Me And My Camera Bag
Move over Holga, Lomo, and Polaroid, I have a new camera in my bag. I am a longtime fan of toy cameras and vintage cameras--I have 8 of them and most of my alltime favorite photos have come out of my trusty Holga. I usually shoot digital when I'm shooting the online catalog for Le Train Bleu using vintage photoshop actions to subtly approximate a vintage look. But let me tell you about my NEW love: the Camera Bag iPhone App. It allows you to use transform your iPhone photos with a number of different arty filters.
The cameras:
Helga - A square-format toy camera with washed-out highlights and old-school vignetting.
1974 - This is your father's camera. Faded, tinted, and hip.
Lolo - Shoot from the hip and take life as it comes with vibrant, colorful shots.
Cinema - Dramatic, moody, wide-screen stills from the movie of your life.
1962 - Dynamic black and whites from the photojournalists of a bygone era.
Mono - Smooth gradation from black to white.
Infrared - Simulation of the popular landscape photography technique.
Fisheye - Popular fish eye lens effect - try it in combination with other filters.
Magazine-Emulates a common photographic effect used in fashion photo shoots.
Here are some of my Camera Bag photos. The first batch below shows some views of the Le Train Bleu studio.
Magazine Filter--This filter just came out and is amazing and magical. My new favorite. I love the contrast and desaturation.
A "Helga" shot of Mugsy. Doesn't he look like somebody pushed him on stage and he doesn't know his lines?
A Helga of the new Dix dress that I posted to Twitter yesterday. That's the other great thing about Camera Bag--when you're on the go you can use it to include photos with your tweets.
A "Lolo" shot of the giant Jessie Whipple poster. This is printed on gold paper and the eyes glow in the dark.
I think this is a "Helga" but I know it is the Mug of Mugsy.
A Lolo (check out the wild, vivid colors) and view of the Foxy Wall which was wallpapered with leftover Fox Masks from the Pattern People designed Flora and Fauna show we did with Kimberly Baker.
This next group if from a Sunday drive to Sauvie Island where I was scouting locations for a personal photoshoot.
A "Magazine" shot of an old train.
Another Magazine shot. Creepy roadside restaurant on the old highway. Peeling paint. Beautiful old door hardware.
This is a Magazine shot of a loop trail on the island that takes you through some fields, trees, and past a couple ponds. Prime bird watching, if you're into that, which I am.
Magazine shot of an old gnarled tree on the beach.
Matty being walked by Dutch. Another Magazine.
I really love the convenience of my iPhone camera and have been using it to record my garden through it's stages of growth.
A Lolo of my garden this morning including my newly planted ebay Brugmansia in the terracotta. Grow Brug, grow!
And a Helga of my prized Steroidal Giant which is just getting started. It already has 6 leaves to the 3 you see here.
An "Instant" of the first bouquet of roses of the season.
Another instant of the Lula top that Julia of Manisse made for me. Thank you Julia, you're the sweetest and I love the top.
Okay, just a few more random ones just to show you how spontaneous and fun this app can be.
And while we're on gummies, I took this shot today using Lolo. They are gummy eggs and the label isn't in Englsih but thankfully they translated the important info for us in big bold letters: "NATURAL IS BEST"
And in closing a couple shots of the very cinematic Dutch, the Boston Terrier. La Nouvelle Vague.
1962
The cameras:
Helga - A square-format toy camera with washed-out highlights and old-school vignetting.
1974 - This is your father's camera. Faded, tinted, and hip.
Lolo - Shoot from the hip and take life as it comes with vibrant, colorful shots.
Cinema - Dramatic, moody, wide-screen stills from the movie of your life.
1962 - Dynamic black and whites from the photojournalists of a bygone era.
Mono - Smooth gradation from black to white.
Infrared - Simulation of the popular landscape photography technique.
Fisheye - Popular fish eye lens effect - try it in combination with other filters.
Magazine-Emulates a common photographic effect used in fashion photo shoots.
Here are some of my Camera Bag photos. The first batch below shows some views of the Le Train Bleu studio.
Magazine Filter--This filter just came out and is amazing and magical. My new favorite. I love the contrast and desaturation.
A "Helga" shot of Mugsy. Doesn't he look like somebody pushed him on stage and he doesn't know his lines?
A Helga of the new Dix dress that I posted to Twitter yesterday. That's the other great thing about Camera Bag--when you're on the go you can use it to include photos with your tweets.
A "Lolo" shot of the giant Jessie Whipple poster. This is printed on gold paper and the eyes glow in the dark.
I think this is a "Helga" but I know it is the Mug of Mugsy.
A Lolo (check out the wild, vivid colors) and view of the Foxy Wall which was wallpapered with leftover Fox Masks from the Pattern People designed Flora and Fauna show we did with Kimberly Baker.
A "Magazine" shot of an old train.
Another Magazine shot. Creepy roadside restaurant on the old highway. Peeling paint. Beautiful old door hardware.
This is a Magazine shot of a loop trail on the island that takes you through some fields, trees, and past a couple ponds. Prime bird watching, if you're into that, which I am.
Magazine shot of an old gnarled tree on the beach.
Matty being walked by Dutch. Another Magazine.
I really love the convenience of my iPhone camera and have been using it to record my garden through it's stages of growth.
A Lolo of my garden this morning including my newly planted ebay Brugmansia in the terracotta. Grow Brug, grow!
And a Helga of my prized Steroidal Giant which is just getting started. It already has 6 leaves to the 3 you see here.
An "Instant" of the first bouquet of roses of the season.
Another instant of the Lula top that Julia of Manisse made for me. Thank you Julia, you're the sweetest and I love the top.
Okay, just a few more random ones just to show you how spontaneous and fun this app can be.
It was Jen's birthday and she made up a new drink to commemorate the occasion: the Gummy Bear Sunrise. The gummy bears at the bottom get the weirdest crunchy, bubbly texture. A Lolo, but you probably guessed that.
And while we're on gummies, I took this shot today using Lolo. They are gummy eggs and the label isn't in Englsih but thankfully they translated the important info for us in big bold letters: "NATURAL IS BEST"And in closing a couple shots of the very cinematic Dutch, the Boston Terrier. La Nouvelle Vague.
1962
1962 Again
Labels: In Store, Totally Random Reviews
posted by Bria at
9:46 PM
3 Comments:
Mugsy is so sweet!
I'm particularly digging seeing Le Train reconfigured through your filter. All these familiar items like foxy walls and bags of gummy eggs. So romantic!
Love your iPhone shots! I've been mainly a film purist but have recently received an iPhone and am enjoying exploring a whole other realm made palatable with apps such as CameraBag. I never would have believed I'd be enjoying digital phone shots:)
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