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Obviously these hipstamatic pics are going to be the subject of ongoing posts, I simply can’t resist them. Aside from the drama of the images, one of the things I particularly love about them is the same thing I’ve felt about digital photography in general, for little to no cost (camera aside of course) anyone can have fun with it and being on your phone, which we all carry with us at all times, it can’t be easier.

At one stage with film I just couldn’t afford photography anymore, despite having my own make-shift darkroom between paper and chemicals (and a shite darkroom location, ie my old leaking light bathroom) you literally think about how much each frame costs you from taking to printing; this changed for me with digital photography. Since I got my first digital camera I haven’t taken one pic on film, despite many threats about pulling my old film camera out. I’ve a lubitel camera that I haven’t taken pics with in about 10 years (though I will again sometime). For those people who will probably never get near a lomo camera or whatever, the hipstamatic app allows everyone to have a bit of fun with the app giving toy camera effects, course they are not as great as the real thing, but it comes a good second.

At some stage, when I have somewhere for it, I will set up the darkroom again, nothing can beat a couple of hours in a darkroom, the smells, seeing the result appear before you, for now needs must as there is nowhere in our house to set up another darkroom. Actually keeping my enlarger when I moved house became a bone of contention between Nanny and me, she could not at all understand why I would keep it. But why on earth would I get rid of it!

But back to hipstamatic pics, on most occasions I’m also taking the same image with my camera, and of course there are times when the phone is the closest I have to having the camera with me and on that note alone its better than nothing You can see more hipstamatic pics on Pixie.

I’m still loving the iphone hipstatatic application, the app makes so many seemingly normal situations/locations look incredibly interesting. What I also love about it is that so many people who would probably not be interested enough to get one of the cameras giving you these effects never mind the developing costs, are also having lots of fun with it. Here’s some of the pics I’ve taken over the last while, do post a link at the end to yours.

Of the many iphone camera apps I’ve tried the Hisptamatic one is a fav. You’re able to use a number of different lens, flash and film, with all different features. I seem to veer in favour of the John S lens giving you lovely dramatic, contrasty,  green-cast pics with excellent texture. Here’s some of the results. Are you using the app, whats your own fav pic?