Steve G. Bisig, Photographer

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: Kaimal Mark II
Film: Ina’s 1969
Flash: Off

Since I was taking my daughter to the public library, I thought I might grab a few books.

The first is titled B&W Printing by George Dewolfe and from quickly glancing through the book, goes into depth on black and white images from conception, photographing and post processing.

Since I’m a fan of Washington state history, I also picked up the book title Exploring Washington’s Past which gives a brief history of all the areas throughout the state. Some very interesting reading.

The above image was photographed with my Apple 3GS iPhone.

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While catching up on reading my photography blogs feeds (guilt free computer time while my wife watched The Bachelor), I came across a site dedicated to the Apple iPhone called iPhoneography. Looks like a cool site, so I went ahead subscribed to the feed via my reader. Will have to check out earlier posts another day.

I’m always on the lookout for photography apps for the iPhone and one that caught my eye (and featured on iPhoneography) was an app called Hipstmatic (available for $1.99 on iTunes). The app simulates the rare Hipstamatic plastic camera. The sample images I saw looked pretty cool.

I quickly downloaded and shot the image below from my darkened office into the light hallway. Not a very good representation of the app, but the best I can do at 9:30 on a Monday night.

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Unnatural Reality
© Steve G. Bisig

After lunch on Friday, my wife wanted to stop by the Tacoma Mall to check on some sales at her favorite stores. Walking down the mall I spotted this unclothed mannequin in the display window of one of the stores. Initially, I photographed this image as a joke to text to my co-workers. Later, after reviewing the images on my iPhone, it got me thinking. Do mannequin’s like this (and some models too) give a false impression on what is the ideal body for women and girls? Who has body like this? Pretty unrealistic in my opinion.

Camera specs: Apple 3GS iPhone

Processing: Cropped in PhotoForge app and then processed in The Best Camera app.

TGIF
© Steve G. Bisig

What better way to finish off the work week, a nice cold stout for lunch. Luckily, I was off work this past Friday so I could enjoy a frosty beer at lunch with my beautiful wife.

Camera specs: Apple 3GS iPhone

Processed in The Best Camera app.