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iPhonArt?

Didier LAHELY — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:02:48 +0000

I am crazy. Mad. About iPhone. And I shoot almost 10 pictures everyday with it. For some ideas, textures, graphics design I will use after, it’s basically my Trends Books…; ) Then I transform the pictures, I remix them with one of my 100 photo Apps… : )

It’s about Art.

iPhonArt precisely. The tool: your iPhone; What to do: Art… Create, recreate, unusual shots, think Gallery, think Museum, do your piece of art could be there?

It has to be created with the iPhone, then… Sometimes magic happens. With a little help from the Apps… • SATROMIZER • ADDLIB • PIXEL • Buro Destruct • Art Remix • Toonpaint • Etc, etc…

ReMeMbeR: Creativity is NoT about the Tool… ; )

• See them comfortably in my FLICKR account : http://www.flickr.com/photos/10dier/sets/72157623596724538/ (And Be a Member)
• On Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/iphonart – (and Post yours too)

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___-*APPS*-___

• SATROMIZER
• ADDLIB
• PIXEL
• Buro Destruct
• Art Remix
• Toonpaint
• Animotos Videos
• 1:2-tone
• QuadCamera
• TiltShift generator
• iArt Mosaic
• myFilm SLR-like
• BeFunky FX
• LensFlare
• EffectsLab
• Format126
• Polarize
• FILM LAB
• Camera Genius
• MiniDraw
• Spica – Super Monochrome
• Chromocam dots
• Absolute vintage
• BlurFX
• eScrap App
• Fotomecha
• Pro HDR
• iMotion
• Fisheye
• Mon Collage
• Simple Frame
• Action 16
• PhotoTropedelic
• ArtCamera
• Focusoid
• FX PhotoStudio
• Vintage Video Maker
• ClassicTOY
• ClassicSAMP
• CAMERAtan
• CameraBag
• MoreMono
• Cross Process
• Diptic
• Plastiq Camera
• Color Splash
• Iris Photo Suite
• Irodori
• Pic Grunger
• Andigraf
• Hipstamatic
• Swankolab
• Little Planet
• Photo fx
• Cool fx
• BlendCamP
• AsciiMe
• Lofi
• RetroCamera
• ClassicPan
• Montage
• DXP FREE
• FotoMuse

•••ETC… ; ))

Summer 2010, Arcachon (Near Bordeaux), France.

Didier LAHELY — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:13:11 +0000

WIKIPEDIA:

Arcachon (Arcaishon in Occitan) is a commune in the Gironde department in south-western France. It is a popular bathing location on the Atlantic coast 55 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of Bordeaux in the Landes forest. It has a fine beach, and a mild climate said to be favourable for invalids suffering from pulmonary complaints.

Arcachon is known for the “Arcachonnaise”, the local name for an Arcachon villa, which is the architectural style of many of the older houses built there. It is a type of Victorian architecture, and was criticized for generations, but is now considered to be charming and deeply human.

The town of Arcachon is only 150 years old. Not long before 2 May 1857, when Emperor Napoleon III signed its official “birth certificate”, it was just a forest of pine trees, oaks and strawberry trees (arbutus), with no road links, and home – mostly when the weather was expected to be warm, and more in wood huts than in real houses – to fewer than 400 people, mostly fishermen and peasants. In earlier years, when some hygienists began to recommend sea bathing, three sea establishments were laid out by some entrepreneurs especially for the Bordeaux bourgeoisie and other wealthy people. This was the beginning of a new lifestyle, and some of the locals got the opportunity to claim their independence from La Teste-de-Buch, which owned their properties, in order to found a “free” new town, Arcachon.

At its southern entrance from the Atlantic ocean, Arcachon Bay is crowned by Europe’s largest sand dune, the Dune de Pyla (or du Pilat), nearly 3 kilometres long, 500 metres wide, reaching 107 metres in height, and moving inland at rate of 5 metres a year.

The area is served by Bordeaux Merignac Airport and the TGV Atlantique.

Google Maps:

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My Moleskine.

Didier LAHELY — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:14:57 +0000

Let’s discover a new trend. Coming back from digital to paper ages.
The revenge of the Ninja! Almost. At least the revenge of paper.

Few times ago I have re-discovered the pleasure of opening a notebook.

Smelling the paper, the ink. Something that I can touch, feel, remember. I always have a dozen of notebooks following me all the times. Empty. I just love the object. In all sizes, material.

But I must admit the ones I love the most are the Moleskine ones. Suddenly, one day, I decided to buy some and USE them. But as a creative, I HAD to customize them! No Sir, I don’t want the same notebook as yours. I want my version. Of course I think the best material to do it is leather, but this time I wanted a “Baroque” stylish one. For the first try.

