The #iphonepicoftheday turned 180 today. Personally the memories that are attached with these pics are usually greater then the photos. Whether it's eating at Dirty Al's with friends, hanging out at the beach with the family, late night runs to Walmart with Lu, celebrating weddings and birthdays, they help me recall smaller portions of life that are sometimes easily forgotten.
Below are some of my favorites, you can check out the rest here.
I took a break from the iphone pic of the day project while on vacation last week. Honestly before the vacation I was getting to a point where the project was becoming to feel like a chore. What was once a break from the norm had become systematic.
On the second day of our trip my sister showed me new camera app called Hipstamatic. This app emulates old plastic cameras and also give you the option to switch virtual lens, flash, and film. At first I thought it was just another novelty app, but what app on the iphone isn't a novelty.
This app made it fun to take pics again. I wasn't too crazy about the wait time from taking the pic and seeing the final, but I guess it adds to the suspense of looking at it.
So hip hip hooray for Hipstamatic. Here's just a few shots from the first couple of days with it.
This has really been going by so fast, it feels like I just started taking pics last week. It has become second nature to me. This last month I came across iphoneography.com, this is a great site that reviwews iphone apps and showcases other photogs.
I've been keeping it pretty simple with apps. These are the ones I am currently using the most.
Below are a few of my favorite photos. You can see the rest of them here.
It's been 30 days since I've started the iPhone Pic Project. It took a while to get use to taking pics everyday, now it has just become second nature. My favorite types of photographs have been taking everday objects and them shooting in a different perspective.
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For the most part everything I create has a specific purpose wether it's to announce a event, communicate a series or setting up a photo-shoot for graphics.
After listening to Chase Jarvis talk on Consequences of Creativitylast week, it made me question myself. When was the last time I created something without expecting anything in return, just for the sake of creating? Sadly it has been a while.
I was also challenged by Barton Damer during his session at the Gurus Conference. He talked about having creative outlets apart from the daily work grind. One such project he is involved in is Art for Hurama, in which he is colabbing with designer Promise (Tangeman) Wurzell. Barton explained having projects like this helps him get through those times his designs are changed by the stakeholder involved.
Just this last week I worked on a piece that didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. As a designer I have to except that more ofthen then not artwork will be tweaked into something that I may not love. So for my creative outlet I've decided to start the iPhone Pic Project. I'll be posting pics of the day for 365 days. I don't expect these to ever get printed or publish, but I just want to make art. Not for anyone to critque or add a tagline to, but just to create. I'll be posting them on twitter and flickr, you can subscribe to the rss feed here.
So that's what I'm doing, now I would like to know what you are doing for the sake of creating?
I have quickly fallen in love with the built-in-camera on the iphone. The convenience of having a camera with me wherever to capture moments that I might have missed with a "real" bulkier camera outweighs it's downsides.
At first I was mostly excited about the productivity I would gain from the new phone, but now it's becoming another avenue to explore creativity with.
