Photo Apps For iPhone

The iPhone is the new toy camera. I love how I can just pop it out and take a picture. And pretty decent ones at that. I have printed photos that I have taken with my iPhone 3GS up to 8x8. And I think I could push that up to 10x10 without much loss of picture quality. Here are some of my favorite photo apps (Most of them give photos a cool retro look.):

Lo-Mob
Lo-Mob has 28 different film effects. Also the app develops all the various effects at once, so the time needed to preview the photos is shorter. It was the first camera app that I bought. $1.99

Film Lab
Film Lab is an improvement on Retro Camera. Film Lab simulates the look of various classic film stocks. And unlike Retro Camera you can save your photos in full resolution, so you can create prints that are larger than wallet sized. I just wish it had the ability to play around with grain size. $0.99

Hipstamatic
I love Hipstamatic so much that I replaced the phone app with it. It is right there next to the Safari and iPod apps. You pay $1.99 for the standard equipment pack which contains 3 lens, 3 films and a flash. Then if you find that you love the app (And you will love it.) you can purchase several expansion packs for $0.99

SwankoLab
The people behind Hipstamatic have come out with a new app, SwankoLab. It aims to recreate the feel of the darkroom. You can even mix up and save your formulas. The $1.99 purchase price  gives you access to 8 "chemicals", and for an additional $1.99 you can purchase a lifetime subscription that gives you 9 more chemicals and free chemicals with each update. It's fun to play with, but I don't find myself going to it as much the other three.

The one problem with a lot of these apps is that they create square photos instead of the standard rectangular ones. I have found a photo lab that creates square photos starting at 5 inches. And I just love the Fuji Pearl paper, it gives the prints a beautiful metallic finish that is hard to recreate on a computer screen. Warning, it can give some Hipstamatic prints a green tint. myPhotopipe.

Links For 29 March 2010

Ricky Martin Finally Comes Out
Ricky Martin finally has admitted to being gay. Not sure what took so long, he's already a huge icon. And it's not like we didn't all know already. Congrats on not having to lie anymore!

Bethenny Frankel Calls Wedding 'The Best Night Of My Life'
The Real Housewife of New York finally got a man to marry her. I've never heard a woman whine about getting married and pregnant so much in my life. Now Frankel, 7months pregnant has achieved both. And of course she is filming everything for Bravo.

Polaroid 600 One Camera on Sale Via the Impossible Project
Built in flash, digital LCD screen for picture count, and a focus-free lens. $180. Better hurry, they have fewer than 50 left. I would have been all over this, but I finally gave in and bought an IPhone...and promply became addicted to Hipstamatic.

Sandra Bullock...Gone Hollywood Without Jesse
Sandra Bullock has moved out of the home she shared with husband, Jesse James (reality tv's Tiger Woods) and into a home she owns in Hollywood. Could you get over your husband not just cheating, but being a complete slut about it?

Five Takes on the Family Tree
I especially love the Genuinely Yours Tree. Too bad the last last four generations of my family wouldn't amount to a twig. (We're not really breeders.)

Polaroid Bringing Back Instant Film Cameras

Polaroid will be releasing new instant film cameras. The company showed off the PIC-1000 at the Consumer Electronics Show. The camera, which will use type 1000 film will feature a metallic silver or a wood-grain finish (?). Other than that few details on the camera were released.

I love Polaroid pictures and I'm glad that they are bringing the camera and film back, but that is one ugly camera.
photos