Year: 2011
There’s been a number of posts and tweets about the new Tiny Planet Photos app by InfoDing (note: their official site is one of the most interesting ‘coming soon’ placeholders I’ve ever seen).
I haven’t had a chance to play with the app myself but the screenshots immediately reminded me of some shots I took on my Nokia 6265i way back in May of 2007 – over a month before the first iPhone launched on June 29th, 2007! (Do you remember life before the iPhone?)
I was assisting on a location photo shoot and we had to assemble a metal table – the type you’d see at European sidewalk cafés. While goofing-off working dilligently, I noticed that the interior surface of the table’s centre column was highly reflective. Fascinated by my newfound discovery I immedately began snapping pix of flowers and co-workers.
Obviously, these shots are more simplistic than some of the cool effects and controls it appears you can have with Tiny Planet. However, it is interesting to consider even an effect as ‘digital’ and ‘otherworldly’ as the one provided by this app still has a corollary in the analog realm.
Mercury Espresso Bar just recently celebrated their 5th Anniversary.
I hadn’t been in for a while and was very pleased to see they’d renovated since my last visit. The new layout moved the coffee counter to the back of the space opposite the large storefront windows which are now freed-up for individual seating. Though, if you do plan on staying to enjoy your beverage you best have a musical appreciation for mid to late 90s D.C. hardcore and the like. There ain’t no easy-F%CKIN’-listening soundtrack here. Just face- melting ear-splitting RAWK at a volume that only the heartiest/ hipsterist Leslieville stroller-pushers will brave.
This is a continuation of a theme first introduced in “What Are You Lookin’ At?”
Previous installments of my infatuation with The Lord Dufferin apartments can be seen at the following links:
"He Don't Live Here No More"May 10th, 2010
http://thedailymobile.posterous.com/he-dont-live-here-no-more-lord-dufferin-apart "Making A Connection"
May 11th, 2010
http://thedailymobile.posterous.com/making-a-connection-jury-rigged-cable-box-at Eat your heart out Liberty Village B.I.A.
Years ago my dad told me that if you wanted to photograph a TV screen your shutter speed should be 1/15th second.
Obviously, you can’t see, know or numerically choose the shutter speed on an iPhone. However, if you are attempting to iphotograph an TV, play with increasing and decreasing the phone’s distance from the TV and observe how the image changes on your screen. Using this method I was able to shoot this same shot without any black lines.
Well, The Daily Mobile celebrated it’s 2nd Anniversary this past Thursday, and today we celebrate another milestone: the first TDM post to feature an image taken and/or altered by an app.
Ever since I saw the regatta scene in The Social Network I’ve been in love with this digital effects version of the view camera’s ability to tilt and shift the focal plane and severely distort the logic of a shot’s perspective. The result: miniature faking. A mind-teasing effect that when used with subject matter shot at a high angle makes the world look like it’s a model train set; and can help make even the most banal subject matter visually stimulating. TiltShift Generator is available in the iTunes App Store as a free and paid app.
March 17 – St. Patrick's Day is also The Daily Mobile's anniversary. Four years ago, 2007, I started snapping photos with my mobile cameraphone and two years ago (2009) I began posting them daily. Originally on Twitpic and now here on Posterous.
Thank you so much for visiting and following, and I look forward to seeing you again next Paddy's Day. Cheers!!! Eric Brazier
On this tragic day in Japan and the Pacific Rim, I wish to send my sympathy and hope for a peaceful future.
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