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Hipstamatic (iPhone)

That Rev Chap — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:06:47 +0000

Pictures from the weekend.

My to do pile.

The back of Patience's head. Not sure why.

More knitting.

Patience puts pictures of me sleeping on the Internet all the time. I have turned the tables.

I tried to take a photo of a wasp. It flew away.

Original sketch by Ty Templeton for the Elseworlds 80 Page Giant cover that I've got on the bedroom wall.

Hmm. Looking back, maybe two of those were worth posting. I promise to do some quality control in future.

Hipstamatic (iPhone)

That Rev Chap — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:42:00 +0000

Yes, I’m still taking pictures with Hipstamatic and still enjoying myself thoroughly.

Tesla on her podium.

Asajj Ventress looking moody.

Asajj doing her best Lex Luthor impression.

Supes and Bats.

My wife's back looking oddly bat-like. It doesn't normally do that.

Yes, we've still got our Halloween decorations up over the bed.

Looking up from my pillow.

This is my stormtrooper pillow.

His name is Jeb.

I love him very much.

Hipstamatic (iPhone)

That Rev Chap — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:08:06 +0000

I’ve still been playing around with this app a lot. I even got on Distracted By Star Wars with my Princess Leia picture. Hooray.

Staplehurst in the sun.

My wife's hands doing knitting.

Tesla wondering why I'm sticking that thing in her face.

Tesla coil.

Patience knitted a hat.

It's a good hat.

One of my favourite photos - that's a Plo Koon Mighty Mugg.

Henry Jones ready for action.

Chop Top riding a tiny pony.

Look out Commissioner!

Gnomish Mike and Vampire Dave are in cahoots.

Hipstamatic (iPhone)

That Rev Chap — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:34:02 +0000

I didn’t play any games last night on any format, instead choosing to spend my time watching Nighty Night and taking pictures with my new toy – the Hipstamatic iPhone app. It’s a camera app that uses different virtual films, lenses and flashes to make interesting, retro-looking photographs.

There’s no way to apply filters to existing photographs, which initially disappointed me, but I soon got into the mindset of treating the Hipstamatic as an actual camera, not as a way to apply filters to pictures. It’s a lovely toy, but be warned that the £1.19 purchase price only gets you a few of the films, flashes and lenses – the total price of the app comes to over three pounds when you purchase everything else. Well worth it, though; I’ve not had this much fun taking pictures in years.

Here are some pictures I took, almost all using the shake-to-randomise function, which selects a random flash, lens and film when you shake the iPhone. You never know what you’re going to get!

The Doctor. (The old one, not little Matt Smith.)

My gorgeous wife and cat.

The Punisher.

The Punisher again, taken with different settings.

The wife, knitting.

Watching Nighty Night.

My watch.

The BFG. And some DVDs.

The ball of yarn my wife was knitting with.

Another picture of my wife.

A filthy charity shop Kenny.

Dark Lord of the Sith.

Leia and Artoo looking cool.

My cat refusing to pose properly.

Some of those pictures are obviously better than others, but they show off the range of effects – and can you imagine how dull a lot of those pictures would be just taken with the standard iPhone camera? I may never use the standard Camera app again.