Sultans of design, originally uploaded by desinole.

Pininfarina is one of those design companies that gives birth to every other Ferrari. This is a fact that most car aficionados know, but did you know they do way more?

The MUNI trains in SF for example are designed by these guys and they did not stop there. Most good looking car’s were born in their studios, including the Tata PR1MA.

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A Ferrari chases down a Datsun, originally uploaded by desinole.

I’ve been to Laguna Seca a couple of times, but it’s not everyday that you see a Datsun being chased down by a Ferrari.

Fear not, this was a high performance driving school event. A friend of mine was the instructor and was leading a bunch of super cars around the track.

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Statue of Liberty from another angle., originally uploaded by desinole.

Everyone has seen the classic shots from the front, I wanted a very different angle and yes, a lot of negative space.

Straight from the camera.

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Lady Liberty., originally uploaded by desinole.

I’ve always wanted to try shots with a lot of negative space and this is as close as I could get to it.

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Apple took cellphones to the next level with the iPhone. Tom, Dick, Harry and my grand mother have one and they created a great revenue generation scheme with their apps. One of the parts where they screwed up was with the camera.

If you are one of the few people, who does not own one, a google search will tell you about how bad the camera is, so I’m not getting into the details.

To give you a rough idea, I’ve always found myself in the “Never edit a photo” crowd. I took pride in composing “good” photos and sticking to that. There have been times, when I’ve cropped pictures and played with the RGB settings, but they were rare.

All this changed when I had a bad camera on the iPhone.

Over the course of the past few months, I’ve managed to play with a few free photo editing apps for the iPhone. Darkroom, ArtCam Lite iEasy Photo Lite, PS Mobile and Best Camera. It’s true that all those apps, save Best Camera, are free, but I find myself going back to Best Camera over and over again.

The reason I’ve noticed is a) the ease of use. The filters are easy to apply, easy to access and there are just enough filters to not get lost. It’s an iphone and Best Camera keeps it simple.

b) Their integration with Social Networking sites. As paranoid as I am with Facebook stripping off copyright information and trouble with their TOS, I like people to see my photos. Best Camera make it easy and quick. FB, Twitter, Flickr (via email) all happen in one place. No more downloading the photos and uploading them individually to every site.

If you still are contemplating getting the iPhone or the App, head on over to the site and check out the photos. If you really are interested, check out my flickr set of Best Camera photos.

Oddly enough, this little app has made me take a second look at programs like iPhoto and Lightroom, which I previously would not have considered. Now that to me is a successful product.

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