A year back I was lucky enough to have a feature story in the New York Times about my mobile photography and Instawalk projects. I’m extremely thrilled to announce that the Times is now using some of my photos and work in their national advertising! I’ve already been hearing from friends that they spotted my photo mixed in with other commercials on a national station. I know advertising isn’t super awesome, but at least it’s better than that god damned “It’s not a girl, it’s bacon” ad that runs 24/7 on Comedy Central. There’s also an artist-centric landing page on the Times that links to my how-to series.

I’m still cranking away on the Postagram Tips videos, having an awesome time too! This “camera hacks” episode is a personal favorite!

I had a lot of fun chatting with Keith Tharp for this week’s episode of Tiny Shutter podcast. TS is a great little blog too, highly recommend it for mobile photo fans.

Keep an eye out for some of my photos in the newest New York Times video spots airing online and on national tv throughout the next few months.

And from what I’ve been told, I’ve got a little photo spread and how to section in next month’s print edition of Wired. Neato!

Postagram Tips is a new series of mobile photography videos I’m doing for Postagram. I really love making them, and hope you guys enjoy watching them. I also recommend signing up for my mailing list too.

My newest mobile phone photography tips video for Postagram is up now. It features one of my favorite new apps, AntiCrop, which allows users to extend their image beyond it’s original framing. I recently posted a process breakdown of a recent AntiCrop inspired appsperiment. Here are some other AntiCrop inspired images I’ve made recently.

This is totally last minute, but I’m in Park City, UT because… well, just read about the trip here. Anyways, I thought it would be fun to do a mobile photo walk through the heart of Sundance, so we’ll be meeting today (Saturday) at noon in front of the Egyptian Theater. Anyone is welcome to join us, but we are encouraging folks to try posting to Twitter and/or Instagram with the #instawalksundance tag as we are out walking. Fun, right? More details, including info on a daily photo contest sponsored by Postagram/Bing here.

Bring your cell phone and join us for the first ever Santa-themed Instawalk this Saturday! An instawalk is a twist on the traditional photowalk, where participants share their pictures as they go. You can follow the stream of photos by following the #insantawalk tag on Instagram or Twitter. We’ll meet up near the entrance to the ice rink at Justin Herman plaza at noon and will follow the Santacon march for two hours… when we’ll probably split off and get a drink at the nearest bar.

Insantawalk (a Santacon photowalk)
Meet at noon on 12/10/11 by the entrance to the skate rink at Justin Herman Plaza
Then follow the Santas

Start with a self portrait, it doesn’t have to be yours, replace the camera with a Pop Tart and you have: SelfPopTart! This tumblrhole is full of good ones. It’s the hottest new thing.

They are sure to pop up everywhere, so I thought I’d try my hand at making one with Juxtaposer on my iPhone.

I bumped into my friend (and fellow Objective Scenes photographer) Troy yesterday while he was walking his dog, Jpeg. Of course things quickly turned into a series of street portraits… because Jpeg is such an adorably photogenic doggy

"Doc" by Troy Holden

The black and white photos were both shot by Troy Holden, using Hipstamatic on his iPhone.  The two color photos were taken by me, using an iPhone and a combo of apps. The photo with all of the circles was part of my “appsperiment” series.

"Doc & Jpeg" by Troy Holden

According to And7YearsAgram, today is my one year anniversary on Instagram. I’ve always liked taking photos with my iPhone, but those were mostly just used to illustrate something for a blog post. It wasn’t until I started using Instagram that I started to think more about my photos as artistic expression.

Up until Instagram, I believed that taking good photos required expensive cameras and a tons of books on how to use them properly, but when I surfed through Instagram I ran out of excuses. Other people where taking fantastic shots with the same exact device I had… so why couldn’t I?

Over the last year, I’ve worked hard at improving my skill and received a lot of great opportunities because of it. Though I don’t use the built in filters anymore, Instagram continues to be the greatest point of inspiration for my photography.

I now have this awesome job as Sincerely‘s community manager, where I get to organize mobile photography walks and share tips with other users. I helped found Objective Scenes, a group blog dedicated to sharing the best in mobile photography. I’m 312 days into my year long Daily App Experiment project. My photography has been featured in the New York Times (along with an online step by step breakdown of my process). And I’ve gotten some swell love from SF Weekly and Refinery 29. All of which wouldn’t have happened had it not been for that little Instagram app.

The show features Crashfaster, myself, and an acoustic set by Lizzie from the Glowing Starholes.

11.10.11
Vitus
201 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607

All Ages (til 10pm)

doors at 7:00pm