Showing posts with label the tube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the tube. Show all posts
Friday, 1 April 2011
Sunday, 4 July 2010
'Ghost' Tube Station
Aldwych Station Re-Opens for TfL Exhibition: Closed to the commuting public since 1994, Aldwych station is to briefly re-open [for 12 days] for a special exhibition on 'Transforming the Tube'. Only the ticket hall will be accessible...
27 photos under the cut...
Friday, 23 April 2010
Hipstamatic App
Hipstamatic is a fashionable iPhone app at the moment: you can use it to take photographs that replicate prints from an old-fashioned automatic camera. Leaving aside the inherent pretentiousness of the whole concept, it is a really fun app to use and it takes very pleasing images. Here are a few of my early experiments:
My favourite thing about Hipstamatic -- apart from the unusual and interesting pictures, obviously -- is the noises it makes. I think the shutter click is the same as the one made by the usual iPhone camera, but there's also a little flash button which makes a tiny electronic whine when you activate it, a spot-on perfect copy of the noise old cameras made which I haven't heard in years. The first day I had the app, I kept opening it just to make it do that noise.
However, there is a lack of clarity about the choice of lenses and films on offer. The app comes with a small selection and you're encouraged to buy more at the Hipstamatic online store. But click on that link and look at the product descriptions. For example: 'Ina’s 1969 Film: Ina has a bakery today but 40 years ago she was rocking some pretty serious instant film. Peel away the boring with this fine film.' What on EARTH is that supposed to mean? They're all like that. 'Jimmy Lens: James was cool, but Jimmy could walk through flames. This lens rocks the daylight, the nightife, and everything in between.' So... what -- rounded edges, or...?
And there aren't any big, clear examples of what effect each bit of equipment will have on your photographs, so when the text lets you down, you can't turn to the visual either. You can download an 'owner's manual' PDF which is slightly better, but that still leaves much to be desired too. Answering the questions 'what are you selling, and why should I buy it?' seem like marketing basics to me.
If you Google about, you can find fans of the app who've posted their own demo sheets, comparing all the different lens and film combinations (er, I found one the other day and will link to it if I can find it again) but I think you should be able to find that easily at the shop.
Anyway, I didn't set out to do a proper review, so I'll cut off here -- this is a fun toy, I love how it makes my own photos surprise me, and I can see myself using it quite a lot in future.
My favourite thing about Hipstamatic -- apart from the unusual and interesting pictures, obviously -- is the noises it makes. I think the shutter click is the same as the one made by the usual iPhone camera, but there's also a little flash button which makes a tiny electronic whine when you activate it, a spot-on perfect copy of the noise old cameras made which I haven't heard in years. The first day I had the app, I kept opening it just to make it do that noise.
However, there is a lack of clarity about the choice of lenses and films on offer. The app comes with a small selection and you're encouraged to buy more at the Hipstamatic online store. But click on that link and look at the product descriptions. For example: 'Ina’s 1969 Film: Ina has a bakery today but 40 years ago she was rocking some pretty serious instant film. Peel away the boring with this fine film.' What on EARTH is that supposed to mean? They're all like that. 'Jimmy Lens: James was cool, but Jimmy could walk through flames. This lens rocks the daylight, the nightife, and everything in between.' So... what -- rounded edges, or...?
And there aren't any big, clear examples of what effect each bit of equipment will have on your photographs, so when the text lets you down, you can't turn to the visual either. You can download an 'owner's manual' PDF which is slightly better, but that still leaves much to be desired too. Answering the questions 'what are you selling, and why should I buy it?' seem like marketing basics to me.
If you Google about, you can find fans of the app who've posted their own demo sheets, comparing all the different lens and film combinations (er, I found one the other day and will link to it if I can find it again) but I think you should be able to find that easily at the shop.
Anyway, I didn't set out to do a proper review, so I'll cut off here -- this is a fun toy, I love how it makes my own photos surprise me, and I can see myself using it quite a lot in future.
Friday, 5 June 2009
Wooden Escalator
Wooden escalator! At Greenford Tube station, very west on the Central Line.
Some metal parts, though.
Some metal parts, though.
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Tube Works Graphic
I absolutely adore this image, but haven't been able to discover who designed it. If anyone can tell me, I'd love to know!
10 photos under the cut...
Saturday, 6 September 2008
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