Smartphone Spielberg: How To Shoot Striking Videos on Your Mobile
The best camera you can possibly lay your hands on is the one that you currently have on you, or so the saying goes. Ever since hardware manufacturers started putting bigger and better cameras on our devices, we're always in the presence of a capable camera - so what about video? If you have a recent smartphone capable of shooting 1080p full-HD video, you might be surprised at the potential you have in your pocket. With the right apps, techniques and a few inexpensive accessories you could turn your iPhone or similar into a highly capable video capture device.
Annoying Overload: 10 Social Photo Trends To Avoid
Despite my complete lack of snobbiness when it comes to photography, the emergence of social networks and smartphones have combined to mean photos are an integral part of the Web, and I'm not convinced that's a good thing. People shoot liberally and then post them online immediately. Which has led to certain trends emerging over the past couple of years.
Travel The World With These 10 Instagram Accounts
If you can't actually get out and about yourself, there's no better way to travel the world than through photography. And while Instagram might be often (and unfairly) better known for food photos, or even as a marketer's heaven, the social networking and photographing app actually offers an interesting window into parts of the world you might never get to see otherwise.
Create 3D Images With An Android Smartphone: It's Easier Than You Think
Android phones are increasingly shipping with powerful cameras with at least 8MP for their backside camera. Additionally, there are some phones such as the HTC Evo 3D which come with two cameras in the back, allowing you to take 3D photos. But what if you'd like to take 3D-like pictures with your single-camera phone? As the concept of 3D-enabled devices/TVs and 3D photos becomes more popular, chances are that you will want to dive into this new form of photography.
Enjoy Breathtaking Panoramic Views With SphereShare.net [Android]
When the Google Nexus 4 first came out, one of the nicest new features it introduced was Photo Spheres. These are immersive 360-degree panoramas you can take with the phone's camera app, no extra gear needed. In the hands of a skilled photographer they create views that are the next best thing to actually being there. If you're looking for a service that's all about Photo Spheres, without any of that pesky "friending", "circling" and commenting that go on in a social network, look no further than SphereShare.net.
A Beginners Guide to Advanced iPhone Camera Features
A few weeks ago, we published a Beginners Guide To Using the iPhone Camera, which explains how to use the default features of the camera app, including the how to frame, expose and focus a shot, as well as how to use the flash, review your photos after taking them, and even how to snap a photo while shooting video. While there are lots of third-party photography apps for the iPhone, for many users the iPhone camera app is about as advanced as they want to get.
5 Ways To Get Creative With Your Instagram Marketing
Instagram, one of the darlings of the social media world, has proven to be an amazing success for its owners, with Facebook buying the company last year. Instagram's founders aren't the only one's finding success through the social network. It's users are also finding that Instagram has proven to be a key ingredient to a complete social media profile online, while others have created a network of interesting apps built around Instagram.
How To Fake Camera Blur On Your Android For SLR-Like Photos [Android]
The cameras on our Android devices have been getting some impressive upgrades over the last few years, and there’s been a reinforced push towards making Android devices complete replacements for good quality cameras. While these cameras are able to take clear, sharp images, they still don't have the quality that SLR cameras provide. These cameras can make amazing pictures as they are able to focus strongly on foreground objects.
Beginners Guide To Using The iPhone Camera
If you haven't used the iPhone Camera app much, or if you’re a new user of the device, you may not realize just how close the app is to literally being a point-and-shoot camera, and it includes enough features for average shooting situations to make it nearly unnecessary to need a separate and dedicated compact camera.
Pocket Light Meter Is A Must-Have App For Film Photographers [iPhone]
If you're always on the lookout for old 35mm cameras to actually use (i.e. you don't want to just pose with them on Instagram) then you should always test the in-built meter's accuracy as this can diminish over time. The best way to do this is with a fresh battery and an external light meter. Luckily for iPhone owners, all of these scenarios are catered for in one free app..
