Course Description

Stare. 

It is the way to educate your eye, and more

Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. 

Die knowing something.

You are not here long. 

 —Walker Evans 

Let’s be happy vagabonds and go on an iPhone image Hipstamatic adventure! As you amble around exploring the innovative and fun practices in this course, you will produce Hipstamatic photographs beyond your wildest imagination in surprisingly effortless ways. There are no other workshops on the market like this combining practical Hipstamatic tips and tutorials with cutting-edge information to take your mobile photography skills to whole new levels. 

Along with teaching you how to recognize, trust, and apply your own instinctual knowing to your photography explorations, we will reclaim the deep power of enchantment by capturing the hidden magic constantly surrounding us through the Hipstamatic lens. You are not here long—die knowing the joy of your true creative voice.

You will need an iPhone or iPad for this journey to access the unrivaled genius of the Hipstamatic app. I believe it is the most versatile, fascinating, and delightful tool on the market for easily mastering inspired digital photography. My fiendish dedication offers you the shortcuts, tips, and secrets you need to jump right in and start creating incredible Hipsta images immediately. Having been an early adopter I am able to cut through the overwhelming amount of options and direct you to the best of the best in this revolutionary application.

Staggering Amount of Hipstamatic Options Now

I began with Hipsta nearly seven-years ago when it had fewer options and learned the best combinations along the way. Diving into Hipstamatic now with the intention of methodical experimentation would be nearly impossible with the over 200 mix and match potentials now available. And they keep adding new Paks every single month, which makes it a very dynamic tool, and there are simply too many options now to easily find with the best ones. In this course I cut through those bewildering amount of options to teach you the very best combinations, and how to use these to come up with some really great images instantaneously that do not need any post-production editing.

Creative Conduit Mellissae Lucia

Mellissae Lucia is an Earthenbody Artist and indie deck creator who navigates her life through the power of sacred play. Her award-winning Oracle of Initiation deck was birthed during a seven-year quest after the death of her husband from cancer. During this resurrection journey, she created over 70,000 ritualistic Painted Body photographs alone, nude, and ceremonially painted in subterranean graffiti tunnels in New Mexico for this liquid light, otherworldly Oracle to navigate these dynamic times. She offers many online courses, including her yearly Deep Play adventure and The Radiance Reclaimed: Earthenbody Immersions in Georgia O’Keeffe’s hidden New Mexico landscape for women to reclaim their embodied authority, joy, and self-trust. She is currently developing the Nördic Witches Kinship Kit, featuring the shapeshifting Völvas and writing the screenplay of her Grimm’s fairytale upbringing in her old-world German Grandparent’s home filled with liminal passageways that initiated her into her Northern animistic ways. You can find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mellissaelucia/ and buy her deck and courses at her Etsy Shop:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/MellissaeLuciaArt www.MellissaeLucia.com 

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    2. Practicalities

    1. Hipstamatic First Steps

    2. Hipstamatic Video Tutorials

    3. ProMode Essentials PDF

    4. New Favorite Combinations—ONE PDF

    5. New Favorite Combinations—TWO PDF

    6. Best Hipstography Contest Winners PDF

    7. New Favorites List as of July 2018

    8. February 2024 Updates

    1. Practice 1: 100 Languages of Children

    2. Hipstamatic 1: Colaba HipstaPak

    3. Practice 2: The Road Less Traveled

    4. Hipstamatic 2: Ballard HipstaPak

    5. BONUS: Freedom of Information: Hipstamatic Best

    6. Inspiring Artists 1: Eggleston & Peterson 

    1. Practice 3: Hidden Still Lifes Around Us

    2. Hipstamatic 3: Buenos Aires HipstaPak

    3. BONUS: Unorthodox O'Keeffe

    4. Practice 4: Making Sacred Montages

    5. Hipstamatic 4: OG Film

    6. Inspiring Artists 2: Kertesz & Powell Colbert

    1. Practice 5: Flaneur—A Tourist in Your Own Town

    2. Hipstamatic 5: Black and White

    3. Bonus: Shadowy, Sensual Arjan BW

    4. Practice 6: Light Trespassing 

    5. Hipstamatic 6: Hongdae HipstaPak

    6. Inspiring Artists 3. Brassai & Jester 

    1. Practice 7: Wild Beauty—Nature As Muse

    2. Hipstamatic 7: Yosemite HipstaPak

    3. BONUS: Cool Tools to Use with Any Device

    4. Practice 8: Medicine Walk As Deep Play 

    5. Hipstamatic 8: Jordaan HipstaPak

    6. Inspiring Artists 4: Fontana & Wonderly

About this course

  • $299.00
  • 46 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content