Just how awesome is Camera Awesome?

February 29, 2012 – 3:39 pm | 30 Comments

Don’t be put off by the free price of Camera Awesome. Even in its base configuration, it’s a premier all-in-one camera replacement and one of the best camera replacement apps available. If they charged for the base app, I wouldn’t complain — it’s that good.

Decim8 updated. New filters, interface and more.

February 28, 2012 – 10:06 pm | 7 Comments

“glitch app” Decim8 has just released a major update. Version 3.0 is out and has several new filters, a new interface, a new icon and a few caveats to go with this update.

Photo App Review: Photo Editor+ – Big problems under the hood.

February 28, 2012 – 3:55 pm | One Comment

The LoFi review of new photo app Photo Editor+. It’s not a horrible app, but it’s definitely not worthy of number 5 with a bullet. The app has potential, but it needs a major overhaul under the hood before it’s a genuinely useful app.

Photo App Review: pxl

February 27, 2012 – 2:22 pm | 7 Comments

Rather than simulate low-res pixelization or a censored mosaic, pxl applies creative pixelization in a variety of styles to your images. Like photo apps Percolator and Decim8, it’s one of the rare modernist apps that looks forward in style, not backward.

Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad: Almost 4 bucks per megapixel

February 27, 2012 – 11:27 am | 18 Comments

The long-awaited Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad 2 is now out. Unfortunately, Photoshop Touch only supports a maximum image resolution of 1600 x 1600 pixels — that’s only 2.56 megapixels and works out to be about $3.90 per megapixel.

The Shorty Awards: Update and a big Thank You.

February 27, 2012 – 10:55 am | 5 Comments

This year, Life In LoFi was been nominated for a Shorty Award in the “Best Blogger in Social Media” category. We didn’t make it as a finalist, but we tied for 27th out of 1,729 nominees. Not too shabby.

iPhoneography: Faved On Flickr, 02.26.12

February 26, 2012 – 12:58 pm | 8 Comments

Here’s the February 26, 2012 edition of our weekly iPhone photography showcase, Faved On Flickr. It’s our weekly selection of some of the outstanding iPhoneography found on Flickr.

eyephoneography #3 nominations have been posted

February 24, 2012 – 7:51 am | No Comment

The nominations for Spain’s prestigious eyephoneography #3 exhibit have been posted. Out of all the submissions received for this curated exhibit, the finalists have been narrowed down to 14 iPhoneographers.

Photo App Focus: PolarCam – Instant Retro Camera

February 23, 2012 – 8:11 am | 5 Comments

There are a lot of fauxlaroid apps and photo apps with instant camera effects. Some of them emulate instant photos better than others. New photo app PolarCam tries to, but just misses the mark for me in capturing that visceral magic of classic instant cameras.