iPhone Non-Photography

Let me just say how much I have been addicted to photography apps on the iPhone.
It seems every week I'm playing with a new one. I love taking pictures, but I always forget my camera. It's especially handy for me because I am all about documenting my life. So I never miss those general life photo ops anymore! : ) Plus I love sending picture messages.

There are so many cool new ways to display iPhone photos now too. Since Instagram, there are about a dozen new businesses that cater to printing, mounting, etc, your Instagram photos.

This is my little break down of my favorite iPhone Photo apps for the non-photographer and apps to play with those photos.

Instagram

It's just the best invention ever. For me at least. The filters are just so cool that I created some Photoshop Actions of my own to kind of replicate the feel to some of my non-iPhone photography. The best thing about this is after having my 1st iPhone for a month, I ended up losing it in Philly. Yea, good one. But all weekend, the girls were making fun of me cause every 3 secs I would pull out the phone, yell Instagram! and take 300 photos of the outside of Paper Source. On our way home after a weekend filled with photos and no more phone, my depression lightened up just a bit, cause I then realized Instagram doesn't even have an option to NOT make the photo public. All my photos were saved on my Instagram profile. : ) Thank you!

 

Hubba Hubba

This app is just real fun to play with. I have so many photos of my beagle dressed up it's not even funny. 

SigNote. 

I didn't really understand this one at first, I just liked the cute App Button : )
Once I really started playing with it. I realized just HOW awesome this app was. Not only can you add drawings / text to your photos that you can choose from a library of cool hand drawn things. But you could also change the color, erase elements. and here's the best one. Draw your own stuff and save it to the library!
That just blew my mind. haha. 

Pici Booth. 

I've always loved the photo booth pictures, and have always regretted not taking more every time I was at the mall when I was younger. I think I would feel weird going into one now as a college student. This app is perfect cause I don't have to feel so awkward: )

Postagram. 

I haven't actually ordered from here yet. But I plan to! What they do is make postcards of your instagram (or any square) photo. You can send them to people, or yourself. There's a little message on the left, and the photo even pops out of the rest of the card so you can frame, or whatever. Cool huh?

Postal Pix. 

This app is actually a shop where you can purchase your instagram (or any square) photos! They are sooo cheap too and the quality comes out great!
I bought 45 4x4 photos and WITH shipping it came to $15. That's what I'm talking about. This is also what I'm assuming a lot of people use when creating Instagram walls. I did and just ordered my second batch : )

 Some of my best photography has been done with my iPhone and these apps! But I don't mind! As long as I have something to remember good times by and something pretty at that. : )

     
~ Samantha