As I was lying in bed the other night, I kinda admitted my photography app addiction on Twitter when I asked…
It’s true. Out of all the apps on my iPhone4, the photography apps take up most of the space.
My “routine” is to download apps that I come across, either mentioned on Twitter or Facebook, or maybe in blog posts, put them in a folder called “to try” and once I play around with them for a while I decide whether it gets to stay or gets deleted.
I’m not going to tell you just how many photography apps I have on my phone, because you will REALLY think I’m a bit weird but I did want to share with you my 5 most favourite ones that I’m loving right now and use daily.
Instagram – I LOVE LOVE LOVE Instagram. You can take the most crappiest looking photo of your washing pile and make it look like a piece of art with the help of some filters. I’m loving it even more since the new update. The new filters, real time tilt-shift and being able to turn off frames are a great addition. Not to mention the social aspect of it. I love looking at the daily snippets of friend’s lives in photos.
Filter Mania – SO many different filters to play with in this app! I lost a good hour playing around with the filters, frames, and collages. I like that it also lets you send your photo directly to Instagram.
HDR Foto – This app makes it so easy! All you need to do is move the squares to a highlight spot and a shadow spot in your photo and the app will do the rest. Then you can add filters, frames and whatever to finish your photo. You can use HDR Foto to edit single photos as well instead of using the HDR option.
100 Cameras – you know those gorgeous photos that end up on the “popular” tab on Instagram? I reckon some of those Instagrammers are using this app. 100 Cameras is just that…100 cameras in 1. Apparently you can earn points for regularly using this app (it’s linked to Gamecenter) but I don’t pay attention to that. This is a really pretty app and the filters have cute names. My photography teacher would be so mad at me for adding filters like these to my photos. She believes that if you want to achieve effects like that in your photos, you should do the hard yakka in Photoshop instead of just a click of a button. Heh.
Doodle Booth – Think drawing blacked out teeth and moustaches, or speech bubbles and doodling. This is just a fun app to play around with. Takes me back to my high school days when I used to have photos stuck on my folder and used to draw love hearts and flowers and “I <3 ….” everywhere ;)
So there you have it. The apps that are occupying my time when I should be working/being mum/sleeping.
What are your favourite photography apps?
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Hey Miss T. I’ve never used anything but hipstamatic but i migh have to try some more now that both of my digi camera’s are borked! HDR photo looks good. off to iTunes now….. :)
Hipstamatic makes nice photos too. But I haven’t used it as much since installing Instagram and Filter Mania.
Ooh I’m going to have to try some of these out! I love instagram but I hadnt heard of the others
Let me know what you think of them, Kate :)
I love picture show and camera+ and for an olden day look which is also fun with landscapes I like vintage scenes.
I haven’t tried vintage scenes yet.
Ohhh i think i might just have to download a few of these! Thanks for sharing
xx
Let me know what you think of them, Tara :)
Thanks for the heads up! I am an app novice but will have to try some of these out!!
My pleasure :)
You have just reminded me just how much I miss my iPhone! Damn blackberry just doesn’t cut it. Instagram was the main photo app I used to use….
I’m glad I went with the iPhone instead of the blackberry. I was tossing up between the two.
I love these apps Tina. Thank you for alerting me to more time wasting ahem saving apps.
I’ve released a very creative camera app called Dollar Dogs that I think you will love (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dollar-dogs-3d-creative-photos/id501357137?mt=8). I know this is a one of a kind and I hope you think so too – 3D Animation and Augmented Reality.
I promise that you’ve never seen anything like it before and would love to hear your thoughts. If you could provide a review at any point we’d really appreciate it. To find out more about Jadaplay (the company that released Dollar Dogs) you can visit our site http://www.jadaplay.com. We also have a Twitter handle @Jadaplay and a Dollar Dogs Community site on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dollar-Dogs-Community/289368111120029).
Let us know any features/updates that you think would be helpful or if you have any questions on the technology components (e.g. the augmented reality).