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

CamCam
Version: 1.1
Price: $2.99

Bottom Line: Good, but not very good. Great looking filters for both stills and video. Supports full-res. Needs more frames. It’s not a fast app.

Camera+Camcorder = CamCam. I get it. Catchy name. And I like the icon.

CamCam is a new effects camera from CnC with 30 film, camera and color effects and 7 frames. See below for a list of all 30 effects. All effects preview in speedy realtime, which is pretty cool. The rest of the app doesn’t feel as snappy, but it’s still an interesting app.

Read the rest of this entry →

Leme Camera
Version 2.3
Price: FREE

Leme Camera is back with yet another revision, but unlike the update that prompted Marty to give them a justified smackdown last spring (while I lambasted it elsewhere) this update is a decided improvement that brought Leme Camera back onto my dock.

What’s New (& Awesome)

• Background processing! Leme Camera now has a 9 photo buffer that lets you keep snapping rather than waiting for each photo to process. Given how cumbersome the user experience for reviewing and saving a photo was this is a HUGE improvement.

Read the rest of this entry →

The excellent photo app PictureShow is on sale now for only 99¢ — that’s a savings of 50% off the regular price.

PictureShow emulates various analog and toy camera styles and unlike random LOMO apps, it gives you a lot of control over the types of effects applied to your photos. It features 28 photo styles and a large number of additional effects — light leaks, borders, noise. It does it all at your iPhone’s full-resolution, too.

PictureShow is on sale for a limited time only, so grab it now if you don’t already own this excellent photo app.

PictureShow requires iOS 4.0 or newer.

=M=

~~~~

LomoLomo
LomoLomo Pro
Version 1.0
Price: Free and $0.99, with a ton of in-app upgrades
Free version ( ) | Pro version ( )

Bottom Line: The LomoLomo apps do a good job of creating effects, but each effect will cost you. There’s absolutely no control over the effects. There are no new effects here and no compelling reason to drop the cash for this.

UPDATE 02.22.11: I hate to leave a bad review out here. Check out my revisited review of LomoLomo version 1.2.1 here. =M=

There are a ton of Lomography apps in the App Store. Nearly all of the biggies are as good as or better at recreating the LOMO experience digitally. Nearly all do it far less expensively.

Lomography, by definition, celebrates “Happy accidents”. LomoLomo and LomoLomo Pro create a lot of accidents, but take from you the level of control that true Lomography really gives you.

Read the rest of this entry →

Lomora 2 screenshots

.

Lomora 2
Version 2.0
Price: $2.99

Bottom Line: Lomora 2 is an improvement over previous versions of the app, but a little slow and buggy and a little pricey at $2.99

Lomora 2 is the latest version of the LOMO app from Marvin Lee. It replicates analog cross-processing to apply colorful and vivid LOMO effects to photographs. This new version 2 is an improvement over previous versions, but it’s still a little pricey when compared to other, more-versatile LOMO-style apps. While this new version is moving the app in the right direction, there’s still lots of room for improvement.

Read the rest of this entry →

Plastic Bullet 1.1 screenshots

.

Plastic Bullet
Version 1.1
Price: $1.99

Bottom Line: Gorgeous, one-of-a-kind Lomo effects, and now supports full-resolution on all iPhones

Plastic Bullet from Red Giant Software is a plastic camera-style app. It’s fairly simple to use — either use the app’s built-in camera or load an image from your iPhone’s camera roll. Four images at a time are then previewed. Save the one you like or refresh the screen for more previews.

The app is a true electronic lomography app — one that encourages you to explore the “happy accidents” in your photography.

Read the rest of this entry →

Tulips, processed with Plastic Bullet

.

Plastic Bullet
Version 1.0
Price: $1.99 USD

Bottom Line: Gorgeous, one-of-a-kind Lomo effects, but version 1.0 only has 800×600 output.

Touted as “a photo app with infinite possibilities”, Plastic Bullet from Red Giant Software is a new plastic camera-style app. It’s fairly simple to use — either use the app’s built-in camera or load an image from your iPhone’s camera roll. Four images at a time are then previewed. Save the one you like or refresh the screen for more previews.

The app is a true electronic lomography app — one that encourages you to explore the “happy accidents” in your photography.

Read the rest of this entry →

SwankoLab test image 5

–

SwankoLab from Synthetic Infatuation, the makers of the extremely popular Hipstamatic app, was released today and is available now in the U.S. App Store for $1.99

Read the rest of this entry →

Willie Dawgs interior, by Mike Ayers

Greenpoint Ave, by Mike Ayers

–

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.

Read the rest of this entry →

Sample image from Andigraf

Andigraf
Version 1.0.1

Bottom line: Great filters help make this camera more fun than you’re expecting

Andigraf by Subkernel is a new camera in the Quad-cam, Supersampler style. It’s an app that takes serial photography, using one of four multi-lens configurations from 4 to 9 lenses. It also features several “film styles” to apply filter effects to your images. Currently, there are four film styles — GrafPhoto Color, LoMode Turquoise, GrafProfessional Black&White, and 1945S Classic Sepia with more films promised in future updates.

Serial photography is a lot more fun than you would initially think and I really like this app!

Read the rest of this entry →