£1.49 well spent

I wrote a post last year about my enthusiasm for a Fisher Price digital camera and its success in matching that Instamatic, Polaroid or Holga kind of look. Well, now I have come across something that reproduces that look on purpose. I know I'm a bit slow to catch on with this, but I've just worked out what an app is and how they can be used to make my iPod more than just a touchy feely Walkman.

 These pictures were taken on my iPod Touch using the Hipstamatic app, which is basically a filter editor. There are a several lenses and film types to choose from, each offering quite a different effect. This is so much fun! Here's a shot demonstrating that moss grows only on one side, the North I think.

 The iPod or iPhone format is ideal way of looking at the results. Even transferred to a laptop they lose some of their appeal. Small is good here as the iPod camera is basically rubbish. Perhaps a tiny print would work. The monochrome options are good too, with lots of rich contrast:

 Get the right film/lens combo and it's possible purposefully to work a bleached, desaturated look. I like this overexposed, flat and flaring shot of seed heads and grasses:

More contrast on a shot worthy of an Edinburgh crime thriller cover: 

 ...and a fancy bit of ironwork on a very blue door:

The app, including a selection of lenses and film, costs £1.49! This is, in effect, a new camera for one fifty. I still can't believe it. Additional bundles of film and lens filters cost 69p. I didn't know anything still cost 69p, pretty sure you can't even get a can of juice for that nowadays. I'm amazed. If you follow my Twitter feed you will probably have to endure lots of Hipstamatic shots from now on. My apologies in advance.

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