I love when non-tech (normal) people say they have no need for an iPhone. I have several friends like that. After spending a few hours with a bunch of them they started to realize the power of this device. The slightly mocking “There he goes again showing off his damn phone” turned into “Who wrote that song?”, “Is the game over yet — what’s the score?”, “When is that movie coming out?”, “Hey, show him the trailer to that movie!”, “What song is this?”, “So that’s what Pyongyang looks like from above?!”. Then they start asking about the data plan and the monthly fees, genuinely interested in “that damn phone of his”. I love it!
I’m going to treat you just the same, starting with this post. First up, a photo app called Camera+. Developed by pro photographer Lisa Bettany of Mostly Lisa fame. She wrote a post on her blog about the app. First up, three pics I took with Camera+;
These are straight from the iPhone with no additional editing. Other pics from my Camera+ set (including the 3 above) are available in full size at Flickr. You can take photos inside the app and you can import already existing photos from your camera roll — a feature sorely missing in the inferior photo app Hipstamatic. I even use the app as a time killer digging up older pics from the camera roll when on the subway editing away just to see what I can come up with.
When done editing you can save the pic back to the camera roll or easily upload it to Flickr/Facebook/Twitter. If I decide to do another year of my 365 Project (photo of the day) I’m sure I’ll use Camera+ a lot. This year I can’t since I decided to only use the “raw” pics from the iPhone camera. The included effects are to numerous to mention here, check out the links at the end of this post for more info. Lisa made a promo video for Camera+;
This app is totally worth $1.99. I know this because I have a few other photo apps installed; PS Mobile, MoreLomo, Format126, Polarize, MoloPix and Hipstamatic. To be fair, Hipstamatic is a cool little app and I have a bunch of the extra in-app bought content. I use it from time to time but Camera+ is simply THE best photo app out there at the moment. Love it!
Links:
Camera+ | Site | App Store
Mosly Lisa | Blog
