Time is a free app that tells correct time to the tenth of a second.ĮXIF Reader makes it easy to read not just the date and time, but everything else from the EXIF data for any of the photos in your iDevice. Of course my own camera user guides have been out for years, but you knew that.ĭarkness is the app I use to predict sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, as well as varying levels of dusk and twilight. It works as an app, as well as a Photoshop or Lightroom plugin This is an image optimization app that does a great, fast job of improving my images. With Hipstamatic, it looks like you spent years developing your craft in what takes you just a few clicks. I saved the pro's secret for last: Hipstamatic is the one-stop app used with the excellent iPhone camera to create groovy photo effects like cross-processing, funky borders, light leaks and blurs to give what often looks like something a pro took hours to make look this good (or bad, if you're a traditionalist like myself).

It uses a genuinely clever and new touch interface for the adjustments - it doesn't use the foolish olde-fashioned sliders that waste precious time trying to hit with your finger. Snapseed is another program for adjusting images. Its contributions run from minor to amazing.

It almost always improves a photo somehow. Photogene works great for overall corrections.ĭynalight quite quickly takes ho-hum photos and adds genuinely interesting HDR effects. Since everyone wants to know what apps are hot, here's my short list: While old people like me still sit in front of an olde-fashioned MacBook Pro or Mac, smarter people today do everything they need to produce compelling professional results using only their iPhones and/or iPads to shoot and/or process all this no computer needed. Apps aren't photography, but seem to be the only thing people want to discuss while out on our photo workshops.

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