I’m playing with a simple but intriguing application for the iPad that creates a virtual softbox for use in photography. It includes a bunch of patterns and colors. It could be a great tool for a variety of situations.
Nik Snapseed
OK, I have to admit it, for a long time, Hipstamatic really annoyed me. I think it was because I first learned photography several years before digital photography came into its own and as such, I learned how to do things the hard way. The effects that Hipstamatic and similar pieces of software produce used to take hours in the darkroom and as such, I felt it was cheating. I remember working for hours on creating and painting custom emulsions, doing large-scale negative to negative enlargements for special contact print effects and dozens of other labor intensive processes to achieve effects that can now be done in minutes.
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