Camera + app
Chasing after four kids means that pretty much all my pictures are taken with my iPhone 4 camera. Not such a bad thing if you’ve seen some of the shots it can take, though I somehow still feel guilty when I see moms whipping out their fancy SLRs. But since...
Reader Q+A – Hipstamatic for Android?
Q: Aw man…where is the Hipstamatic for us Android users? -Cool Mom Tech fan via Facebook. A: Lots of readers agreed with Debi Mazar’s Hipstamatic app recommendation on our site last week, but our Android users are again asking, “where’s my...
LiveShare makes photo sharing super easy. As it should be.
As a former professional photographer, I’ve gone from toting around a huge SLR camera with expensive lenses and cool gizmos to now primarily taking photos with my itty bitty iPhone. The quality of the iPhone 4 camera is obviously not professional quality, but as...
Light it up Blue for World Autism Awareness Day
As someone who worked with families affected by Autism, I know how much research and awareness is still needed. So aside from donning blue today, I’m doing what I can to contribute to the second annual Light it Up Blue campaign to celebrate World Autism...
Lo-Fi makes your photos fancy on your PC
There are a lot of smartphone apps out there that let you edit your photos, add cool borders and special effects, but if you don’t have a snazzy phone that works with apps, well, you may feel a little left out. And we hate when our readers feel left out! So I...
PhotoCopier – Making your lame iPhone snapshots look like works of art
I am so reliant on my iPhone for snapshots lately, that I’m becoming slowly addicted to all the great photo filter apps out there that make up for the quality of the photos. No doubt that’s partly why Hipstamatic and now Instagram are so popular–not...
Instagram for insta-photo sharing goodness
If you’re on Twitter or Facebook, you may be seeing some friends posting and sharing their photos through a service called Instagram and wondering what exactly it is. And why their photos look so awesome. Instagram is a free iPhone app that is essentially a...
How to be undead in less than 5 minutes.
Whether you’re into True Blood, Vampire Diaries, or Twilight–and I’ll admit I adore all three–it’s impossible to escape the world’s ongoing fascination with all things dead and fangy. Whether you’re a vampire fan, too, or you...
Hipstamatic is a photography blast from the past
I’m far from a photography expert, and admittedly, the only camera I use anymore is my iPhone. While every now and then I get a great picture with it, I often feel bad that the only pictures of my kids are taken with the sub-par quality of a camera phone. That...
Photo effects like they used to be: blurry, too blue, and very very cool
Originally posted on Cool Mom Picks I am a Photoshop spaz, so I love finding programs that let me do cool things with my photos with little to no mental anguish. It’s not just a great tool as a blogger, it’s cool when I’m uploading them into...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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