The Man Behind iPhone's Default Wallpaper
By Chris Rathore
It was a surprise Tuesday morning for Photographer Espen Haagensen when Apple unveiled there 2 new iPhones. A colleague called him, informing that the company was using one of his pictures as a default background for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus.
Espen Haagensen was contacted by Apple earlier this year about licensing his image for broadcast ues, but Haagensen was clueless about what and how the company was going to use his picture. source
By now we all know how beautiful the Milky Way looks on the new iPhones:
According to Haagensen's 500px website, the photo was taken in December 8, 2013. The new units of the iPhones are preloaded with the same shot.
The original image Source and This is the cropped version for iPhone
In an interview with 9to5Mac, Haagensen talks about how he felt throughout the whole process.
The photo: "Every year we take the train up in the mountains and ski for 5-6 hours to get [to] the Demmevass hut. The hut is very remote and old and is situated close to a glacier. After we get there we prepare traditional Norwegian Christmas food. The next day we ski back to the railroad before we take the train home.
I do quite a lot of starscapes and Milky Way shots but this was the first time I brought a decent wide angle and full size tripod to Demmevass. There was a rather big moon so the Milky Way was faint, but around midnight there were some skies and the moon disappeared and I was able to capture a nice series."
Apple: "I was approached a couple of months ago by Apple, they wanted to license the image for non-broadcast use. Then some time in July they wanted to extend the license to also include broadcast use. I didn’t know before yesterday what they were going to use it for. A colleague called me during the Apple presentation."
Just imagine, waking up to a world where every iPhone has you photograph as a default. Might be shocking and a bit weird but definitely a great accomplishment.
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