Chapter 6. Fun and Offbeat Effects

Photographic experimentation takes lots of forms. Sometimes you want to create an intricately detailed artwork with the help of retouching brushes, filters, and sundry other tools. Other times you want to see what your brother’s head would look like on your dog’s body. Photography is many things to many people, and with the iPhone, it’s often source material for the latest laugh-out-loud email that makes the rounds among you and your buddies. An entire category of photography apps is devoted to amusing yourself (and others) with your iPhone camera, whether by creating comic strips or producing 3D images with your iPhone photos. Your iPhone camera is something of a multipurpose funhouse machine. With the help of a variety of apps, you can turn it into a plastic toy camera, an arcade photo booth, and a creator of off-the-wall artwork. Whatever apps you use, they’ll keep you occupied for hours.