I’m a New Yorker, and I run. I get bored doing laps around the park or running up and down the Hudson River path. Instead, I use my long-distance runs to explore the neighborhoods in my city, especially in the outer boroughs. I’ve decided to take a cheap digital camera with me on some of my runs to document the city and its changes as seen when crossing on foot.


Sunday, August 29, 2010

Hipstamatic in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side

I took the photos from this 7.5-mile run with my iPhone using the Hipstamatic app. The idea of the Hipstamatic is to recreate the effects of those cheap plastic film cameras—Holgas, Dianas, etc.—they sell for too much money at Urban Outfitters and museum gift shops. I used the "film" settings from the "Williamsburg Pack" add-on, so it was a good excuse to run in Williamsburg and over the bridge. The app was fun to play with. Apparently by design, it's impossible to a frame a shot accurately with it, which means the images you get are a bit of a surprise. Even just playing with Hipstamatic for a couple of hours, I can see that images like this can get old quickly. But a few cool shots came out. (I really like the one at the produce market near the end.) 

The Brooklyn salt pile
From Hipstamatic

Hip gallery? Or secret Williamsburg KKK lodge?
From Hipstamatic

Broadway in Brooklyn
From Hipstamatic

Williamsburg Bridge
From Hipstamatic

Brooklyn skyline
From Hipstamatic

"Avenue of the Immigrants"
From Hipstamatic

From Hipstamatic

From Hipstamatic

The world's creepiest ice cream shop
From Hipstamatic

From Hipstamatic

Produce market, Manhattan Bridge anchorage
From Hipstamatic

From Hipstamatic

Chinatown
From Hipstamatic

Manhattan Bridge
From Hipstamatic

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for taking me on a run with you! I lived in Brooklyn for 2 years and still miss it dearly! I've been shooting with my hipstamatic since April and I still can't stop using it!

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