For some reason, I always forget that I have this cool little application on my iPhone called “Shake It Photo” . Basically, it turns your iPhone’s camera into an old-school Polaroid-style camera and it only costs $0.99! You take the photo like you normally would on your iPhone and the image is then cropped to a square and the colors are messed with. Even cooler, it shows up undeveloped on the screen and you get to shake your phone like you would a Polaroid to help it develop faster. The end product actually looks pretty authentic right down to the realistic border.
Anyway, I decided way too late into my Spring Break trip down to Dallas that I wanted to document the trip with iPhone Polaroids. I wish I would have done it the whole trip, but I was probably too brain dead from all the driving to remember. Here are a few of the favorites that I did get. These are all straight out of the phone… Sometimes it is just fun to play:
Robotic Lady Liberty “waver” outside a tax prep store in Joplin, Missouri
Gentoo penguin swimming at the St. Louis Zoo
The skyline of Dallas, Big D. I kind of miss it. But I don’t miss its traffic…which I was sitting in when I took this photo….
Easter brunch at Whataburger. Oh how I love Whataburger. Contrary to their marketing slogan, there is NOT one near me. But, I make a point to stop there every single time I go back to Texas.
I am always amazed at how big Dallas’ overpasses are. This is the “High Five” where 75 and 635 intersect. It is apparently the first 5-layered interchange in Dallas and the highest ramp is 120 feet in the air. They were building this monstrosity when I was a Junior in high school and I first saw it when I went down to visit SMU. I don’t think they completely finished it until my Senior year in COLLEGE at SMU.
Great stuff, John! But the traffic you were sitting in didn’t seem too dense. Have you noticed that there were two completely empty lanes on your left? 😉
Well, notice the road flare in the photo. The two left lanes were blocked off because of an accident…. No fun….