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with a longer shutter speed. This can also be used for creating motion blur in animated subjects. Your favorite settings can be stored as presets, and files are saved directly to your camera roll for export or in-camera editing. Shortfalls: My only complaint with this app is that it does not communicate with the auto-rotate function or my phone’s daisywheel zoom feature.
TIP: A GOOD CAPTURE APP WILL ALLOW YOU TO FULLY CONTROL AND FINE TUNE IN-CAMERA SETTINGS.
Post Processing
If you simply want to tweak your photos, there are countless apps that will manage most of what you’ll need to do. I use the
IOS and Android-friendly Snapseed. With dozens of tool options, it allows for extensive tonal adjustments, brush tools for targeting specific areas, layer masks, and the addition of borders, graphics, and text. You can also create personalized templates for future use, manage export settings, and the list goes on. It is also available for PC and Mac desktops if you don’t have Photoshop or Lightroom, and the best part—it’s free.
Share the Love
One of my creative passions is photographing indigenous people in remote regions of the world. In many cases, viewing their smiling face on my LCD screen has been the first time they’d seen a photo of themselves. Not being able to leave a hardcopy is one of my regrets—until now.
There are a number of portable printing options, but I found the Canon Ivy Mini to be economical and easy to use. Linked to your smart phone via Bluetooth and the Canon Mini app, you can access files from your photo library, Google Photo, or Facebook and Instagram pages. The water-resistant paper is 2 x 3 inches and provides impressive color or black & white prints, which take about 60 seconds to produce. Charge time is about an hour, which will give you approximately 16 prints. While the app allows for various edit and graphic options,