DigitalVU: Smartphone Photography Workshop

Posted by Jenny Mandeville on Thursday, September 25, 2014 in digitalVU, Info.

Thanks to everyone who came out for the smartphone photography workshop. We hope you’re excited to get out and take some photos with your newfound knowledge! (Don’t forget: if you’re on campus, use the hashtag #vandygram.)

As promised, here is a helpful summary of the event, with links to all the applications and resources discussed.

Websites Mentioned

There were a few different sites mentioned during the discussion.

• http://www.photojojo.com (accessories for your camera, including the Jobi Gorilla Pod)
• http://www.lifehacker.com (app and phone reviews)
• http://www.mashable.com (app and phone reviews)

Apps Demonstrated by Daniel

Sharing Services

Anna and Jenny focused on ways to share your pictures and the best ways of presenting them. The slides from their presentation can be viewed here. The main applications they discussed were “If This Then That” or IFTTT, which can be accessed both on your phone and on the web, and Hootsuite, which is also web and mobile based.

Other Apps

Below are additional apps, divided by platform, which we recommend. App developers are constantly developing new tools, and while something may only be available for one platform today, keep checking to see if a version has been released for your phone.

iPhone

Adobe Photoshop Express

Free

• Basic editing – crop, rotate, etc..
• Remove red eye.
• Filters & Borders
• In-app purchases ad more

Diptic

$0.99

• Collage app with lots of bells and whistles
• There are other free collage apps with more ads/less features (Pic Collage, etc.)

360

$0.99

• Better than the native Panorama feature

Instasize

Free

• Post to Instagram without cropping your photos

Afterlight

$0.99

• Editing app with great adjustment tools and filters
• Built in textures and light leaks for interesting effects

Over

$1.99

• Add text and artwork to your photos
• Compatible with social sharing

Android

Google+ Photos

Free

• Share w/community
• Back up photos & videos
• Data hog
• Check on privacy issues

Google Camera

Free

• Has HDR setting
• Lens blur
• Create panoramas
• Shoot video at 30fps & capture stills by tapping on the screen

Pixlr Express

Free

• Basic editing
• Simple to use

Adobe Photoshop Express

Free

• Basic editing – crop, rotate, etc..
• Remove red eye.
• Filters & Borders
• In-app purchases ad more

QuickPic

Free

• Organizes photos
• Can password-protect certain photos

JustPictures

Free

• Lets you add photos from a lot of different services – Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, other cloud services

Windows Phone

Momento

Free

• Editor that lets you add “moments”
• Add captions
• Share to social

InstaSquarer

Free

• Puts borders on non-square photos so you can add them to Instagram

Adobe Photoshop

Free

• Basic editing
• One touch adjustments for Brightness, Exposure & Shadows

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