Hipstamatic iPhone app: Retro-garden photography
The Hipstamatic application puts a filter on iPhone photos to make them look as though they were taken with an unreliable plastic camera from the 1960s, rather than this complex mobile smart phone. The interface, pictured above, is designed to look like one of those cheap cameras, which adds to the fun.
The Hipstamatic effect gives an instant haze of memory to the photos, as though you are seeing whatever is before you through the filter of a dream. The functionality however, is completely 2010: You can instantly upload photos to Facebook or Flickr. The two photos below are from my first shoot at the Descanso Gardens on Saturday afternoon.
On Sunday, I braved the Valentine's Day crowds at the Huntington Gardens, to try out the app in the brighter sun. The pictures are brighter and more crisp, but still completely retro. I love how it connects me to fellow garden photographers from decades past. Plants, after all, look timeless.
The hipstamatic app is $1.99 at the iTunes App Store. Once you have the app, you can also purchase additional "film," "flashes" and "lenses" (technically each a different digital filter) for 99 cents each.
-- Deborah Netburn
Photos: (top) Hipstamatic iPhone interface. Credit: Hipstamatic
All other photos taken by Deborah Netburn.
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This is the kind of thing that makes me hope a meteor takes out Silver Lake.
Posted by: Zach | 02/16/2010 at 09:34 PM
Ha ha ha. Which part? The camera, the article, the hipsters, or the garden?
Posted by: Steven James Scott | 02/17/2010 at 01:14 AM
Holga & Diana are crying right now
Posted by: John | 02/17/2010 at 11:52 AM
We love Hipstamatic! Enjoy the succulents with the new app.
Posted by: Matti | 03/03/2010 at 10:06 PM
We love Hipstamatic! Enjoy the succulents with the new app.
Posted by: Matti | 03/03/2010 at 10:07 PM