iPhone Galaga
June 19, 2009 - By Bobby Solomon - Category: Games & Photography
After the art show last night I stopped by Rooster Fish for a drink, and lo and behold they had an old schol Galaga machine! Matt couldn’t resist playing and I couldn’t resist taking pictures. I just loved how all the light and color streaks came out in these, I thought they looked pretty neat. I know a lot of people hate the camera on the original and 3G iPhones, but I think there’s something charming about all of the noise and it’s lack of sophistication.
Also, did youknow that Galaga is 30 years old this year? Crazy, huh?
Bobby
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If you've got something to say, keep it positive.yeah the way the G3 camera takes in light makes some really cool effects. on a cloudless bright sunny day, point the camera at the sun but catch a bit of the horizon as well and it makes an almost moonlit night scene. always fun to play with
Those remind of the long exposure photos Rosemarie Fiore took a few years ago of 80′s arcade games. http://www.rosemariefiore.com/pages.php?content=gallery.php&navGallID=12
that looks awsome
haha
These pictures are exciting. It inspires me to think of a game where the aim is not to dodge the rain of bullets but rather to collect as many as possible.
Bobby…
I completely agree… there is something charming about the iPhone’s camera. I think with the filters / apps you can get (camerabag / toycamera / polarize etc) make it something special.
Sure there are better cameraphones out there… but with the apps… the iPhone becomes something special indeed.
Tx
I took some similar (not as great) shots at Barcade in Brooklyn a few weeks ago:
http://picasaweb.google.com/karlin.fox/BarcadeIPhone