PHOTOAPPS
Our pick of the best photo apps for planning, shooting, editing and sharing
App stores are awash with photography apps, but which ones are really worth downloading? Photography apps can be powerful tools, helping you to plan and carry out your shoots, and then make the most of images you’ve captured.
They’re equally handy both for images shot on your phone, and those copied over from your camera using its Wi-Fi app.
However, there’s no point clogging up your smartphone with apps that can’t cut it. This feature rounds up the apps that we’d recommend to save you time. Some will help you capture images in a new way, while others will unlock the door to creative editing. But all are worth hitting the download button for.
PhotoPills
Paid-for apps need to offer a huge amount of value to compete with the free alternatives, but PhotoPills really does deserve a place on your homescreen. A must-have app for landscape and astrophotographers, the comprehensive app will help you plan and shoot, and it works like this. A map feature lets you pinpoint a location with great accuracy and will then display both the direction of light throughout the day and also the times of golden hours or moonlight. That’s not all though, because there’s also an exposure calculator with a feature to factor in an ND filter (and change the strength of the filter) so you can capture balanced exposures. Add in a Depth Of Field table, Hyperfocal table, a Star Trail feature and an amazing Night Augmented Reality feature and you’ll soon realise why this is one of the most highly regarded apps out there. If you shoot any photos outdoors, you should download this app.
LEE Filters -Stopper Exposure
If you use LEE Filters out in the field then this app is a must-have that will take all the guesswork out of using neutral density filters. All you have to do is select between the Little Stopper (6-stops), Big Stopper (10-stops) and Super Stopper (15-stops), and then dial in what would be the correct shutter speed without a ND filter. The app will immediately display the recalculated shutter to use once you’ve swapped in the ND filter, so you don’t have to mess about with trial and error. Better still, once you’ve dialled in the setting, the app even has a timer function. So if you are using the Bulb function on your camera, you simply start the timer and end the exposure once it’s finished – easy!
Photoshop Express
It should come as no surprise that having Photoshop in the name means this app has it all. From core exposure and colour adjustments to layered editing and healing. However, if you want to ramp up the editing then Photoshop Express has you covered with advanced technology such as Auto Object Selection and Face Contouring. That sa
