ILUST: ToyCamera

So I have a thing for photography. Really.

Since taking a class my junior year of high school [armed with a crappy discount black and white, manual wonder], I’ve been moderately in lust with everything related. I’ve long ago become disillusioned with my simple point-n-shoot digital cameras and came to be in the possession of my prized Polaroid [thank you, Salvation Army!], my crazy looking, limited-edition Diana+ [ring flash equipped!] and a lovely Canon DSLR [borrowed!].

That being said, I’m a gadget geek in general. My gadget of choice is now, of course, my iPhone [so predictable]. So I had to find an app that would satisfy my photo taking needs. And I did [thanks Arvin]

ToyCamera by Takayuki Fukatsu is an app that basically converts so-so iPhone photos into Lomo-style ones. Which I love. I decided to take it for a test run in Brooklyn. Here are the spoils..

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