Life in LoFi: iPhoneography

Pic Grunger screenshots. Click to enlarge

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Pic Grunger
Version 3.0
Price: $0.99

Bottom Line: Pic Grunger creates stunning lo-fi effects in high resolution. Highly recommended! An essential app if you like the look of grunge photography.

With the new, improved cameras in the iPhone 4 and 3GS, more and more the onus is now on developers to “dirty up” our images to give iPhonegraphy a digital lo-fi look. Pic Grunger by Stephen Spring has always been one of those apps and excelled at grunging up photos on the iPhone. The latest update brings new features and more importantly full-resolution output. Pic Grunger creates stunning lo-fi effects and now it supports the higher resolutions of the newer iPhones.

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HipstaMatic

Updates to the popular analog-simulation photo apps Hipstamatic and lo-mob were released in the App Store today.

The lo-mob update features general stability improvements — always a good thing for an app that processes as much as Lo-Mob does.

The Hipstamatic update features a few minor additional features, as well as bug fixes and performance improvements. The update doesn’t include any new HipstaPaks of films, flashes and lenses.

Here’s a list of what’s fixed and new in the new Hipstamatic 155:

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Willie Dawgs interior, by Mike Ayers

Greenpoint Ave, by Mike Ayers

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To paraphrase the classic T-shirts that are still available in shops on 7th Avenue at 3 for $10, I love New York. New York is one of the easiest cities I’ve photographed. The people, the architecture, the vibe of the city make for great stories everywhere, and especially great for iPhoneographers.

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I was recently interviewed by John Meadows for the On the Log podcast. In “Episode 89: Less is More”, we discuss iPhoneography and using the iPhone with some recent apps to capture the look of old analog photography. It was a fun discussion and I think it’s an interesting interview. Plus, you get to find out whether or not this Texan talks with a twang.

Click here for the podcast On the Log, Episode 89: Less is More >>>

iPhoneography by John Meadows

John took the above photo with CameraBag.

Here’s the link to John’s site, On the Log >>>

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