As I’ve written here before, I’ve never been big on the iPhone photography apps out there. But I’ll have to admit Instagram has made me change my mind. It’s a fun photography app that not only has all the ultra-hip retro filters the kids seem to like these days but it adds a social component. It’s like a photo based Twitter. I’ve never been one of those people who like to take out their camera/cameraphone everywhere and snap pictures, but with Instagram I find myself doing it a lot more often (much to the dismay of certain people around me).
Don’t Look!
I’m thinking about reorganzing the galleries on my website and while I was going through the images I realized, I really like it when people aren’t looking at the camera. I know I usually ask people to look away, I just didn’t realize I did it so often:
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deYoung Museum Post Impressionists
I visited the deYoung museum this weekend to see the Post Impressionist exhibit from the Musee d’Orsay and it was very impressive. Seeing Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night up close was worth the price of admission alone. If you’re in San Francisco I highly recommend checking it out. It was very crowded so you should buy tickets before you go. The exhibit runs through January 18th.
Pier 24 – San Francisco
Although it’s been here for a while, I only recently heard about Pier 24 in San Francisco. It’s an amazing photography gallery right underneath the Bay Bridge. Currently they have work from Edward Weston, Richard Misrach, Man Ray, William Eggleston and many others. It’s free to get in but you must make an appointment. I highly recommend stopping by if you’re in town.
Raygun Gothic Rocket
I went back out the day before Thanksgiving to take another shot of “the rocket.” It’s basically the same shot just with a “real camera.” I actually liked the look Instagram gave the image so I gave this version a similar treatment. This was shot digitally but I shot some 6×7 film as well but I haven’t had the film developed yet. So in the end I’ll have three different versions of the same shot.
