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

If you’re in or around Los Angeles next Thursday, make plans to visit the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. P1xels – The Fine Art of the iPhone has announced the lineup for their upcoming exhibition there next week.

The show opens Thursday, April 12 at the Los Angeles Center For Digital Art and runs through Saturday, May 5. More info after the jump. >>>

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While I’m generally leary of under the radar apps that are discounted to free, Lens+ is a refreshingly nice surprise. It’s an easy to use retro camera app with a bunch of filters that look great. I’d say it’s not a bad app at it’s normal price of $1.99. Right now, it’s been discounted for a very limited time to FREE. Grab it now. The App Store link is after the jump. >>>

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Once again, Life In LoFi and the great folks at CanvasPop have teamed up for a great photo contest. Enter the SQUARE OFF Photo Contest for a chance to win a canvas from CanvasPop and a feature on Life In LoFi.

The contest is open to any square format mobile photography as long as it was shot and processed on a mobile device — iPhone, Android, Nokia. Other than that, there are no limits. Enter your photography now on Life In LoFi’s Facebook page.

More info and a CanvasPop discount coupon after the jump. >>>

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iPhone photo app PhotoToaster is a great, easy to use image editing app that makes fast and easy color and luminance tweaks as well as quickly applying effects from a selection of presets. The new PhotoToaster 3.0 update was just released and adds new tools and features that improve this already very good photo app.

To celebrate the update, PhotoToaster is on sale now for a limited time for only $0.99 — that’s half off.

The full list of new features and my thoughts on some of them after the jump. >>>

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The Artist scooped five Oscars, including Best Picture. MacPhun invites you to create and share your own silent film masterpiece.

The creators of FX Photo Studio and Silent Film Director, MacPhun, have teamed up with an impressive panel of judges to present the International Retro Film Contest. Submissions are open now through May 28, 2012. You can use any equipment to record the video, but it should be edited with Silent Film Director app and you can submit as many videos as you like. There are some cool prizes up for grabs, including a new 3rd Gen iPad and two tickets to see the classic silent film masterpiece “Napoleon” in San Francisco.

More info, rules and how to submit entries are on the contest website here. You can also check out some of the other entries to help get your creative process moving.

Silent Film Director is a good retro/vintage iPhone video app with a number of built-in effects. If you don’t already have the app, it’s $1.99 in the App Store and is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later.

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“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”

Words attributed to photographer Ansel Adams, but still valid today.

Here is this week’s selection of good photographs, the Faved On Flickr iPhone photography showcase for March 18, 2012. These are a small number of the outstanding images submitted to LoFi’s Flickr group in the past week. Click past the jump for the rest of this week’s showcase. >>>

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We’ve previously reviewed ScratchCam FX (then called simply ScratchCam) by Luna’s Edge. It’s a great, easy to use app that adds cool, stressed film and photo print effects to your pics using color and black & white effects, oversaturation and color shift combinations. Since its introduction, a lot of new features have been added to this app, including a new FX Studio module (hence the name) that allows you to explore creative options beyond one-click processing.

ScratchCam FX is on sale right now for a limited time for only $0.99 — that’s half off the regular price. This is for the full version of ScratchCam FX, not the feature-limited ScratchCam Lite. If you like the look of grunge iPhoneography and don’t already have this app, this is a great chance to add it to your toolbox and save a buck. Grab it now. This sale is for a very limited time.

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

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ProCamera is a versatile and very powerful iPhone camera-replacement app. It has an extensive feature set, not only for shooting, but with its Studio and FX modules, you can tweak photos in-app and apply from a great selection of filters.

ProCamera normally sells for $2.99. To celebrate Spring, it’s on sale for only $0.99 — a savings of $2.00. This is a deep discount for ProCamera. This Easter sale is for a limited time only. This is a great time to grab it if it’s not already a part of your iPhone’s camera bag.

App Store link and more info after the jump. >>>

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Hipstamatic have announced on their Facebook page news of a new update today. The new features greatly expand the sharing capabilities of Hipstamatic and let users tag Facebook friends and upload to multiple networks simultaneously — including Instagram.

More info after the jump. >>>

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Operating under the moniker Konstruktivist, Dan Cristea is one of the most prolific and original iPhoneographers around. Based in Toronto, Canada, he is a graphic designer as well as founding member of the Lofimode.com website, which he runs along with friend and fellow iPhoneographer Richard “Koci” Hernandez.

Yesterday, we presented Part I of Dimitris Karathanos’ extensive interview. In Part II, Dan Cristea talks more about his photography, his style, and gives advice to shoot by. Click past the jump for the conclusion. >>>

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