9 Beautiful and Useful Instagram Tools to Get More Out of the Service
After telling you how you can browse Instagram on the Web and on your desktop, after teaching you how to backup your Instagram photo collection, and being pretty sure you all know how to use the regular Instagram app, it’s time to show you some cool mashups, tools and hacks that will make Instagram even better, for you and for everyone you share with.
Auto-Share Facebook & Instagram Photos With People Without Accounts
Sharing photos online has become an integral part of our lives, but what about our loved ones who don’t have a Facebook account, or Instagram? While sharing digital photos with the world is easier than ever before, each network is still limited to those who actually take part in it. If you’re not lazy, this is not a real problem: you just post your photos on several social networks, upload them to Dropbox, or email them directly when necessary.
PicZoom Allows You To Make Fun Pictures With A Zoomed Emphasis [iOS, Free For A Limited Time]
One of my favorite memes online is the old "Soon" pictures. These are the ones where it zooms in on a person in the background making a devious face in the photo. They took Reddit and other places where memes run the show by storm, and these photos are always good for a laugh. The subject doesn't always have to be in the background, but in my opinion, the "soon" memes that zoom are by far the funniest.
Capture Vintage-Looking Images Through Old Virtual Cameras With Retro Camera [Android]
Who doesn’t like taking photos with their smartphone? Of course, taking the photo itself is usually just half the fun. The other half (the “larger” half, some would say) is applying funky effects to those photos. Apps like Instagram and FX Camera make it easy to apply beautiful effects to your images, and often have creative names for those effects like "Willow" or "Orton". Retro Camera is very much like those two apps.
Starmatic - Kodak's 1959 Toy Camera Revived As An iOS Social Network
There's no denying that Instagram has the monopoly on vintage, filtered photography, and mobile photosharing. Competitors have come and gone, and Instagram is still going strong. That hasn't stopped the team behind Starmatic from putting together a slick app which is a joy to use. Starmatic's photo-taking interface allows you to use the front and back cameras, turn the flash on and off, and turn on grid guidelines.
Is Photography Dead? The Mobile Photo Explosion [INFOGRAPHIC]
It seems like only yesterday that I was taking my camera film to the store to be developed. Then I would return a few days later to discover that I had messed up a lot of the photos with heads missing, people cut in half, badly lit rooms, red eyes making people look like vampires....and I would end up cursing the amount of money I had just spent getting the roll of film developed. But then digital cameras came along.......
Mobile Photo App WeHeartPics: Part Inspiration, Part Visual Diary
WeHeartPics is part social network, part photo-sharing app, and part daily inspiration for your photography. Available as a free iOS or Android app, the network can also be accessed through its web-based interface. WeHeartPics brings its users fresh ideas to take photos of, turning your mobile photography into a game of sorts, pushing you to get more creative and see things differently.
Top Tips: How To Take Great Photos With Your Smartphone
Smartphone and mobile photography are becoming increasingly popular. And no wonder. Every year, mobile and smartphone cameras get better and better, until many people don’t feel the need to carry real cameras around anymore. While phone cameras still can’t replace good SLRs, they’re a very good match for the compact cameras, and since your phone comes everywhere with you anyway, it also becomes your go-to camera.
FxCamera Is An Instagram Alternative On Steroids - Try It! [Android]
Yes, Instagram is great, Instagram is cool, but why did it become so popular when there are much better apps around? The answer to that probably lies with Instagram’s own community, and not in the app itself, but when it comes to apps, there are many awesome Instagram alternatives that can get you much better results. Today I’m going to tell you about another one. It’s called FxCamera.
The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Hipstamatic
The iPhone photography app Hipstamatic can be a little overwhelming at first, trying to understand how all the different combinations work and what kind of effects you can create using the app. When you first download Hipstamatic, if you haven't already, you'll find that it comes with a few pre-set lenses, film and flashes, which you can use in any combination of your choice.