Interview: Sergei Puskov, iPhoneography enthusiast, creator of the video blog rusigraph

Hello! As you know, and you see now on our website, we pay great attention to iPhoneography. In addition to category "photo of the week«, advice and reviews applicationsWe will acquaint you with the most interesting Russian and foreign mobile photography. I have been following the work of one of the most active iPhoneographers Puskova Sergei, who is not only a lot of interesting photographs, but also to share their knowledge through thematic video blog. We spoke with Sergey about his work, projects and secrets of shooting.

Hello, Sergey! I know you as one of the most active Russian iPhoneographers. Tell our readers a bit about yourself and your hobby. How it all began?

It all started back in 2010. Then I accidentally met with Instagram and Hipstamatic, which I found in the App Store in the best programs for the week. I liked the idea of ​​"simplicity" and shooting, and the machine with the number 4 on the end was a good camera and I decided to try. Initially, not much happened, no one looked really my photos, and finding related sites, I started to move on, there were subscribers, learned about some new and interesting applications. But by the summer of 2012. Activity on ayfonograficheskih sites fell fell and I decided to create my project, not only in text form, and in the video.

Now the channel 5000 subscribers and this figure is increasing gradually. At the moment, there is a "rebirth channel" after my long indifferent to it - the whole year. The reason for all - Russian Armed Forces :) lived, live and will live in the most beautiful city - St. Petersburg.

That's why iPhoneography? After all, the world is full of other interests - people addicted cross stitching, normal shooting. What you hooked?

It's pretty interesting catch shots, then picks up a "special" music that will process the image to create a certain atmosphere or mood to convey this to the comrades who look at this, at first sight ", a simple square with scenery.

I like to iPhoneography 2 things: the opportunity to demonstrate their creativity a wide audience and a story that you want to transfer

And I chose iPhoneography because I have to do absolutely everything - an interest in photography, a disease of apple company and love of simplicity. Here I am referring to a method of producing pictures, because iPhone you always have with you, he is easy to remove and handle. Everything is easier at times than in the same Photoshop on the computer, only you do not have to wait when you will go home to all this process. You can even on the subway or on the street. Simplicity and ease of use - the main pillars of iPhoneography that attracted me and attracted many :)

What do you think when you shoot? What is your motivation and that is spinning in his head during the shooting?

When I do something I want to make, I immediately know how and through what program this frame can be processed, whether it lay somewhere or keep. Very often it happens spontaneously. In iPhoneography for good frame specifically not you go, everything turns out accidentally.

Somewhere you go with someone you walk somewhere you go, you see something beautiful or interesting - always take pictures

For me, my and my Instagram photos - as "memories cards". I can almost about all your photos much to tell. What happened on that day, where I was the one who was with me as this photo was taken, and so on... Of course, there is one more very important thing - subscribers. For them to do everything - and take pictures, and looking for interesting news, and removes issues. For me it is very important to share with someone something, because we have a common interest to the subscriber. We, however, share with them, they - I, I - it. Criticism, by the way, is always appropriate.

That is, you do not have such a clear system that you are using all the time the same applications and tools?

I do believe that every person has their own style. A certain style, which he uses, maybe not always, but mostly. I am very long time trying to find your kind of style, and just recently I have found it. So that is basically an instrument of two-three programs.

But since I run my video blog on which we parse a sufficiently large number of different photo and video applications, and have to use them. But rather, it is for the sake of experiment. Just look, what's good about the program and what it can be pulled out.

What applications do you most everything you operate when shooting? What use to the treatment? What to shoot?

Now imagine purchased iPhone 5cAs for the service during my Pyaterochka bit tired. Incidentally, a week chose what is better to take - 5s or 5c. His choice to stop on the yellow 5c.

