Category: iphone

Instagram ditches retro hipster camera icon for a bold new colorful rebrand

John Aldred

Today, Instagram have introduced a new look.  While a little more flashy than the previous polaroidesque icon, they state that the new one represents a simpler camera with the familiar rainbow living on in gradient form. While the icon itself seems to have gotten more outgoing, the app has been cleaned down to a more […]

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Photographer invents a chassis to turn your iPhone 6S/6S Plus into a camera rig

John Aldred

I get the charm of shooting video on an iPhone, especially since picking up an iPhone SE.  It’s small, it’s always with you, and the video it can produce is pretty impressive.  But where my SE has the advantage of a slew of cases available that let me hook it up to all kinds of other video shooting […]

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Photographer invents a chassis to turn your iPhone 6S/6S Plus into a camera rig

John Aldred

I get the charm of shooting video on an iPhone, especially since picking up an iPhone SE.  It’s small, it’s always with you, and the video it can produce is pretty impressive.  But where my SE has the advantage of a slew of cases available that let me hook it up to all kinds of other video shooting […]

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COVR Photo is an iPhone case that lets you covertly shoot candid photos

Gannon Burgett

One of the most challenging aspects of street photography is trying to capture the candidness of a particular scene. Even with a camera as small as a iPhone, holding it up to take a photo can ruin the moment you’re trying to capture. Wouldn’t it be great if you could somehow capture exactly the scene […]

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This iPhone camera grip uses sound to ‘DSLR your iPhone’

Gannon Burgett

There are no shortages of accessories that claim to make your smartphone’s camera capabilities closer to that of a DSLR. In reality, none of them have proven to do so yet. But that isn’t stopping Miggo from using the same buzzphrase as part of the pitch for a new iPhone attachment that brings physical dials, […]

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DIY: How to make your own ‘Centriphone’ bullet-time rig

Gannon Burgett

A few weeks ago, we shared a video from professional skier Nicolas Vuignier wherein he used a clever DIY setup to capture bullet-time video using only his iPhone. The resulting footage was both incredibly unique and absolutely mesmerizing. Today, we get an inside look at how Vuignier created the rig that holds his iPhone in […]

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How to take better photos with your iPhone (or any other smartphone)

Gannon Burgett

Smartphone photography might seem straightforward. But the truth of the matter is there are plenty of people out there who could benefit from learning at least the basics involved in capturing quality images with a smartphone. Here to break down those basics is MacRumors in a four minute video aptly titled, ‘How to take Better […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Mocked for Tweeting Terrible Photo of Super Bowl 50

Liron Samuels

While Peyton Manning will be remembered as the star of last night’s unforgettable Super Bowl 50, Tim Cook has been receiving a fair share of attention after sharing a photo from the game. Unlike the Broncos’ quarterback, however, Apple’s CEO probably won’t want to remember this event, as the snide comments poured in criticizing his […]

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Professional skier shows how physics, string and an iPhone can make for incredible video footage

Gannon Burgett

Nicolas Vuignier is a professional skier from Switzerland. He also happens to be quite fond of creating and uploading impressive YouTube videos. In his latest video, appropriately titled ‘Centriphone’, he shows how a piece of string and an iPhone can be used to create incredible video footage through the clever use of centripital force. ‘After […]

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