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Essential tips to help you organize your photos, and the new apps and services that make it easy. (Really!)

New year, new you. Of course, we’ve all heard (and probably said) this catchy line each time January 1 rolls around. But instead of promising to completely overhaul our lives with major changes, we’re starting small and smart with this resolution: Organize...

How to get $200 worth of smartphone photo editing tools free. Thanks, Aviary!

by Liz Gumbinner | Photo Apps

Well wasn’t I delighted when I went to update all my out-of-date apps (another resolution), and clicked on Aviary in the App store (also in Google Play for Android ) which is one of my very favorite free photo editing apps. It was then that I saw I could get...

Taking the best holiday photos: 6 tips that can help

by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks

Last year, Nicole put together this wonderfully helpful post on how to take better holiday pictures of the family, and it’s definitely worth another look today. At least if you think you might come across, oh, one or two photo opps of the kids over the coming...

Yes, those were angels you heard singing. The Polaroid Socialmatic camera is finally here!

by Nicole Blades | Cameras

When we teased the idea of the Polaroid Socialmatic camera back in the spring, we could hardly contain ourselves. So you can imagine how amped we are now that you can pre-order the Socialmatic right now. Why all the excitement? Well, first, just look at it....

The new, limited edition Diana F+ camera: It’s artsy, cool, and special.

by Nicole Blades | Cameras

Sometimes your camera can help you capture a brilliant moment. And other times, the thing of beauty is the camera itself. Case in point: the special, limited edition Diana F+ Explorer Nocturne medium format film camera. Between the copper color scheme, the starry...

10 of the most awesome ideas for creative holiday photo cards

by Christina Refford | Tips and Tricks

I am always amazed by some of the creative holiday photo cards that come my way in the mail each year. I have some creative friends and family, I guess! I love them all of course, but there are always a few shots that take my breath away, make me laugh out loud, or...

Tinybeans app: A smart, simple, free baby book app to keep you from annoying everyone on Facebook

by Nicole Blades | Lifestyle Apps

If you have a baby, you’ve probably said it’s all going by so fast 20 times just this week alone–and then felt guilty at least four times for forgetting to record all those sweet moments in a baby book somewhere. We get it! We look for the best apps...

Flic app makes iPhone camera roll management super easy. You only have to lift a finger.

by Nicole Blades | Photo Apps

We’re always on the lookout for new, fun ways to help you finally do something productive with all those photos you have pilling up on your iPhone. You can print your photos. Make them into darling photo books, Turn them into magnetic photo artwork. Well,...

7 helpful tips for taking Halloween photos of your kids. Your Instagram friends await!

by Nicole Blades | Tips and Tricks

In addition to fun-sized everything, one of the best parts of Halloween is seeing all of the adorable (adoraboo?) photos of people’s kids in costume. Some of you are so clever with these costume ideas you dream up for your kids! We wanted to help you show off...

Reader Q+A: Can I download the same apps on different iOS devices for my family without paying for them again?

by Jeana | Tips and Tricks

I‘d like to create separate Apple IDs for my kids, but does this mean I can’t download apps I’ve already purchased on my own iPad onto their used iPads? Do separate Apple IDs mean separate iTunes accounts and that I have to repurchase all the same...

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