VSCO Cam is surely one of the finest photography apps on iPhone, and after a seemingly long wait, it’s now available on Android-based mobile devices too. VSCO Cam for Android is completely free and offers ten high-quality presets, as well as image-editing tools to adjust cropping, exposure, saturation etc. There are shooting and compositional tools…
Flickr, the photo-sharing giant, has just announced a new service that enables its users to create their own photo books from their images. The resulting books are to be printed on proPhoto paper with a Lustre finish. All books are to have a hard cover and matching dust jacket. Creating a Flickr photo book looks…
The Camera Awesome app from SmugMug has been hugely popular on iPhone since its release last year, now those of you with Android-based smartphones can get some of the action too. The Camera Awesome app boasts a whole host of features including a creative suite of editing tools, a range of filters, composition guides, social…
Following on from the major design change earlier this year, Flickr is now introducing a new photo page design. I’m not sure all users have it yet, I do, and it’s (mostly) good news. The actual photo now takes up more screen real estate, with all the relating data in the right-hand side bar. It…
Whilst it still doesn’t enjoy the ubiquity of Facebook and Twitter, Google+ is a great social network for photographers. Free from the noise of the other networks, Google have quietly but steadily improved Google Plus over the years, and it’s just got even better with a whole host of new photo-editing options. The majority of…
Flickr has added a range of functionality to its iphone app, including the ability to use live filters, so you can see how they are going to look before you take the shot. This is pretty neat, but there’s now also the ability to customize your own filters so you get the precise look that…
VSCO has added to its film simulation software with the release of VSCO Film Pack 04. The plugin is now available for Lightroom 4/5 or Adobe Camera Raw with Photoshop CS6/CC. There are a range of eleven films available for simulation, all of which have various styles within, giving you a total of 117 preset…
After Flickr’s major redesign back in May this year, the website’s community groups have now also been given a makeover inline with the rest of the site. With the increasing popularity of 500px, I would say that groups are the one advantage that Flickr still has, whilst it may be fair to say many of…
There are a huge amount of photography apps for iPad available, we pick the very best of the bunch. The main things we are looking for in a good app are a good range of features, functionality and a smooth and friendly user-experience. The apps we’ve selected below tick all those boxes. Snapseed Snapseed is…
After Flickr’s relatively recent redesign, 500px have responded with a makeover all of their own. With a focus on the images, and a more minimal and clutter-free approach than Flickr, I think 500px have done an excellent job with this, and will appeal more to genuine photography enthusiasts and professionals alike. Below is a screenshot…