Some of you may have seen photos taken with the Hipstamatic iPhone app. At first I didn't give this app a second look as I thought it was trying to overtly market itself to the "hipster" crowd with it's name and it's add-on packs which were named after seemingly hipster cities including our very own Portland.
Turns out the Hipstamatic name actually comes from a real camera that was developed by two brothers in Wisconsin in the 80s that were killed by a drunk driver while they were developing the camera.
It was some iPhone developers that approached the family to revive the camera in a new format and add the "hipster" add-ons to it.
I have to hand it to them though, they've created a great app. Some people gripe that you can't import photos already taken on your camera but I would guess that their rationale is that takes away from creating spontaneously with the app.
The reason why I'm posting this on Archer's blog is I didn't download the app until we had Archer and it's been fun experimenting taking shots of him. It's interesting looking at these photos compared to the real vintage photos of our past, and trying to picture how Archer is going to perceive these digital retro things when he grows up...that is if we can get the digital images to last as long as our childhood photos.
More iPhone app reviews to come, including one from Sarah!
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It took a little effort to "comment" on your blog, but am glad I am finally able to comment! Interesting factoid about the two Wisconsin camera inventors. Archer will really appreciate all the photos you have been taking - once he is able to comprehend them. Photographs are truly magical. Keep up the good work with Adventures with Archer!
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