Prodolzhaya topic photographic software for the iPhone, once again I want to make a small bias towards the experimental and avant-garde photography.
Recently, I was talking about the program Hipstamatic simulating shooting process LOMO-multiple cameras at different film with different bursts.
Today I want to offer you a fellow of LOMO-understanding and worldview previously mentioned camera. I would say the younger and less advanced brothers, but it is very frisky and something original and unique.
But first a few words about what LOMO for those unfamiliar with this area of photography. Once upon a time, back in the USSR Leningrad Optical and Mechanical Plant (LOMO) produces a variety of very "funny" camera. One of these chambers, namely the Lomo Compact Automatic, due to its non-standard lens sired images in an unusual coloring. I do not know whether the diversion, or a marriage, the early creative somehow does not count, but it turned out that the defective camera down, laid the foundation for a variety of international destinations in the photos referred to as lomography. I will not describe in detail the process of the emergence of this community, you can read about it in detail in a special Online, I note only that as any mass is not over, but still associated with the technique, it generates two types of people:
first - enthusiastic fans who profess certain principles, and mindful of holy Ten Commandments Lomography: 1. Carry your camera everywhere. 2. Use it any time - day or night. 3. Lomography - this is not interference in your life, it's part of it. 4. Draw Close to the objects of your Lomographic desire as close as possible. 5. Do not think. 6. Act quickly. 7. You do not need to know ahead of time that you shot on film. 8. You do not need to know it and then. 9. Take off "from the hip". 10. Forget about the rules.
second - it's just people who have found interesting this way of expressing their inner feelings by what he saw: the avant-garde photographers, and photographers just experimenters.
Between the first, second, and others still have a small group of sympathizers, agnostics and switchers. And also, a decent weight of a photo-opponents of this trend. Is not it a bit like life and division among makovodov? But back to our soft-topic.
So, LOMO Camera. It's all quite simple and clear even without detailed descriptions. When you start the program immediately opens the familiar iPhone standard camera interface. The recorded image is displayed first in the form of Perevi, which would you rate the quality and content.
If you are all arranged, press Use and the original image is stored in the program memory. Then begins a simple and creative to our shot, you can use one of the seven filters, plug-ins:
LC-A Normal - the actual imitation traditional camera Lomo Automat Compact aka Camera LC-A. A little bluish-green with vignetting and light flare center. Often makes ordinary, boring shot of interesting and attractive.
Redscale - imitation of shooting on film Redscale Film in rusty reddish hue. Original film of this type was inserted into the coil on the contrary, that in itself is unusual. Shot at her staff obtained an unusually warm and alive, and this property creators LOMO Camera managed to move into your filter. One of the most successful incarnations. Can enjoy the same lovers of vintage and retro images, and supporters of sepia.
Black & White - Well, everything is clear. This processing in black and white, with soft vignetting around the edges. I do not know what kind of a color filter used in the conversion to B / W, most likely blue, as the image often turns out very contrasting. It's not even so much lomography, and natural analogue photography eighties, taken something of a change of 8M, if anyone remembers.
X-Pro - an imitation of the famous shooting slide film LOMO X-pro. Exactly like fan fiction and cross-process. Hlboké blue tone, blood-red sky and ghostly face. Try, when properly used filter obtained memorable effect.
Bluescale - this filter does not even know what to say. Like the previous ones, is to emulate shooting on film, in this case Bluescale Film, turning bright day at dusk with a bluish tint. On the fan, but sometimes it is this filter makes the picture interesting.
Fish eyes - so-called "fish eye". It is quite rare and interesting filter simulating shooting photographic cult fisheye lens which has an angle of view is close to 180 ° or greater. Pick up an object under the filter should be in advance, taking into account the specific distortion, then you can achieve just amazing and unique shots. Judging by the results of the processing applied analogue circular "fishaya"
Splitzer LR - as manifestly evident from the name, this filter divides the picture into two parts and deploys "jack". A good trick to play around, but not bolee6 in my opinion. Sometimes I use it, but in general not the most desired and interesting filter.
The last in the set is Original - ie, pictures without treatment, it would clearly have been possible to catch the changes, and save the original source for some other purpose.
To choose one of these filters to the captured frame just looking through pictures on the screen like in a photo album. When you are interested in the result is found, click to save to Camera Roll (photoblog) rightmost button at the bottom of the program (in the form of a floppy disk). By the way, if the original picture you decide to leave, it should also be retained.
LOMO Camera Filters can be applied to pictures shot by other cameras software. To do this, they just need to upload from your photo library by clicking the button that resembles old dual monitors.
Probably tell you more about this program is nothing. It is easy to understand and it seems to be not difficult. But I will give a little advice to conclude my description, if your intention is to use this program, remove it directly and immediately in view of the subsequent use of the filter. It is very important how the lighting is, the object range and its surroundings. So as to obtain a really interesting picture, just an ordinary little frame to handle the filter, you just know what you want to get to the exit. And ideally, to see the desired image even before the iPhone aimed his object.
It is best to first just shoot something and see how and in what cases are these or other filters. Then, for future use, you can choose the right exposure correctly. The most difficult to adapt to Fish eyes and Splitzer LR. But to understand the logic of these filters, you can plan in advance the location of the parts in the frame accordingly.
Of course LOMO Camera inferior Hipstamatic on filter selection, but wins a full (standard) window viewfinder, fast shooting, processing and storage. Batch processing of images that others have cameras too nice bonus. As well as unique filters such as Fish eyes and Splitzer LR, allow us to completely new experiments. I would say, LOMO Camera does not argue with Hipstamatic, but complements it. Lovers alike fotoeksperimentov best to have included both cameras, then there are more opportunities for the realization of the most unexpected ideas.
samples pictures
See also:
Overview Hipstamatic
G700-1st Soft Camera
About the app:
Page in the AppStore
Price: $ 2.99
Developer: WeStarting LLC,.
System requirements: Firmware 3.0 and above
Compatibility: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
Language: English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean