The Hipstamatic application puts a filter on iPhone photos to make them look as though they were taken with an unreliable plastic camera from the 1960s, rather than this complex mobile smart phone. The interface, pictured above, is designed to look like one of those cheap cameras, which adds to the fun.
The Hipstamatic effect gives an instant haze of memory to the photos, as though you are seeing whatever is before you through the filter of a dream. The functionality however, is completely 2010: You can instantly upload photos to Facebook or Flickr. The two photos below are from my first shoot at the Descanso Gardens on Saturday afternoon.
The hipstamatic app is $1.99 at the iTunes App Store. Once you have the app, you can also purchase additional "film," "flashes" and "lenses" (technically each a different digital filter) for 99 cents each.
-- Deborah Netburn
Photos: (top) Hipstamatic iPhone interface. Credit: Hipstamatic
via the LA Times
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