Phonetography Favs {Hipstamatic Pt. 1}

In case you couldn't already tell, I kinda love to take pictures.  Something I have always loved to do.  What started as disposables then point and shoots then SLR now my iPhone5 and Canon 60D are my go to modes for taking photos.  Since the 60D is not as easy to carry around, and since I am clumsy I like to avoid taking it places where I could easily get it wet or drop it, I tend to rely heavily on the iPhone for my day-to-day photos.  I bought my first iPhone in 2010 and was amazed then by the photo quality of my photos.  However, since upgrading to the iPhone4 and now having the iPhone5, I feel like such a silly girl.  It is amazing how much technology has grown.  

Anyway, one of my favorite iPhonetography apps, and one that I don't use as often as I would like, is Hipstamatic.  With the many options for filters, films, and flashes you would understand why I both love it and find it frustrating/overwhelming at the same time.  So in an attempt to use it more often, while sitting on the beach yesterday (sticking with the beach themed posts this week #sorrynotsorry) during breaks from reading, I decided to try some different film/filter combos.  And below are a few of favorites.  

Film: Ina's 1969

Filter: Libatique 

Film: Blanko

Filter: Bettie XL

Film: Kodot XGrizzled

Filter: Roboto Glitter

Film: Ina's 1969

Filter: Watts

Film: Kodot XGrizzled

Filter: Roboto Glitter

Film: Ina's 1935 

Filter: Tejas

Film: Ina's 1935

Filter: Roboto Glitter 

I only got through the first 5 films yesterday.  I have every single one of the film/filter combos (a total of 31, ridiculous right?  Now you see why I find it overwhelming?) so I have 26 more to go.  But I thought I would share my favorites with you in different posts throughout the next few months as a little series of favorite phonetography apps.

Are you an iPhone or Droid user?

What are your favorite phonetography apps?

Do you have Hipstamatic?

linking up with Shanna today!

Until next time

Scotland Day 6: Edinburgh

Soooo I was really excited for our day trip around Edinburgh.  And not because of how nice I heard the city was.  But because it is where JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter and based her vision of Hogwarts from Edinburgh Castle. Go ahead and judge, I don't care:)

And of course it rained the entire day.

We headed up the Royal Mile to tour Edinburgh Castle.  Beautiful cobble streets lined with beautiful buildings. 

I was slightly disappointed in our tour of the castle as it was more of a museum and I'm not a really a museum-y type gal.  You know, Ive got the ADD.  Being that it rained and was very chilly didn't help. 

We were also very hungry (which of course definitely did not help) so we headed into a pub to dry off and grab lunch before we did a little more walking around.  

St. Giles Church

And then FINALLY! My Graceland...

We went in to get some Elephant cookies but the line was too long so we decided to come back later.  Unfortunately, they were already closing up shop even though the sign outside the shop said they were open for another 20 minutes and people were still in the shop enjoying their tea.  BOO!

Apparently it is good luck if you spit on the Heart of Scotland.  So Melissa did.  

Sorry for the short and not so great descriptions in this post.  Since it rained our entire day there I was only able to use my iPhone (which was quickly running out of storage space).

Even though it did rain, I still really enjoyed the city and feel I was able to appreciate it's beauty.  From what I hear from talking with friends later over drinks there are actually more Harry Potter-ish touristy things to do there so here's to hoping for a next time...  

Just another App to take up space on my phone but totally worth it

I was recently introduced to this new app for my iPhone called Red Stamp while reading The Kubeczka Family's blog.  Have you heard of it?  First one of it's kind that I have been made aware and it's F-R-E-E.  You can make your own greeting cards, thank yous, wedding/engagement/birth announcements, etc all from your phone!  Pretty cool, huh?  

I tried it yesterday to see if it really was as neat as it promised to be and I was very pleased with the results.  Here is what I created:    

cute, huh?  

I hope everyone had a great week!