feeds, Web Design

Architecture tends to be an abundant source of inspiration, with so many classic and modern styles blending throughout cities all over the world. One such iconic source that many turn their photographic eye to, is city skylines. The looming structures carving out a recognizable silhouette as they climb high against the colors of the day or night sky.

Today we have collected an inspirational showcase focusing on these skylines and some of the breathtaking photos they have lent their architectural compositions to. We hope that you will find some inspiration in the photos below that you can carry with you into whatever project you have at hand. Enjoy!

The Lines

San Francisco Skyline by Curtis Fry

Send me a Postcard HDR by ISIK5

Skyline Frankfurt by Moritz Sirowatka

sydney harbour bridge by glasseye1

Skyline at night by Jo@net

Tokyo 491 ftemp by shiodome

Skyline by Rupert Ganzer

Miami Skyline by isacg

Skyline de Londres by Isaac Bordas

Chi by jonniedee

Skyline FFM by Rupert Ganzer

Kuala Lumpur by MSH-Photography

Skyline Evening View of San Fran by Etsy Ketsy

Sunset over the City by ex-sitacoes

Skyline by Gorka Labarga

Tokyo 1439 ftemp by shiodome

Skyline by Guido Heitkoetter

Good Morning, London. by geckokid

Skyline by Ricelife

The Moscow Saga by inObrAS

Skyline Richmond Virginia by rvaphotodude

Lights in the fog by RitterRunkel

Skyline by Loozrboy

Through the Roof by gilad

ffm skyline by Rupert Ganzer

city glow by almiller

Skyline Rotterdam (HDR) by Wilco Schippers

Hong Kong Symphony of Lights by angelreich

San Diego Skyline by Jamie Lantzy

Dubai Jumeirah by angelreich

Skyline de San Gimignano by GuillÃ©n PÃ©rez

New York State of Mind by dmack

Singapore Skyline by Jo@net

montreal skyline (2) by llahbocaj

Happy New Year by AstralWind

Edinburgh skyline by rovingI

Moscow 2 by andrewhitc

Singapore Skyline by Jerine Lay

Glasgow-skyline by baaker2009

Skyline – Hong Kong, China by Jim Trodel

Miami Skyline by Mr.Thomas

Skyline near the Tokyo Tower by credit_00

Vancouver Night Skyline by Andrew Budreski

Skyline from Pemberton Place_0192 by James Emery

Untitled by Toni Verd

Portland, Oregon Skyline by travelportland

Louisville Skyline in HDR by Kara B

Prague by lesogard

Benidorm skyline by Ross Hawkes

At the lights by petemc

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20

Jul/11

A Roundup of Valuable Twitter Tools

by Angie Bowen under Feeds, Web Design

It is hard to argue against the value of Twitter these days, especially for businesses and professionals looking to network and stay ahead of the curve. Like the throngs of designers and developers that have flooded this social media outlet’s streams and sapped its API since its inception. And with so many amazing tools available to expand on, and enhance the overall user’s experience, Twitter is becoming even more useful and handy than ever before.

Today we have gathered several valuable resources that can help our readers take their Twitter experience to the next level. To get more out of this powerful business tool than some new followers and potential clientele connections. Hopefully you will find some new apps to dive into through the post, and perhaps even revisit some you had lost touch with. Enjoy!

The Tools

Twitterfeed allows you to automatically send your blog posts to Twitter whenever your RSS feed is updated.

Twileshare allows you to upload and share PNG, GIF, JPG, DOC or PDF files on Twitter.

ManageFlitter is a Twitter account manager that allows you to manage who you follow, see who isn’t following you back, find inactive accounts you follow, and easily search inside your Twitter stream.

Twellow is the yellow pages of Twitter. Find people to follow with similar interests and add your own info to gain new followers.

Twitturly tracks and ranks the urls people are tweeting. According to the site “Whether people link directly to the final URL, use TinyURL, Snipurl (snurl), or any other URL shortening service, we always count the “votes” correctly because our spiders actually visit every single site before it gets displayed here.”

Tweet Reach tells you how far a tweet has traveled. You search for a url, Twitter name, phrase or hashtag and get reports on the reach and exposure data for those tweets.

TweetStats shows you the stats of a twitter account in graph form.

iTweet is an alternative Twitter interface with many enhanced features making it superior to the default Twitter ui.

Bird Herd makes it easy for groups, teams and brands to update a single Twitter account by sending a direct message to the group twitter account.

Twtpoll lets you set up polls to engage with and get feedback from your followers.

TweetyMail lets you manage your twitter account from your mailbox. You can send tweets and direct messages, follow users, get alerts and notifications and more.

Timely schedules your tweets for maximum impact. You simply add your tweets to Timely and they publish them when they will have the highest impact.

“CoTweet is a comprehensive Web-based social media engagement, management and reporting solution that helps companies of all sizes engage, track and analyze conversations about their brands across the most popular and influential social communities today, Twitter and Facebook.”

Tvider lets you share video, audio and images on Twitter.

Mentionmapp allows you to enter a Twitter username and get a visual map of the people you interact with and the people and hashtags they mentioned the most in recent tweets.

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12

Jul/11

A Collection of Retro & Vintage Design Resources

by Angie Bowen under Design, Feeds, Web Design

in A Collection of Retro & Vintage Design Resources

As summer hits and gets underway, many are drawn back to those summer days of our youth. Memories of summer breaks filled with vacation from school, home, and many other places or responsibilities get us in a sort of retrospective mindset. It is with that theme in hand that we have compiled this bountiful resource post for our readers in a retro frame of mind.

Designers dive right in to this collection that is positively overflowing with vintage styled design goodies just waiting to be added into your next design project. From PS brushes to patterns to icons and so much more, this post has got it all! Literally! Well, not literally, but close. So get your toolbox open and ready to add in some design resources that take you back a few decades in style. Enjoy!

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4

Jul/11

Sci-fi/Futuristic Digital Works & Resources

by Angie Bowen under Feeds, Web Design

in Sci-fi/Futuristic Digital Works & Resources

One place that designers tend to turn when they are looking for something of an inspirational recharge is to the worlds of science fiction and futuristic fantasy artwork. These rich, highly detailed works tend to be a fantastic testament to the creativity it takes to bring about something spectacular from nothing other than the idea of a world often so unlike our own. Much like designers do whenever we start a new project, the artworks from both the sci-fi and future fantasy realm tend to search the world around us for ‘solutions’ before they creatively reimagine it.

Today’s post is to help get your inspirational wheels turning once again, while simultaneously providing you with some useful resources for taking your imagination into these waters for some projects of your own. Hopefully between the inspired showcase of work and the tutorials plus, you will find enough motivation to start providing some stunning insights into a future or sci-fi world born of your own imagination. Enjoy!