Camera 360

This app I've had a bit of trouble with. If I don't mess it up by trying to shoot when the box is red, at least one of the pictures will be blurry. However, I'm excited to get more practice with this one because I love the concept.

SlowShutter

The second of the three apps was "SlowShutter." This app allows you to adjust the shutter speed on your phone... interesting to play with.

Bubbles in the sink. I love playing with water, so I figured why not? I fiddled with each of the shutter speeds, from the largest number to the smallest. Both of these pictures were taken with the lowest speed, 0.5. I love the foaming effect the water has in this photograph.

This lamp has an almost ethereal quality to it, thanks to the movement of the crystals around the light, captured by the shutter. I was curious as to what pointing the camera into the direct light would do in comparison to having the lamp switched off, and I discovered that there was little or no difference in the motion or lack thereof. Of course, the shadows were affected... I prefer the other-worldly elements of the shot with the light switched on.

EDIT: Here are some cool graveyard photos that I took with the SlowShutter app. I'm still getting the hang of keeping it steady, but these turned out pretty well.

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Hipstagram

Of all the new apps I've been playing with, Hipstagram has to be my favorite one. Here are four of my (in my opinion) best shots.

Library Books

Pretty in pink.

Brookland.

Catching the train.

Something Unseen....

Cell Phones in Real Life

Young people can be found all over the place, using their phones more for texting and music than anything else.

Even the older generations are getting into the texting fad, but it is clear from this gentleman's face that it complicates his life more than anything else.

This picture sort of kills two birds with one stone, catching this woman on the phone under the metro (which always surprises me because I can't get signal down there to save my life) with the Hipstagram app. 

This picture just looks like an ordinary kid texting on his phone, but it wasn't. I wish I'd been better able to capture his hands, because he wasn't texting, he was on video chat talking to his friend in sign language. It was one of the best uses for these cell phones that I've seen: now, instead of being resigned to texting, people who are deaf or mute can use the video chat options to communicate with their friends. As a college student, I cannot begin to tell you how important it is to see faces or hear voices of those you love; these phones allow all of that and more.