Tired of Instagram's Effects? Try Repix For Android To Give Your Photos A More Unique Look
Repix combines a straightforward interface with diverse and powerful editing options, topping it all off with a no-nonsense business model.
New To iPhoneography? Here Are The Best Apps The App Store Has On Offer
The iPhone's popularity for photos comes down to several different things - the convenience of having your 'camera' with you all the time and the sheer variety of shooting, editing and sharing apps.
CyanogenMod's Focal Camera App Lands In The Google Play Store
Focal has now officially landed on the Play Store for anyone running Android 4.1+ to download. Many users still swear by Focal as the best camera app available.
Tired Of Boring Selfies? 10 Instagram Gems You Don't Want To Miss
Instagram has more than 100 million active users. How do you find the really awesome users to follow? The ones that upload photos that are actually worth your time? We found 10.
Pimp Your iPhone for Photography Zen
The iPhone makes taking photos nearly effortless. It's a camera in your pocket and the massive number of apps and accessories make shooting photos with the device an art and culture of its own.
This Is How You Take Self Shots
There's nothing vain about taking photos of ourselves. In fact, we can often be our best subject.
Get Inspired: 10 Amazing Nature Photographers To Follow On Instagram
With 130 million users and counting, the world has never seen such a tsunami of photography aficionados. Is it possible to draw out ten amazing nature photographers who are snapping the beautiful world around us with more care and creativity than the rest of the other 130 or so million? Take the trip of a lifetime with these 10 amazing nature photographers you can find on Instagram.
5 Places to Find and Share Mouthwatering Food Photos
We all have that one person on our Facebook friend's list or Twitter who snaps a photo of just about every meal they eat. That can be annoying. Taking gorgeous photos of beautifully cooked food on the other hand can be an entertaining hobby. Even if you don't cook the food yourself, following a few tips can make a world of a difference when it comes to food photography. But why keep those photos to yourself? We've put together a list of places that are crying out for your sweet and savoury snaps.
Oggl: Hipstamatic's Social Network for Mobile Photographers
Back in May, Hipstamatic launched its own social networking app, Oggl. The free app brings Hipstamatic's filters into a social network environment a la Instagram, but with an admittedly unique feel to it. Available in the Apple App Store and the Windows Phone Store, Oggl not only gives its users a way to see what other Hipstamatic aficionados are up to, it also gives them a new way to use Hipstamatic itself.
Kids Won't Put Instagram Down? 5 Fun Ways To Use Instagram For Education
Smartphones and social networks can be a huge distraction factor for kids in school, and especially at home when they should be doing their schoolwork. Today's kids are all on Instagram, uploading and editing photos, liking other photos, commenting, etc. Like it or not, the way kids use Instagram cannot be ignored, and what's the best way to beat a problem? Join it, of course! Inside you'll find several smart ways to utilize Instagram for educational purposes that are fun for all concerned, and are bound to grasp kids' attention much more than traditional homework.
5 Nuggets of Smartphone Photography Wisdom To Live By
When it comes to smartphone photography, we try to cover a bit of everything here at MakeUseOf. Sometimes though, among the sea of apps and accessories, social networks and hashtags, the essence photography can get lost. Sometimes even photographers lose their way, and it might not have anything to do with technique or equipment. Here are some nuggets of wisdom I've practiced long enough that I feel it's time to start the preaching. You'd better read this before you next launch Instagram.
Want To Stand Out On Instagram? Edit Your Photos With The Amazing Handy Photo
There's one thing to be said for Instagram: it got us all into a photo-editing craze. Not that editing photos is anything new, but with Instagram in the picture, everyone wants to be editing photos on their smartphones, and if possible, not using those same old Instagram filters everyone else does. I'm not saying there aren't any good apps out there. My go-to photo editor, Snapseed, is both free and extremely good, and Aviary is another great option. But is that all there is? I was inclined to think so, when I came across Handy Photo (Google Play/iTunes).
4 Amazing Lens Apps for Nokia Windows Phones
Windows Phone 8’s growth has been slow but steady in the months since its release, an increase that can in part be contributed to Nokia’s excellent series of smartphones and camera hardware. Complementing this is a series of apps intended for Nokia phones that integrated with the camera to produce enhanced photo tools, augmented reality and other excellent utilities. There are four amazing lens apps for Nokia Windows Phones below, each of which is available free from the Windows Phone Store.
Super Zoom & Lens Tips for Your Smartphone
While our smartphones are equipped with better cameras than ever before, we're still stuck with the same digital zoom technology that's been around for years. That's because there's no fixing digital zoom - it's permanently broken, and has been all along. There are better ways of taking smartphone photos than to use digital zoom, avoiding blurry images and pixellated subjects. Today's article is all about getting more from your iPhone, Android or other smartphone lens.
Five Amazing Nokia Camera and Image Apps for Lumia Windows Phones
Since Microsoft and Nokia announced their joint venture back in 2011, there has been a general shift towards the Finnish company in the Windows Phone manufacturers’ market share. Nokia has been innovating and producing a series of superb apps for Windows Phone, exclusive to Lumia devices. Put simply, if you own a Windows Phone 8 device from Nokia, you should have these camera and image apps, which are all available free (for the full app or with trial) from the Windows Phone Store.
Turn Your iPhone into a Lytro Camera with FocusTwist
When the Lytro camera was announced it sounded like it was either the best thing since sliced bread, or too good to be true. If you can afford it, why wouldn't you want to own a camera that allows you refocus the image long after you've taken it? At $399 for the 8GB model, it's not necessarily something that all of us can afford. That's why we were pretty excited to find out about FocusTwist, the $1.99 iPhone app claims to be able to do what a $400 camera can do.
5 Ways to Avoid Blur with a Smartphone Camera
I think it's safe to assume most people take their smartphone cameras for granted, despite the leaps and bounds made in pocketable picture-taking technology. Unfortunately a lot of the time our smartphones produce overly blurry photos, but it doesn't necessarily have to be this way. A lot of the time blurry photos are the result of simple user error and sub-par stock software. With the right techniques and apps you can vastly improve the results provided by your smartphone's camera.
Postalpix: The Easiest Way to Print Your Smartphone Photos [US]
As the saying goes, the best camera is the one that's with you, and for that reason, if you're a smartphone user, you find yourself taking more and more photos with your phone rather than with an actual camera. While the iPhone makes it incredibly easy to share those photos, it's great to get prints of the photos to hang up or frame. Free app Postalpix is available for both iOS and Android, and can be used to select photos to print directly on your phone then have them shipped right to your doorstep.
Create Amazing Levitation Photos With iOS App Levitagram
A few years ago when I did a year-long photo self-portrait project along with a group of other Flickr.com members, one type of self-portrait photo nearly all of us took was a levitation photo. It was a type of optical illusion that could only be accomplished using the tripod, Adobe Photoshop, and lots of patience. These days you may not need expensive photo editing software to shoot levitation photos, as a recently released iPhone and iPad app called Levitagram ($1.99) enables you to create levitation photos in a few relatively easy steps.
Not Just for Instagram: 10 Handy Uses For Your Smartphone Camera [Android]
Within only a few years, the smartphone has penetrated our lives and replaced other gadgets in a way that was never seen before. Likewise, smartphone cameras have become seriously useful. As the smartphone is slowly turning into an all-purpose tool, the camera adopts a large set of functions, which can be extremely handy in everyday life. Ready to find out the potential hidden within your smartphone camera?