Although Instagram is arguably the most popular ways of sharing your images, not every image that you’ll want to upload will be in its distinctive square format. If you only use Instagram’s in-built camera or one of the other apps that also favour the square format, such as Hipstamatic, then it’s not really a problem.
However, there may be times when you wish to share an image on Instagram that has been taken using … Read more
The latest version of Apple’s operating system, iOS 6, for the iPhone and iPad is to be released by Apple at some point during today (19 September). The mobile operating system, which is replaces iOS 5.1.1 and is free to download, has more than 200 new features, including revamped Maps, improved Siri, better web browsing experience in Safari and new calling features.
Of the new features in iOS 6, which were outlined to iPhone users … Read more
In days of yore, if you wanted to take panoramic photographs, you either had to use special equipment, such as a camera or special tripod adapter, or you used Photoshop to stitch your images together. Now with a smartphone and the 360 Panorama app the process is quick, simple and very effective.
360 Panorama works by taking a series of images using your iPhone’s camera then combines them into a single panoramic photo. Fire up … Read more
After months of speculation, rumour and leaks, Apple finally unveiled the iPhone 5, the latest edition to its smartphone family. At the launch in San Francisco on 12th September, Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, described the iPhone 5 as the “thinnest, lightest and fastest” handset on the market.
The iPhone 5 is slimmer and taller than the previous iPhone 4S, measuring just 7.6mm deep and 123.8mm high. This increase in height … Read more
Having reviewed Photogene2 earlier in the week, let’s take a look five of its editing functions is more depth.
As photo editing apps go on the iPhone, Photogene2 packs quite a punch. The range of features is one of the most comprehensive that you’ll find in any app for the iPhone. But with so many tools at your disposal, knowing where to start when editing an image can be a little bewildering.
So here are … Read more
If you’re a heavy smartphone user, it’s most likely that you recharge your device daily. If you’re a heavy user and you take a lot of photos on your smartphone then you may find that you have to recharge the battery more often than this.
There’s a variety of gadgets on the market that will either hold a reserve of power for your smartphone or recharge it via solar panel. The BootstrapSolar Power Pack Kit… Read more
Photogene2 comes with quite a reputation. It was one of the earliest photo editing apps to appear on the iPhone (launching around 2008) and hence it was one of the first apps to be downloaded by iPhoneographers. The app has proved so capable that it has found its way into the workflows of several photojournalists, in particular those at US radio broadcaster NPR.
Photogene2 is the second edition of the app, having being … Read more
Instagram has 17 different filters that you can apply to your images. That’s just enough to give you a variety of options when sharing your images, but more than enough that you may not recall how each one looks, leaving you to favour just a few for the majority of your images.
With this mind, here’s an overview of all the Instagram filters and how they will affect your photo. To test how each filter … Read more
iPhoneographers are really becoming spoilt for choice when it comes to external lenses for their smartphones. There are several on the market to choose from, each with their own way of extending the iPhones capabilities. The iPhone Lens Dial harks back to the early days of interchangeable lenses for cameras, think early cinematography when the lenses were in one device and you changed then with a simple twist of a dial.
The iPhone Lens Dial … Read more
While most image editing apps feature just a few filters alongside a variety of tools that you use to make adjustments to your images, Picfx takes a different approach. It drops the editing tools altogether and just focuses on offering you a multitude of filters (more than 100) that you can apply to you photos.
The list of filters is certainly impressive, and if you were concerned that sifting through them all would take too … Read more
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Jon began taking photographs with a Kodak Pocket Instamatic 130 more than 30 years ago. He now switches between three cameras – a Hasselblad, Canon and iPhone – depending on the subject matter he wants to capture.
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