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I was browsing through the pages of Nick Campbell’s blog, Greyscale Gorilla, the other day when I came across the iPhone app he created called ShakeItPhoto.  Basically, it takes your iPhone pictures and makes them look like a Polaroid photo.  As a fun little bonus, the app makes a Polaroid sound when you take or make the photo, and the more you shake your phone, the faster the image “develops”.  It was only 99¢ so I thought I’d give it a try.  I really like it.  I took some time to use it on a number of photos I already had on my phone, with some really satisfying results, shown above.  What is it about placing an image inside a white square border coupled with subtle vignetting that instantly makes a badly taken picture look better?  I don’t have the answer, but I like the result.  If you feel like sharing your iPhone Polaroids there’s also a Flickr group and a webpage called PhotoShakeDown.  Thanks Nick!