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 [https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/filmroll-vintage-camera/id1445858252] as a...
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...
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...