5 Important accessories for mobile photography
Photo editing was once available only on computers. Now we no longer face that problem since we can edit the pictures, we take on the same phone. This has opened a new era of Mobile Photography. There’s many apps that enables you to improve the image quality. Today I am going to talk to you about my favorite apps for editing and the apps that I usually use.
1) Snapseed:
Snapseed is the app that I use for every photo editing. It can be sunset, nature or architecture photos. The outcome is always satisfying.
Of all the apps that we can find on play-store or app store, Google’s Snapseed for me win the race. It has the balance between capabilities and User-friendliness (No ads or in app-purchases) . It’s easy to use and you have multiple features and choices that suits every mobile photographer. IT’S A COMPLETE APP for editing.
Speaking about features, it has all the classic tools, such as cropping, frames, vignettes, focus effect, correction…etc.
For me, the synonym to Snapseed will be precision. This app allows you to edit every spot you want in the picture. The “Selective” tool, this lets you select a specific area of your photo, and adjust the brightness, contrast, and saturation to a single spot.
For a free App, it stands out a lot from its competitors. Just so you have an idea I’m going to share with you some of the pictures that I took and edited in this app.
2) Vsco
Vsco is known for film-look effects. The app offers free and paid levels. Like Instagram, Vsco combines a camera editing tools, and an online community.
The free version of the app offers a set of filters that make your photos look like its they were taken on a film camera. These filters can add a touch of class to your pictures.
The app has all the standard editing tools from adjustments, cropping to borders and vignettes. You can also adjust exposure, contrast and temperature.
Once you are done with editing you can share it with VSCO’s community which’s heavily interested in one subject which is Mobile photography.
3) Afterlight:
If you are bored with your current apps of editing, Afterlight can be the app to try. It has all the basic photo editing tools needed, hue/saturation, contrast and tones.
Plus, there are more than 70 frames to choose from and customizable to suit your type of Mobile photography.
What makes it, one of the best apps to use, is its set of textures. Including prism effects, real film light leaks and dusty film overlays. These allows you to create magic with your photos and be unique so you can win people’s attention.
The app has all the standard editing tools from adjustments, cropping to borders and vignettes. You can also adjust exposure, contrast and temperature.
Once you are done with editing you can share it with VSCO’s community which’s heavily interested in one subject which is Mobile photography.
4) Inshot:
Inshot is used mostly for editing videos. But you can also prepare your photos in this app before sharing them online.
You will have many options in this app, from filters to adding stickers or some text, rotate or crop your image. Its fun to use and you can really improve your editing skills on it and its so good for beginners.
The best thing about it, is that it gives you the ability to edit all of your videos on it, and at once if its needed. You can add your favorite music to it or add texts and stickers.
5) Adobe photoshop:
Photoshop introduced this app for its fans. And if offers plenty of photo-editing parameters. It’s more targeted to consumers than the professional level lightroom.
It now lets you create collages as well as applying decorative texts and stickers on your pictures. It lets you fix not only red people eyes, but also unnaturally blue or green pet eyes Which’s so cool.
You can create your own presets, which can be a huge time saver when editing photos on your phone or tablet. Photoshop has every tool you need to step up your editing game and win more likes on your Instagram or other apps that you post on.
The best thing about it, is that it gives you the ability to edit all of your videos on it, and at once if its needed. You can add your favorite music to it or add texts and stickers.
It’s time to say goodbye, stay tuned for more posts about tools and advices, and don’t forget to follow me on Instagram for more content.
Written by :
Abdelkarim Ennakhla a 24 year old Digital marketing student at Audencia, passioned about mobile photography and in love with the beauty of sunsets.