Make your smartphone camera smarter.
An important part of the Product Photos Made Simple mission is sharing techniques that can help you get better photos, even if you don’t own a real camera! And, that means using your smartphone in a way that’s, well, smarter. So, I’m going to share two smartphone apps that even pro photographers like myself swear by:
Camera+
When your phone camera gives you ho-hum results, Camera+ can help you fix it. Camera+ gives you control over how your phone camera behaves with features like selecting your focus point, exposure control, image stabilization, even a macro mode for those close-up details! (if you don’t know what these things mean, don’t worry! We’ll cover it in Product Photos Made Simple!)
The app purchase is $2.99, which is honestly completely worth it compared to the value of how much more control you’ll get over your photos. You’re bound to save endless amounts of time and headache with this one, tiny purchase.
Camera+ is available for iPhone and iPad. Looking for an Android equivalent? Camera Zoom FX has a similar set of features for Android users, and for the same price as Camera+.
Snapseed
When a phone camera photo doesn’t turn out quite the way you’d like, you don’t have to learn Photoshop to fix it–Snapseed is a sweet app that will let you make edits to your photos right on your smartphone.
Snapseed lets you make adjustments to brightness, contrast, color temperature, and more, with just a swipe of your finger. You can also crop and straighten your images, *and* it also includes a variety of Instagram-like filters and effects that you can adjust! (a personal favorite of mine, because default Instagram filters are too heavy for my taste!)
The best part? Snapseed is now completely FREE, and is available for both iPhone andAndroid devices. So, it’s definitely worth trying out!
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