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It’s a good day for mobile photography with the beta release of Capture One for iPad. Capture One is a professional grade program for editing photos, that’s been around for ages on Mac and PC but now it has made its way to iPad, which is "truly made

Hipstamatic was a pioneer of iPhoneography but has it since gone the way of YouTube Rewind or is it still thriving? Winner of the first iPhone App of the Year award all the way back in 2010, Hipstamatic was competing with Instagram for a while, until Facebook got their chequebook

Photo related apps on the iPhone and iPad aren’t always cheap, they can be subscription-based, sometimes with also a one-time purchase option, such as Halide or more increasingly those that only come with a subscription offering such as VSCO. Then there are limited free trials or freemium apps, where

There are many retro-inspired film photo camera apps, today we are going to look at one of them, Filmroll! I’ll go through some of the features, what I like about the app and some examples. You can use Filmroll as a camera, taking photos directly in the app or

I was excited to see the latest Darkroom update released, with a major new feature, masking now available. Here is a quick review, I am still learning how to use masking and just as importantly when to use it, so these are my initial impressions, with more to come. Darkroom

Is it time for Apple to develop a dedicated iPhone Pro Camera app, that is different from the main app, to better support enthusiast photography? Here I’ll suggest they do but let's start with what a Pro Camera App shouldn’t do. These are the features that make the

I am going to make this a shorter post about why I don’t trust Halide and have stopped using the app, shorter because I’ll never get around to writing it otherwise but understand it’s based on years of experience on a few different iPhones, most recently on

The 3rd generation iPhone SE 2022 has been released, is this the perfect small phone, what about the photography features, let’s see what some of the reviews say and I’ll add some of my own commentary. I have already covered some of the basics with the iPhone SE

This setting still catches people out but it can have a big effect when sharing photos taken with an iPhone or using them elsewhere. Let’s dig into what High Efficiency or Most Compatible actually means and why you should care. This iPhone camera setting controls the format of your

If photography is important to you on a smartphone, is the new iPhone SE third generation the best bang for the buck? What about Android, are there better options instead? Let’s find out, though this will vary depending on where you are and local prices! If you are not

What would it take to better your iPhone photography skills? Here I outline five levels, depending on how much experience people have. It is somewhat arbitrary, I have just grouped these in a way that makes sense to me and what I have learned. This may provide a few tips

One of the best film emulation photo apps, RNI Films, was upgraded recently but it didn’t quite go according to plan, where does this leave Really Nice Images and should you look elsewhere for retro-inspired photo filters on the iPhone? The RNI Films app is available on iPhone and

Having tried out the new Macro Mode in the Halide app, though it takes some patience, the results are good, admittedly this is on an iPhone 13 Pro, with the latest camera tech, but the feature is available on previous iPhone models too. My first impression on using Macro in

If you saw the news about Halide bringing a Macro Mode to all iPhones, then you looked at the price, you may have been confused, after reading six pages of comments on MacRumors there were lots of different opinions, many of them seem to misunderstand what the app was about.

Macro photography is now available with all iPhones using the latest Halide 2.5 update, so even if you don't have an iPhone 13 Pro, which recently introduced a macro feature built-in, with Halide, you can now take macro shots on any iPhone model! What is Halide though and what

The Macro feature is one of the most interesting options in the new iPhone 13 Pro, certainly, after a few days I am still trying it out in different ways even before some of the other new features which I still haven't got to yet. It's simple, you just get

Let's take a closer look at the iPhone 13 Pro telephoto lens, which has a 3x zoom, including a comparison between the main camera and the telephoto across a number of images. Some bonus Macro shots too! These photos were taken in Primrose Hill today, there was some lovely weather,

I picked my iPhone 13 Pro from the Apple Store this morning, it was easy enough, join the queue, show the reservation QR code, then my photo ID, then they grab the new phone, even offering a bag, which was nice and that's it. It must have been no more

I ordered an iPhone 13 Pro, which I'll pick up soon, the idea of this post and if I turn it into a series, is to share my experience. This was an impulsive purchase, does it make sense to get a new phone now, possibly not but after passing on

Find out more about this new iPhone photography blog and what's to come.