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

The Hipstamatic 252 update is available for download now in App Store. It’s light on exciting new features and paks, but this update features another chance to catch up on one of Hipstamatic’ deleted HipstaPaks. Hipsta completists may like that the entire Wicker Park Pak is available once again through this weekend.

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Secret Eye In The Sky by mutablend

Here is our iPhoneography showcase Faved on Flickr for the week of April 22, 2012. It’s been two weeks since our last Faved. Since then, over 6,000 images have been added to Life In LoFi’s Flickr Group. To see all of the outstanding iPhone photography, head over to the group page on Flickr and browse. I’ve also restored the Flickr widget down in the footer of the blog. It shows the most current images shared with the group.

Click past the jump to see more of this week’s Faved selections. >>>>

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LensLight features a variety of lens light effects including light Leaks, bokeh, spot lights, and surface glare. There are even a few lens flare effects added in. There are some crossover effects, but not many, including a few similar (not identical) spikes and streaks. LensLight is more about external light effects than its sibling.

LensLight, the sibling app to the popular LensFlare photo app, recently received a big update. Read more about the update and how you can win a free promo code for the app after the jump. >>>>

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Photographer Trey Ratcliff’s 100 Cameras in 1 is a texture app with an interesting interface and, for me, very obscure and frustrating filter names. It incorporates zen sounds and various textures. It’s one of the first photo apps to make iPhoneography a game. It was one of the first photo apps to directly save to Instagram.

Version 3.1.3 has just been released. It’s got a minor bug fix, but the major bug of the app still has not been addressed over six months later. The app is not fully iPhone 4S compatible. And I’m talking about the full, $1.99 version.

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UPDATE 01: Check out the comments for this post. Either the price reduction has already ended or there’s a glitch in the App Store (I’ve seen it happen before, too). Either way, it looks like as of right now, Squara is back up to $1.99. Definitely still worth it, but I wanted to spare you any sticker shock if you were expecting free. If it goes back down again, I’ll update it here. =M=

It’s a common mantra of mine — I love misskiwi’s photo apps. Across the line, they add well-done, realistic retro and analog effects. misskiwi was among the first developers to pay attention to detail to get the effects to look “right.”

misskiwi’s Squara photo app is avery good square format app that integrates nicely with Instagram, but also makes a great shooter on its own. Squara is FREE right now in the App Store for a very limited time. It’s normally $1.99. Grab it now to catch this great discount.

You can read my thoughts on Squara here. Squara is another good addition to your toolbox, especially for the multi-lens options. This discount will go away very soon. Grab it now!

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G.Requires iOS 5.0 or later.

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Apple has been varying degrees of ambivalent when it comes to the Volume Shutter or VolumeSnap feature on the iPhone. Volume Shutter is the feature that allow developers to use a Volume button as a hardware shutter release for the camera.

Since the release of iOS 5, Volume Shutter has become a popular feature in third party camera apps. New evidence has come up that Apple is about to restrict the feature… again. VolumeSnap and the Volume Shutter feature may be on it’s way out for good, or at least until developer and user uproar cause Apple to figure out a position on this feature.

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SQUARE OFF Photo Contest Winner, "My city" by Melinda Lee

Life in Lofi and CanvasPop are pleased to announce the winners of our SQUARE OFF photo contest.

The winning image as voted by the most readers is “My city” by Melinda Lee. Melinda gets a 20″ x 20″ canvas from CanvasPop and we’ll be contacting Melinda to feature more of her other iPhone photography here on the blog.

Click past the jump for the Runner Up and the Judge’s Choice. >>>

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TapShot changes the way you interact with your iPhone’s camera. It’s a gesture-based photo app, rather than a button-based app. It gives you an amazing amount of feature customization, allowing you to build an interface that better matches your workflow.

I’ve got more info and an App Store link after the jump. >>>

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To celebrate the launch of the version 2 update, NightCap is currently free today only in the App Store. This is an excellent app that I haven’t reviewed yet, but it gives you greater control over your iPhone’s shutter speed in most everyday low light situations than just about any other photo app.

We just announced yesterday that Slow Shutter Cam was free for day and on the surface, the two apps sound very similar. In fact, they do two different things and accomplish different results. Click past the jump to find out more and for the App Store link. >>>

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Here’s the press release:

P1xels.com announces MOBILE P1XELS, a large format show of iphonic art at the prestigious Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts in Los Angeles. Opening Thursday, April 12, 2012 and running through May 5. It’s ArtWalk night and if you’ve never been to the LA ArtWalk, it is crazy! LACDA gets a HUGE turnout. The gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 5 pm, as well.

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