One of the very best things about the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are the cameras. On the rear side of your new phone is a fantastic camera, complimented most notably by the amazing software on the inside where your the processing happens. Surely, you’ll find yourself taking more photos than ever before if you have a new smartphone, but what are the essential apps for doing such a thing?
We’ve compiled 15 of the essential iPhone apps that making capturing, editing, and sharing your photos a ton of fun. You’ll find serious, all-in-one editors to one-trick ponies here, but if you put them all to use correctly, you’ve got a recipe for Instagram fame (note: some photography skill may still be required).
1. Union ($0.99): Union is a fairly robust image blending tool that�s simple to use and lightening quick despite the complexity of merging images. If you�re in the market for such an app to create artistically blended compositions and interesting double exposures, the Union app is incredibly robust. With a little patience and a steady hand the app can turn out some really great works.
2. VSCO Cam (Free): There are very few smartphone applications that come close to offering a full image-editing suite but one of the very few that do is VSCO Cam. It has no shortage of ways to edit, enhance, crop, and filter your photos as if it were a mobile darkroom. For many, VSCO Cam is the only photo editing app they ever use. If you have to only choose one, we can�t disagree.
3. SKRWT ($1.99): SKRWT is a very specific tool and one of the only available apps that can correct lens distortion and shift perspective. It�s an amazing app that finally corrects a problem that�s been plaguing smartphone photography since pretty much forever. With a simple interface anyone can pick up, we�d recommend the app for both casual smartphone shooters and serious photographers alike
4. Instagram (Free): The most obvious of all is, of course, Instagram. The place where photos are made known to the world, Instagram is still the very best photography-based social media network out there. Surprisingly, the new features in the editor aren�t half bad either.
5. Cameleon ($1.99): This is one photo app we could easily see replacing our default camera app because of its nearly identical functionality. All the virtual buttons are also the same except for the filter button on the lower right launches an expanded set of 40 filters. The catch? The filters apply themselves live to the camera, letting you see which filter will look best on your shot before you even take it.
6. Frontback (Free): Frontback fosters creativity, two-beat stories, or the simple inclusion of the camera operator without the need for selfies or a second discrete file. If it explodes, Frontback might just be the app to make selfies socially acceptable � for now, we�ll just call it the next evolution of the emoticon.
7. Manual Photo Camera ($1.99): Gone are the days where you can�t manually control the shutter speed, ISO sensitivity, or the focus settings. There�s no real bells and whistles, no crazy filters or any real editing tools�just the ability to control a basic picture taking session. Manual delivered on pretty much every photo shoot as long as there wasn�t anything that needed to be tweaked.
8. Filterstorm Neue ($3.99): Despite its pretentious name and pricetag, Filterstorm Neue really is a fantastic photo editing app. Filterstorm really feels like a desktop-level photo editor that�s been perfectly paired down for a touchscreen. There are a ton of intuitive ways to control the color, light, and overall feel of your photos that lets you go far beyond the one-tap filters of other photo editors.
9. OkDoThis ($1.99): OkDoThis is essentially an Instragram-like app with full support for its own social network and a similar sharing function for budding photographers. But it does one thing that its competitors truly lack: Upon booting up the app your first task is to complete a �Do,� or a challenge. Rather than be content wading in an endless stream of �me-too� programs, it attempts to actually inspire people to better their skills and go out and do stuff.
10. Adobe Photoshop Touch (Free): Nobody does photo editing quite like Adobe, but it definitely took them awhile to realize the potential for mobile apps. Fortunately, we�ve now got a simplified version of Photoshop for the iPhone. While the iPad app is a bit more full-featured, the iPhone app is still one of the most advanced photo editors out there. Furthermore, if you�re already an Adobe Cloud subscriber, this free app gets much, much better as well.
11. Afterlight ($0.99): Afterlight is yet another runner-up for the best all-in-one photo editor. It�s got a nicer interface than VSCO Cam and a huge plethora of editing options that can make for some of the best photos you�ve ever shared. If you want a photo editor that is as beautiful as your photos will look after using it, look no further.
12. Fragment ($1.99): Not every photo is made for a prism to be inserted into it, but when that special photo comes along, there�s only one app to pull out. It seems a bit niche, but the possibilities are truly endless with the amount of unique options that are in Fragment. Even if they don�t end up making it into your Instagram feed, you�ll still have a ton of fun playing around with this one.
13. Studio Design (Free): The original Studio Design app already set out to do change the way we look at design in the same way Instagram revitalized photography. Now the new version builds on the old formula bringing an easier to use interface with new remix filter that lets you pick a design first and then frame your photos to fit. What�s more, the app has a lively community that�s filled with inspiring designs and even more amazing layered overlays than the app originally came with.
14. Camera+ ($2.99): Camera+ has long been the go-to premium replacement for the default iPhone camera. While Camera+ has never as simple as some other photo apps, it has the widest range of editing adjustments and filters available. The best part is that the app is constantly being updated and tweaked to make for the best possible experience.
15. Autodesk Pixlr (Free): Autodesk�s new app Pixlr is the final all-in-one package that we�ll recommend you give a try. Pixlr does pretty much everything you can imagine a photo editing app to do and you�ll have a blast just going through all one of the options, effects, and filters in this app. It may not be as straightforward as some of its competitors, but since Pixlr can replace about five or six apps all for the price of free, it�s hard to complain.
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