What App is that? If someone would have muttered those words 10 years ago we would have been like, “What on earth are you on about?” But now I hear it almost daily on Instagram when sharing a photo or the photo a day list. There’s an App for everything {or almost everything}. I use my phone as a camera more than I use it for a phone. In fact my phone company called a few weeks back and said I should try and make more calls, “You should call a friend or two overseas to use up your credit.” Please. It’s a camera first, phone second.
You know when you have shoes and your favourites get worn out because you wear them so much? Imagine if Apps were like that. Instagram would be my well-worn app. I’d have to buy a few pairs in that style in size it’s that much-loved. I haven’t included it in my favourite photography Apps because I thought it was too obvious and I wanted to show my other favourites.
Here they are. Make friends with my favourite Apps. And if you’re only going to get one, make it Camera+.
1. Camera+
This is my all-time favourite app, and definitely my most used. I use this camera to take all of my photos, whether I edit them in the app or not. So instead of opening my iPhone camera or even Instagram to take the photo – I take them with this. It can be an expensive outlay – to pay for the app and then some filters but if I put it down to cost-per-use, I’m killing it. The best things about this app are that if I take a good photo but with crappy lighting – I just go to scenes and adjust it. My favourite filters are Magic Hour and Diana.
Get it here {it’s on sale right now}: $0.99
2. Snapseed
Sometimes filters can ruin a good photo. They’re too much, they take away from the subject of your picture and that’s when Snapseed is handy. It lets you create subtle changes to your photos, so you can tweak and keep it naturally beautiful. I found it a little hard to use at first, but once you get it – you’re good to go. My favourite feature is the ‘tune image’ function where you can adjust brightness, ambience, contrast, saturation and white balance. Snapseed even got itself the mobile photo app of the year award for 2012.
Get it here: $4.99
3. PicFrame
Whenever I want to put two or more photos into one picture, I use PicFrame. There are a handful of Apps that will do this for you but I’ve always used PicFrame and liked it. It’s easy to use, and has loads of templates to choose from so you can really get creative.
Get it here: $0.99
4. Montage
If you want to get a little more creative, meet Montage. It can turn your photos into various shapes, add text and more. It’s easy to use too {bonus!}.
Get it here: $1.99
5. Hipstamatic
It’d feel wrong to share my 5 favourite photo apps and not talk about Hipstamatic. It’s the one reason I desperately wanted an iPhone in the beginning. So with all the apps I’ve shared below it’s all about altering the photo AFTER it’s taken, with Hipstamatic it’s all about messing with the settings before you start shooting. You can choose your lens and your film and start shooting away. I love the Betty XL Lens and the Big Up film {it’s created by Naomi Watt’s brother Ben who is a killer photographer}.
Get it here: $1.99
What’s your favourite photography App?
P.S. I don’t have an Android and I would so dearly love to share some info for apps on Android, so if you have an Android phone and have a few favourite photography apps please share below so others can learn from your loved apps. 
