The Belarusian photographer became one of the winners of the Apple contest. We talked with him

Apple summed up the results of the competition of photographs taken to the iPhone. Among the 10 shots, the winning was a photograph of a tennis court, which was made by a quality specialist from Minsk Nikita Yarosh. This is what he told us.

Apple announced a photo contest in January 2019. At first, nothing was said about the material reward for the winners - the company simply promised to hang the 10 best photos in its stores. Apple began to be criticized - and she added a clause on licensed payments to the rules (their size is not disclosed).

Among the jury members who chose the best work were the Apple Vice President Fil Schiller and the personal photographer of the former US President Barack Obama Obama Pit Pit Souza. Commenting on the picture of Nikita Yarosh, photographer Austin Mann - another jury member - noted that he likes her “accessibility”: “Do not go to Iceland to relieve beauty. She’s right under your nose. ”

In a conversation with Medusa, Yarosh said that his mobile photograph is his hobby, which he has been engaged for about five years. There are only about a hundred pictures on his Instagram. “For a long time there was a period of trial and mistakes, attempts to understand what I like to shoot more. Attempts accompanied by the removal of old photos that do not correspond to new ideas and styles, ”said Yarosh. He noted that he studied a lot of other authors shooting in a minimalist manner, and he tries to adhere to the same stylistics: “A color background with an original small detail that attracts attention. Always neat and simple, but at the same time interesting compositions, nothing more. ”

Yarosh is one of the two winners of the Apple contest shooting on the iPhone 7 (the rest of the new models). He does not believe that the camera of the phone, published 2.5 years ago, greatly limits it in capabilities - in particular, because most pictures are taken in good light. “The restrictions are felt in general from the shooting by a smartphone. But this is characteristic of any model, ”says Yarosh. “Perhaps on more modern models, the details of the photo would be better, but this would hardly affect a large extent.”

According to the photographer, he edits most of the pictures directly on the iPhone - it erases the spots and sets colors and light. To do this, he uses Lightroom CC and Snapseed applications.

In the winning picture, Yarosh replaced the color of the tennis court-and did it on the laptop. “The same applies to the removal of numerous or complex objects from the frame for a minimalistic appearance,” the photographer says. “Most of my pictures are simple, they are already finished, but sometimes for the sake of some creative ideas you have to add elements or layers.”

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