DigitalVU: Smartphone Photography Workshop

Posted by 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

iPhone	Android	Windows
Camera+ $1.99 ability to set focus and exposure separately variety of shooting modes editing options	CameraZOOM FX Free or $3.99 for feature version “Best Camera for Android” by lifehacker Can do Time Lapse w/video Has touch to focus Can change white balance/ISO levels	Creative Camera $1.49 White Balance/ISO/Shutter Speec/Scenes/Focus Aspect ratio Camera grid Voice commands
Snapseed Free Photo editing Filters Borders Share creations w/Google + & Other services	Snapseed for Android	Snapseed for Windows Phone
VSCO Free Has filters and editing Has a grid where you can publish your photos, even listing them on Creative Commons for public use	VSCO	VSCO No longer available on Windows Phone
Hipstamatic $1.99 Lets you be spontaneous with your photos Order prints from the app	Equivalent apps include Pixlr-o-matic, FxCamera, RetroCamera	Equivalent app for Windows Phone is Hipstamatic Oggl.
Facetune $2.99 As Daniel said: equal parts awesome and terrifying Give yourself a virtual facelift	Facetune $2.99	Facetune $2.99
Waterlogue $2.99 Turn your photos into watercolors Daniel recommended – way better than native Photoshop filters	There are currently no plans to make this app available for other platforms.	There are currently no plans to make this app available for other platforms.

iPhone

Android

Windows

Camera+

$1.99
ability to set focus and exposure separately
variety of shooting modes
editing options

CameraZOOM FX

Free or $3.99 for feature version
“Best Camera for Android” by lifehacker
Can do Time Lapse w/video
Has touch to focus
Can change white balance/ISO levels

Creative Camera

$1.49
White Balance/ISO/Shutter Speec/Scenes/Focus
Aspect ratio
Camera grid
Voice commands

Snapseed

Free
Photo editing
Filters
Borders
Share creations w/Google + & Other services

Snapseed for Android

Snapseed for Windows Phone

VSCO

Free
Has filters and editing
Has a grid where you can publish your photos, even listing them on Creative Commons for public use

VSCO

No longer available on Windows Phone

Hipstamatic

$1.99
Lets you be spontaneous with your photos
Order prints from the app

Equivalent apps include Pixlr-o-matic, FxCamera, RetroCamera

Equivalent app for Windows Phone is Hipstamatic Oggl.

Facetune

$2.99
As Daniel said: equal parts awesome and terrifying
Give yourself a virtual facelift

Facetune

$2.99

Facetune

$2.99

Waterlogue

$2.99
Turn your photos into watercolors
Daniel recommended – way better than native Photoshop filters

There are currently no plans to make this app available for other platforms.

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

Tags: digitalvu, photography, social media

Responses

Bo Link

September 25th, 2014

There’s a new photo app for iOS called Manual. It allows complete manual control of the camera settings. http://shootmanual.co/