Red Velvet. That’s it!

Of course it’s a first try, stay tuned…

I will soon make one in leather.
The problem is: what to put inside! : )

Picture of my 2 Moleskine before customization, selected in Moleskine website:

Links:

MOLESKINE website
SCRIPTION
Moleskine en masse (set on Flickr)

Summer 2010 started : )

Didier LAHELY — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:32:18 +0000

What to do with an iPhone?

Didier LAHELY — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:40:24 +0000

One silly Question: What can we do with an iPhone?

Most of you will answer that we can call with it. Yes. Errr… Yes. But it’s boring to use it just for calling right?

The right answer is: a billion of things. This is why it’s the best smartphone ever. ( I’m not addicted! ) The genius idea was to create a phone that won’t be just a phone. 2 iPhones are exactly the same from the exterior. What is important is inside… The Apps. Then you can have your unique iPhone. It’s an extension of you.; )

How do I use it:

I use it for calling
To receive/send my emails
To schedule my appointments
To get all my contacts from Linkedin, Facebook, Gmail etc in ONE place
To record sounds, notes, ideas (mic)
To read my RSS feeds
To see all my photos, videos, movies
To listen to my music
To get a map
To text/ SMS
To take photos/Videos
To Chat (Yak Messenger)
To be on Skype
To be on Linkedin, Facebook, MSN, Friendfeed, Twitter
To Blog with WordPress, Tumblr
To send a video where I am (Qik)
To get all my notes from the Mac (Evernote)
To share my location (Brightkite)
To create/retouch my photos (Hipstamatic, ClassicPan, TiltshiftGen, Camerabag, DXP,Autostitch, Lofi, Genius, Fotomuse, AddLib…)
To create/retouch my videos (Qik Video, HolywoodFX, VintageMaker, SilentFilm, Animoto,ReelDirector…)
To draw (Brushes, SketchBook, TypePhoto, EasternDrawing…)
To post photos (Flickit Pro…)
To create music (Noise.io, Beatmaker, Flourish, Bloom, iDrum, Otto, VoicePlus, RJDJ,BleepSynth, Nanoloop, ProLoop…)
To wake up (NIght Stand, Alarm Clock…)
To write ideas (Momento, iThoughts…)
To choose a color for my creations (myPantone..)
To read Word documents, PDF (Quickoffice)
To see what on TV (Télérama TV (French))
To identify what music is on the radio (Shazam, SoundHound…)
To Buzz (Google Buzz)
To see where I am (Boussole)
To play with games (Spore creatures, Fieldrunners, SimCity, Monster, DoodleJump,DoodleArmy, BIA2…)
To play and create fantastic backgrounds (Bubble Harp, Gravilux, Chromocam, TurnAround, SpawnHD, Pulsar, iPsychedelic, Musophobia…)
To see what books I bought (MyBookshelf)
To see the Movies I saw in my life (Movies)
To save all my passwords (1Password)
To make the tea (mySelf) I’m kidding here.

And then, you can MIX!!! Create Music with the sounds of one of your game etc. Etc. Endless… ; )

And you? What do you do with yours?

What to do with an iPhone?.

The voice of Tom Hanks.

Didier LAHELY — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:57:55 +0000

I will always remember this scene in my life. Not because of the film, but because of the moment I was living at during I was listening of the magic voice of Tom Hanks, at the end of The Da Vinci Code.
Few years ago, I was in business Class to go to London and everything was fine even if I was scared. Scared of my life at this moment. Everything was going fast. Couldn’t control it. Like if I was spectator of myself. I could see me looking at me looking at the other me. Yes, I know. I wasn’t drunk. Even if I wish.

Nobody can understand what I felt at this moment but the combination between the voice of Tom Hanks, the music, all was “new” to me. I had to listened to it 20 times. I remember.
Promises. A new world, a new position. A new future. In French we could say “des lendemains qui chantent…?”.

Fool of crying even if.

Like a fool I was. My heart was beating, I could listen to it at the same time. Even the pills didn’t make me sleep.

Fool of lying. Even if.

Lier. Like she said “why do you act so stupid?” Donno.

We were 10 people in the business class and I was the most alone on earth at this moment. I think I could have die nobody would have noticed it.

Fool of sadness.

Why do we have always to doubt?

Why can’t I only be just an as*ho*e? Everything will be simpler. Don’t care about you. Don’t care about anything.
Fool of doubt.

And the voice of Tom. And the music is taking me somewhere between Asia and Europe.

Oh shut the f*** up. Sleep.

And forget.