Rented through a standard camera app - it's in me always! Not particularly like photoappendices through which need to be removed. In most cases, it is long, or does not bring good results

Processed in the "standard" Photoprogram: VSCOcam, Mextures, Repix, Very much already left us PhotoForge2Sometimes dabble with text Over and layers in Juxtaposer. Hipstamatic, Which began with my story iPhoneography, recently almost do not use. I do not know why. You need something special for this application, apparently. Somehow you need to choose carefully the time and situation in which you can select a filter and there is a film, and then shoot. But, of course, more to Hipstamatic "frame formulation", as the filters are put there yourself. I've outgrown it, I want to not just push a button, and add something to the picture, or to fine-tune.

Okay, and what accessories do you use? I will never believe that such an active photographer no additional equipment

There are quite a few! Again, going back to my project, for which I buy a bunch of interesting. I have a lot of accessories for different generations of the iPhone, there are simple Chinese lens magnetic rings have at some special glue, there are devices for panoramic shooting 360 degrees, there is an adapter on tripods, such as Glif +, who left us Popa (an unusual name, not right?) because the project is closed, there are all sorts of things and for the type of video CamaLapse (to create smooth motion in fast mode) and other trivia.

There are some very unusual things like the Pebble watch, that a lot of what helps, and remotely control the camera shooting. And plans to buy a lot of things yet, do not worry as your subscribers :)

Let's take a closer look at your video blog Rusigraph. How did the idea that he is is what has made, what are the prospects?

Project arose in connection with the gradual closure of the sites on this topic. Or just with their half dead state. Always I wanted something to tell on those who are interested. Initially also wanted the site to do, but then I thought that the text option - it is already past, and much more interesting and understandable to watch everything on video with a live example. The more you see everything, know your voice, and develop into a genre of video easier and faster, in my opinion.

I gathered a few of his friends and started on a bit to shoot video with reviews of some programs and tips on shooting. But it was just awful (shooting on 4s, mounting it also in the iMovie, no music, no sound quality normal, many filmed late in the evening and at night) although at that time did not seem so :) then started adding headings, such as "all for poor students" (WAD) with an overview forever free and good programs.

There was a couple of different kinds of issues. In addition to the basic "iPhoneography" with the release of ".0" to the device overview (lenses, etc., what have written before) and WAD, as well as issues with the end ".5" with surveys really steep, but not a free prog, appeared "iMnenie", which I'm not sure about iPhoneography, but about everything It associated with Apple, as well as project plans, trying to make «LocalView», which would be interviewed, but the pilot release of all stopped.

Recently, a "Ep apdeyt" with the analysis of software updates that we have already discussed, as well as "ayfonografiya.video", which is also yet far left of the pilot issue. But plans for a sea accumulated over the army a year and as long as we update the project (draw all sorts of logos, covers, screen savers), think through how we do more interesting new column, which will appear soon :) I can only say that not only fans of apples can be found in our shelter (oh, those surprises that I have tried hide).

Prospects? We will develop more and more, now all I think about recruiting new colleagues to our team is really keen on this people. The main thing not to school: D one is, it is sufficient with the head! I very much want to develop in the direction of iPhoneography video'll soon "ayfonografiey.video" denser. There are several ideas on videos and short films. In the meantime, all preparing for rebirth, everyone will know the date a little later, and the release of which would open a new era, a new season, too :)

And why issues are called 19 and 19.5 for example? Where did the idea to make issues "with half" and why?

All this is gone after 2 iPhoneography release. The first took off, laid out, all according to plan. Second went to shoot the next day and the installation there something went wrong (old aymuvi on 4s, a large amount of material) and the video does not srenderilos. Therefore, in order that something happened to the promised day, I wrote a very brief overview of the issue of a single program. And it turned out not the whole, but as a half, because the very short, and I'm talking all sorts of nonsense there (so embarrassing for them a bit now). And yet the next day went still shoot Issue No. 2. And then I thought about it and decided to do tips in whole, as it was at the beginning of 1 and 2 and a half in surveys.

Sergey, thank you for your answers and good luck with your projects! It was nice to talk to. What you will in the end?

What can I wish for? Shoot. If you like, you remove more, do not be afraid to explore various new programs, look for the style, put the frame. Good luck!