3 more cool Hipstamatic combos

3 more cool Hipstamatic combos

Other Hipstamatic Combo Post:

http://jeffvsapps.blogspot.com/2013/05/3-cool-hipstamatic-combinations.html

Okay, Lets go. This is a similar photo to those below, taken with the iPhone 5 camera for reference.

Lucifer VI Lens and Alfred Infrared Film or Pistil Film

Kind of red and evil looking.  I put 2 films so you can decide on how much red.  Alfred for a lot, Pistil for a little.  Pistil is a cool film for almost any lens.  I use this on occasion, one of my favorite pictures of a flower was taken with the Lucifer / Pistil combo.

Americana Lens and Blanko Freedom13

Americana ads a little random blur, usually good to the image.  The Freedom13 film is as close to borderless at you get in Hipstamatic.  The only thing on the edge of the film are 3 little red white and blue bars in the lower right corner.  I use this film a lot for pics of the ocean.

Tejas Lens and Blanko Film

The Tejas ads the vignette you see in the example.  The Blanko is a nice simple film with good contrast and a plain white border.  The Tejas less was my favorite for a while, because of the vignette, I thought of it as a calmer John S Lens that was also my favorite for a while.


I kind of want to go take some photos now...

Another 3 cool Hipstamatic combos

Another 3 cool Hipstamatic combos

Earlier Combos I have looked at:

http://jeffvsapps.blogspot.com/2013/05/3-cool-hipstamatic-combinations.html

Reference pic taken with the iPhone 5 camera:

The combinations I picked this time are some of the weirder ones I use.  They definitely aren't for super important things, they are cool weird effects for when you are just having fun or want some randomness.

Watts Lens and GS-0 Film.

It's a circle!  The Watts Lens makes the colors nice and vibrant.  The GS-0 film, that was a promotion for a movie called Gangster Squad, makes the border be a circle so all you see is the center if on a white background.  Fun looking pics.  A must for one or two pics in your Instagram feed because the white border blends in with Instagram's white background so it looks like the photo is just the circle.


Jane Lens and D-Type Film

The Jane lens doesn't do anything weird.  The D-Type does a lot of weird.  It is a black and white film with a lot of messyness.  Some blur and grunge look cool on a photo once in a while.  This film does exactly that.



Alder 9009 Lens and Dylan Film

The Dylan Film gives a semi random light leak most of the time.  The Alder desaturates the rest of the photo making the light leak really stand out.  Looks cool on occasion, take a bunch to make sure you get the right leak.  Sometimes the leak overshadows your subject though.

Anyone have a combo they really like?  Add in the comments below!

3 cool Hipstamatic combinations

3 cool Hipstamatic combinations

I have a hard time picking Hipstamatic combos.  There are a ton that are not too good.  But there are a few that I think are incredible.  I am not listing flashes because I don't use them enough to have an opinion on them.

Here is the photo taken with the regular iPhone 5 camera for reference.

And here are my favorites today:

Loftus Lens and BlackKeys B+W Film

I turn off all most of the lens and films in the shake to randomize feature, and the first ones I turn off are the black and white ones.  Maybe it's just me, but I feel like the black and white ones come up too much, more than the color films.  Annnnnnnd, I would rather take color and make it black and white later if I feel like it so I have the choice.  Buuuuuuuuut, when ever I do want to use a B and W film this is the combo I have in my favorites.  It really isn't black and white, just pretty desaturated.  I don't care for the month and year it adds to the bottom of the border, but that is easy enough to remove if I feel like it is taking away from the pic too much.  I also like the Loftus blur.  Some really sharp parts and some really soft parts.  I like this combination.

Watts Lens and Ina's 1982

This feels like the opposite of the combo above.  The images are real saturated and contrasty, sometimes too much and some detail is lost.  Sometimes though it looks really good and bright.  I use this if I want some colors to stand out.  The Lens does all the work, as it seems to me that the 82 film is the most basic film.

Jane Lens and Dixie Film

For regular pics.  The film has a little something going on around the edges to make it interesting, but this makes a pic that doesn't have too much weirdness going on.

I know I said 3, but Salvador 84 Lens and DreamCanvas Film

 

Don't use this for anything important.  It only makes 1 cool pic for every 30 you take, but when it does it is really cool.  I like this when I just want to keep playing and trying until something awesome happens.

I am going to go take some more pics now.  Get Hipstamatic if you think it sounds cool and haven't picked it up yet.

And if you don't want to pay for it, try freemyapps and build up some point and get it for free.

The Five Best Photo Apps...

in my opinion, right now.

I use my iPhone as a camera at least as much as I use it as a phone.  There are some photography apps that I consider a necessity, that if I restore the phone, they immediately go back on.  This list is the first five of those.

1.  This might not count because it comes with the phone, but I have to mention the stock Photo app.  It is fast and simple and takes most of my pictures.  I have tried a number of camera replacement apps, and they all seemed like good ideas, but I always end up using this more.

2. Hipstamatic.  See my other posts about this app.  It is fun and does exactly what you want, if you want to use it that way.  If you don't you can use the random feature and let it surprise you.  I wouldn't use it for taking my most important pics because it doesn't save an original, unfiltered version.  For fun random shots though, it can't be beat.

3. Camera+ This could make the list just for the Clarity filter.  It looks bad on some photos here and there, but is works on most.  The ones it works on, it drastically improves the photo.  Not in a spent a bunch of time in Photoshop way, but the best one button improvement I know of.  I also use this app for my cropping and the occasional border.

4. Camera TimerDC.  Not so much because I need a timer for 1 photo very often, but because I can set it to take a photo every 1 second for 100 photos.  You can change that to less photos or to more time if need be.  I use this a lot with a little pocket tripod when I am doing something like skateboarding with my girlfriend and want us both in the picture.  Or when some friends and I are watching the sunset and I want us all in the photos instead of someone being excluded.  The 100 shots means the photos aren't so posed and hit or miss.  The app shoots a bunch of us having fun and later I pick out the best couple.

5. Instagram.  I debated putting this in and in the end I had to.  It is just too good at what it does.  I don't ever use the filters, but to share photos and see photos it is perfect.  I probably spend too much time on Instagram, but it is just a really cool platform.

That is five.  I use them constantly.  There are plenty of other photo apps on my phone of course, some of them that do really cool things.  In a later post maybe I will highlight some of the apps that I don't want to use too often, but still don't want to be without.

My favorite app right now... Hipstamatic

My favorite app sometimes is...

Hipstamatic.

I have been using it for quite a while and have all the lenses and films and keep buying them as soon as they come out.  It is just fun to try different lens and film combinations.  Most of the time, when I want good photos I just use a few combos that I know work.  Once in a while though I experiment and something really cool happens.
I feel like the app has a couple more features to explore like the multiple exposure and flashes.  I haven't really played with them much, but if I ever get bored with all the lenses and films it's like a couple more layers to try out.

Choose Film...

Choose Lens...

 

Take Pic...

The only 2 complaints I have about the app is there is no option to use the front camera.  That would be nice.  Also it would be great if it saved an un-effected shot at well as the Hipstamatic shot.
The only real complaint other people seem to have is you can't put the effects on photos in your library or camera roll.  That doesn't really bother me.  I like the app just fine as a weird camera, not a post processing app.  There are enough apps that do that.

Some Hipstamatic shots so you get an idea of what it does.
Here is an image taken with the standard camera app:

Here are similar shots taken with various lens and film combos in Hipstamatic:

As you can see it adds some cool filters and borders.