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Hipstamatic Adds Multi Exposure Kit

This weekend the latest Hipstamatic 260 upgrade arrived. It comes with a slick multi exposure kit. You can now snap double, triple, even quadruple exposure photos. It's 99 cents and available in your Hipstamart within the app. I have begun experimenting with black and white with the kit. It's great to see how the different Hipstamatic gear of film and lens combos change with the exposures.  Additionally, with this upgrade, you get new views on your prints and stacks and the app supports portrait and landscape orientations. Plus, the flash switch has been retooled to be super easy. The flash stays on until you turn it off.  And included is a "Rock the Vote" film pack just in time for the election. I'll post some photos shortly.

Frankenweenie "Weird Girl" Kills it

So excited to tell you about the movie Frankenweenie that I took in this weekend with the kiddo. Filmed in stop action, black and white; it is the latest film from the peculair mind's eye of Tim Burton. It's gothic and dark and full of heart. The characters are beautifully crafted. My personal favorite is  "Weird Girl" .  Frankenweenie is the story of a boy and his dog - Victor and Sparky.  After Sparky meets an untimely death, Victor brings his beloved pet back to live in an electro-science experiment. Frankenweenie is an inspiring, artistic, masterpiece. It gives heavy nods to B movie horror flicks like Frankenstein, Godzilla and actor, Vincent Price.  I am now officially into a black & white trend. This movie will please younger audiences as well as older, gothier types.  I might have to see it again before Halloween. This time in 3D.

Movable Type Rubik's Cube

Wow! Check out this stamp cube featuring Chinese characters. Shaun Chung created it from a wooden 3oth anniversary rubik's cube. The characters are laser etched from wood and then affixed to the cube with Elmer's glue. Superbly gorgeous. Shaun's major is in fine arts with a concentration in printmaking. The first known movable type was in 1040 in China. Not bad considering in 105 AD, Cai Lun invented paper. A sincere thank you for that. The text of the characters on the cube teaches one to become a good person in society and written in triplets - perfect for the 3x3 of the rubik's cube. More at Stern Lab.