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riding the bus

by sam on 4 February, 2010

On the bus home from UCLA today I took photos out the window with my iPhone and a nifty little program called Hipstamatic. What I like about the iPhone and the different camera apps is that it makes photography fun. Just me, the camera, and the world.








These photos were taken over the course of about 40 minutes on February 4, 2010.

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