A solution!
I have wanted to play more with fun photos with Lomography but felt it was too much money for the plastic cameras and too much for the photo film and developing then they'd not be digital in the end. So I resisted Lomography.
I bought some antique and vintage cameras a few years ago but didn't use them much for the same reason stated above.
Now I am using a free app for the iPhone called Instgram. You open the app, shoot the photo (you can't zoom, one downside) then you scroll through about a dozen filters to view the photo in different light and edges. Or, you take any old photo you have on your iPhone and use that to edit (but the shape may not fill the entire square photo box if you do it that way.)
The instagram photos are square shaped.
You have to pick one filter to use (or choose to save as unfiltered) immediately. Some make a photo look antique or vintage or super saturated in color, and one makes it black and white.
The photo is saved to your instagram account. (I don't understand this but at first my photos were not stored on my iPhone but the next day they showed up, so I'm a bit confused.)
With a slide of a button you can share your photo via Twitter or Facebook if you desire. You can view the photos via a PC and right click on your images to save copies to your hard drive.
Your instagram account defaults to public but you can edit it to make it a private account if you wish.
You can view anyone's public account, so it has that in common with Lomography.com.
There is a paid version of the app but I have not investigated it yet to see what is different about it.
If your friends use Instagram (or anyone else you care to see photos taken by) you can follow them and easily view the photos they share.
My favorite old and fantastic computer keyboard.
"Ginger, can this really be comfortable?"
South facing kitchen window blinds with palm tree shadow, morning, 11/27/11.
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