Create Lytro style photographs with FocusTwist

FocusTwist is a new app from Arqball that attempts to bring that Lytro style, refocusable photography to your iPhone

The app works by taking several images at different focus settings, and from these images create an interactive photo that can be shared via Twitter or the apps in-app feed, and refocused at the touch of a finger.

Whilst I haven't tried this app (this type of technology does not interest me), if it's refocusable photography that you want, then FocusTwist [App Store Link] priced at £1.49/$1.99/€1.59 should do the trick.

For more information and sample twists, check out focustwist.com

This week "Through the Lens of an iPhone"

If you would like to see more submissions, then head over to the Flickr group, or click on any of the photos you see, to see that iPhoneographers Flickr stream.

Want to get involved? Then head over to the Flickr group and join up, read the simple rules and start uploading, but remember, all photos must be taken and processed on an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad (NO DSLR photos please).

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The Impossible Project presents: "AROUND THE WORLD IN 9 DAYS WITH TINY COLLECTIVE"

To celebrate the launch of Impossible’s Instant Lab, Impossible and Tiny Collective are embarking on a 9 city tour over a consecutive 9 days with 10 Tiny Collective members showing a total of 900 unique images all printed directly from iPhone's using the Impossible Instant Lab. The tour will start on June 20th, and end June 28th, and will take in New York City, Paris, Los Angeles, Istanbul, Toronto, San Francisco, Dubrovnik, Atlanta and Portland.

Each week, between now and then, a video profile of each Tiny member will be posted on Tiny's Vimeo page, but for your viewing pleasure, here are the first two.

For more information on the Tiny members, the tour and other projects, check out the Tiny Collective website here.

Source: @koci

Photojojo help you keep your iPhone alive with the Crankerator, and photos backed up with the iFlash Drive

The iPhone accessory specialists Photojojo have just launched to new products that look perfect for the travelling/holidaying iPhoneographer.

First up we have the Crankerator, a tiny brick of extra energy for your iPhone or iPad that can be charged by plugging it into a wall socket, or by cranking the handle. Priced at a reasonable $60 USD, the Crankerator should be perfect for those backpacking holidays or days at the beach.

Next up we have the iFlash Drive, that lets you backup the photos from your iPhone or iPads camera roll, and/or transfer between devices without the need to connect via cables. Whilst a little pricy, with the 8GB old style 30-pin connector version costing $99 USD and the new style 16GB Lighting connector version costing $149 USD, I think depending on your device, these are worth considering as a backup solution, if you are a regular traveling iPhoneographer.

Look out for my full review on both of these devices, but until then, you can find more information on the Crankerator here and iFlash Drive here.

Joby (i)Phone Photo Contest

Our flexible friends over at Joby have recently launched a Phone only photo contest with some great prizes…

• First Place: GorillaPod Focus, GripTight Magnetic, Olloclip 3-in-1 iPhone Lens
• Second Place: GorillaPod SLR-Zoom, GripTight Video, Olloclip 3-in-1 iPhone Lens
• Third Place: GorillaPod Hybrid, GripTight Micro, GripTight GorillaPod
• Five Honorable Mentions: GripTight of their choice

The rules, well, these are simple.

1. Phone photos only!
2. One submission per person
3. Apps & post-processing are A-OK!

Submission Deadline: April 23rd
Winners Announced: April 30th

For more information head over to the Joby contest page, which can be found here.