hip plastic.

i've decided i hate blogo, too.  the typepad editor sucks, too.  wanted to find another platform before i wrote anything else.  whatever.  no time.

the other day i downloaded plastic bullet, another brilliant app for making photos on the iphone, after having read about it on the prolost blog by Stu Maschwitz.  love stu's blog.  i like things written by REAL working professionals and not just gear-bating monkeys.  see ... the difference is ... the techie-bitches and forum-mongers ... they theorize ... they don't actually do anything by practice.

it's kinda like reading theonlinewannabe and thinking he really has any friggin' clue about what two lenses to take with you.  again, theorization ... no practical knowledge whatsoever.  it's actually comical.

anyway ... back to plastic bullet.  i was stoked with hipstamatic.  in fact, i've made many 5x7 prints on our little "printer by the couch" and they came out amazing.  i mean ... the latest iteration of hipstamatic came out great as they pumped the resolution.  

originally, i was only gonna talk about plastic bullet but ... well ... not talking about hipstamatic seemed kinda unfair as i absolutely love that app.  in as much as i never leave home without a rangefinder ... when i do ... which is so rare but ... whatever ... i never really feel like i'm without a camera when i have the iphone with me. 

typing on the iphone sucks compared to my crackberry days but ... again ... bitter with the better.  the iphone is better for just about everything else.  seeing a browser on a 'berry is laughable.  not only but no matter what you use to sync the 'berry with a mac ... nothing works well.  now ... i change something on the iphone and ... it's changed globally.  that's very important in terms of contacts and calendar with me.com.  love it.  not going back.

whenever i see photos uploaded on facebook i can tell were taken with a blackberry it makes me laugh. they suck.  

here are some photos i've made with the hipstamatic app...

i have a few bitches with hipstamatic even though i love the app.  it's rather slow.  it got even slower after the newest iteration, too.  then again, the files are good enough to make a decent print.  also, it doesn't save an original from the iphone so that you could have a non-hipstamaticed photo as well.  i find it crashes sometimes and if i had an "original" i'd still have the photo.  

99% of the above photos were taken with one lens/film combo.  i know there are others but i'd prefer this one.  not saying what it is.  you can make up your own combo.

having only used plastic bullet for a few days ... well ... i know i don't particularly like the fact it only saves a rather small version of the iphone photo.  it can, however, take an existing photo and work it's magic on it.  kinda like these two.  then again, these two were made with a canon 1dsm3, dumbed down and moved to the iphone but ... whatever ... you get the point ...

that was what i did first with it.  i liked the effect.  once you see a version you like you hit the heart button and save it ... otherwise if you hit the refresh button you'll loose it forever.  

it's interesting that plastic bullet tends to do a bit of overexposure on some of it's versions but if you hit the refresh enough, you'll find something you'll like.  it's only gonna get better.  i mean ... red giant is amazing.

i decided to go to target and make a few photos with the plastic bullet...

from target to the bucket. ;)

a couple different versions of this one ...

so, yeah, there are things i love about plastic bullet and things i love about hipstamatic ... a few things i'd change about both ...

but ... i'm really enjoying plastic bullet. :)  it ain't a leica m9 ... but ... really ... what is? ;)

hope you're all well and making fantastic photos!  i have to go to a fancy party.

cheers from a spring-like los angeles,

c

Comments

[Thorsten Overgaard]

Funny that Polaroid http://www.polaroid.com was bought up by some of their old employees to re-invent Polaroid. But the Hipster and Plastic Bullet seem to do the job. And for a few dollars.

[Aldo]

Second photo is my fave with the hipstamatic, I loved it from the very first moment I saw it when you uploaded it to FB... anyway, why the fuck are you holding and axe?!?! http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/weekschris/hipstamatic%20selects/IMG_1091.jpg

and yeah, obviously I liked this one http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/weekschris/plastic%20bullet%20blog/IMG_2102.jpg

cheers bro

[richard]

Love it! You make me want to go out and get an Iphone... but then again do I really need one, maybe just for the shots ;) plastic bullet tough, definitely a keeper.

[christian rollinson]

heh, loving the 'axe murderer in the garden' shot ;)
superb technology, wait 'till we get a super-8 video app, that would be fucking amazing!

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cheers

[Ashraf Azlan]

yeah redgiant is pretty awesome, magic bullet was a huge time saver.

[Richard P]

In regards to the onlinewannabe, they've inspired me to take a 1300mm and a 16mm fisheye. I think this is a reasonable kit.

[Arthur]

pretty cool! you're right, the camera on the blackberry sucks! especially the new curve.

seems the iphone is sick as a snapshot camera... especially since they can be printed nicely at 5x7.

this is an interesting movement in photography... film had all these beautiful imperfections that digital didn't and now digital is trying to put them back to achieve the look.

looks really cool though! and it will only get better from here...

thanks for sharing... glad to see another post! :)

[grey-fox24]

I went from never hearing about hipstamatic before to 3 mentions in an hour today. It is possible I never heard of it before because I don't have an iphone though.

Also, Target (Baton Rouge) is the only place that yells at me for taking pictures.

[Scott Alexander]

Funnily enough, I was gearing up to post my own hipstamatic blog! That Plastic Bullet is amazing, some really nice effects.

I sometimes use the standard camera only because of the slightly below 2:3 ratio, so I am glad there is something that can give me a hipsta feel with standard images.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!

[sdennis]

My partner and I were recently in Chicago...she was rockin' the Hipstamatic, and me my beloved M9 and I've gotta say...I was blown away with the shots she was getting with that program and her iPhone. Love Hipstamatic...now I don't actually feel so unprepared when I leave my M9 at home (it does happen every now and then)! And thanks for the heads-up on Plastic bullet...very cool!