Life in LoFi: iPhoneography | iPhone Photo News, Showcases, App Reviews

UPDATE 02.03.12 @10:30 CST: After yesterday’s App Store glitches, I followed both app discounts and they remained free all night long. I felt confident in posting this discount that any issues were resolved. Right after this post went live, the prices of both apps went back up to $1.99 and the mention of the discount was removed from the App Store description. This may be another glitch (It’s rare, but I’ve seen this before with other developers). I’ve contacted MorokoshiMan to see if they’re aware of this and to see what’s up. I’ll keep you posted. =M=

UPDATE 02.03.12 @10:40 CST: The apps are again free in the App Store. =M=

The three toy camera apps from MorokoshiMan, PICtone, INStan Pocket and CAMERAtan are FREE right now in the App Store for the next day or so. Each app is $1.99, so this is a total savings of about $4. This is s a great freebie.

The App Store description says until February 5, but because of recent glitches and timezone differences, don’t wait until the last minute — grab these now.

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UPDATE 02.03.12: After about a day in the App Store, Instagrunge has disappeared. No reasons were given in the dev’s Twitter stream and the app’s Facebook page is offline as well. There is a short explanation at the bottom of the Instagrunge website:

“But the app isn’t quite finished yet, so you will have to wait a little longer before you can start dirtying up your images. Stay tuned…”

New iPhone photo app Instagrunge recently hit the App Store. As the name implies, Instagrunge quickly and easily scuffs, fades, scratches, damages and stains your photo quickly and easily.

Currently, it’s free through February, making it fairly easy to download and try out. Even while free, though, it’s got a lot of problems, though, before it finds a place on my iPhone. >>>

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Awesome Sauce by Sara Tune

We were able to catch up with iPhoneographer Sara Tune recently. Her very cool abstract “Awesome Sauce” won the Mobile Photography Awards in the Juxaposer app category and was overall First Runner-Up and winner of Second Prize in the inaugural MPA. Considering the competition, that’s an even more impressive credential. (Life In LoFi is a media partner of the MPA).

We recently interviewed MPA-winning iPhoneographers Souichi Forusho and krapoz. Sara Tune now shares her thoughts on life, her style, and rediscovering photography with her iPhone. >>>

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A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed new iPhone photo app AnalogColor. The app has a new update that addresses a couple of the issues I had with the 1.0 release. The new 1.1 update makes it a better app — definitely more usable for iPhoneographers — and also indicates that the developer will be pushing out more of these incremental updates which address user requests.

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The lineage of Photogene2 is one of the oldest photo apps on the iPhone. Photogene was probably one of the first apps many early iPhoneographers had in their camera bag.

Photogene2, the app’s successor, recently received a big update with several new features, including several new tools and the ability to order photo products in-app.

One of the more compelling features for me is the new “Clarity” tool, made popular by all-in-one camera app Camera+. I thought I’d compare the two side by side. See how Photogene2 fared after the jump.

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One of my most-used iPhone photo gizmos is my set of Photojojo magnetic lenses, especially the wide angle lens. With its natural vignette, lens distortion and lack of edge-to-edge focus, it’s a great lens for creating genuine lo-fi effects on my iPhone.

If you’ve got some or all of the popular Photojojo iPhone lenses including the wide angle/macro, fisheye, and 2X telephoto, keeping them secure when carrying them around can be a problem. Although they’re small, you don’t want to risk dust or damage by carrying them around loosely in your pocket.

Photojojo has solved this problem. They now have a custom case that fits the set of lenses and accessories that they offer.

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The Night Watchman by tabiwallah / Alan Kastner

Here’s this week’s edition of our regular Sunday showcase, Faved On Flickr. Every Sunday, I select about two dozen outstanding images from the more than 1,000 photos submitted each week to Life In LoFi‘s group on Flickr. This is our weekly showcase of photography that is shot and processed (or in some cases created) solely on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

Click past the jump for the great photography in this week’s showcase. >>>

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There is less than a week left to submit your photos to the eyephoneography #3 open call.

Submissions are free and will be accepted through February 3rd, 2012 at 23:29 (GMT+1) — that’s 5:30 PM Eastern Standard Time in New York City.

More information can be found on eyephoneography’s website, including more details, submission instructions, and some indications of what the selection committee is looking for.

The eyephoneography #3 exhibition will open this April 2012 in the gallery of the recently inaugurated Castellana FNAC flagship store in the heart of Madrid.

This prestigious curated exhibit is reviewed by a world-class committee (I was one of the curators for eyephonography #2). If selected, you also take part in the traveling exhibit Mobile eyephoneography. You would also join very short list of top-notch mobile photographers that eyephoneography has exhibited so far.

Visit the eyephoneography #3 open-call page and submit your work.

There are no fees to submit or to participate in the exhibition if selected.

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misskiwi’s Squara photo app is another very good square format app that integrates nicely with Instagram, but also makes a great shooter on its own. Squara is on sale now for a limited time for only $0.99 — a savings of $1.00.

Click past the jump for info on Squara and my thoughts on the app. >>>

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Simply B&W from developer Mr. B. Ware is a simple, easy to use monochrome conversion app you can use to make black & white photos that pop. It’s FREE right now in the App Store, down from $0.99. Grab it now. This discount is for a very limited time only — through until this Sunday.

I’ve featured Simply B&W in My Camera Bag post — it’s an excellent app that’s  a staple in my tool box. This universal app — works natively on both iPhone and iPad — supports a maximum resolution of 3264×3264 pixels.

This discount is to celebrate the anniversary of Mr. B. Ware. Mr. B. Ware’s Pixel It app is also free until Sunday. From the developer’s Twitter stream, “One year ago today I started work on my first iOS app and MrBWare was started. Thanks for all the support this past year.”

If you don’t already have it, it’s still highly recommended for a dollar. For free, Simply B&W is an essential download.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

UPDATE: The price has already gone back up on this one. The discount was “until” Sunday in Mr. B.Ware’s timezone. This is still an excellent buy at $0.99 if you like to create black & white iPhoneography.

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