photo apps

With back-to-school in full swing, I'm sure many of you already have hordes of photos on your phones chronicling those first exciting days. For those friends and family near and far who are anxious to see how Samantha's entry into 2nd gr…

Do you ever have a moment where your kid says something so funny that you think "that would make a great poster?" Or do you have a great picture to display and you want to include the perfect caption? Now you can do both easily through t…

Have you ever wanted to turn all of your friends' various Instagram photos into a gallery on your tablet? What about finding a way to share your Instagram, Facebook, Shutterfly and iPhone galleries with your family in an easy way--emphas…

I've been eyeing up the adorable photo collages on my Instagram feed, wondering how my fellow iPhoneographers were making them. Well, it definitely can't hurt to ask, because I got the scoop on the coolest collage app that's super easy t…

You just captured the perfect seaside photo of your two adorable kids playing in the waves only to realize that right when you clicked the shutter, two beach-goers wandered into the frame of your quintessential moment. Your husband snapp…

With all the cool things we're all doing with photos on the iPad 2 and the new iPad, like scanning photos and creating cool photo e-books , it's no surprise that so many people are storing and editing photos right on their iPads. If you'…

As a total Instagram and Hipstamatic addict, I've been hoping that at some point that they might actually be synched together for the ultimate iPhoneography match. Well, it seems my wish has been granted. Yes, it's true! Hipstamatic app …

I've seen my fair share of camera apps for the iPhone that crop, filter, enhance, and make your photos look more professional. There a handful of great ones out there, but one that's recently launched really is in the awesome app categor…

The geek love story of 2012 goes like this: Kaitlyn Trigger, the girlfriend of the wildly popular Instagram app co-founder Mike Krieger, decided to surprise him with an app of her own for Valentine's Day. So she taught herself HTML, CSS,…

If you're a regular reader of Cool Mom Tech, you know what big fans we are of Instagram , the ultra-cool iPhone app/social network (coming soon to Android!) that lets you edit, add effects to and share your beautiful photos. If you're an…

Recently, I was looking at a friend's amazing Instagram stream and I asked how she got her photos looking so gorgeous. She said one word: Rosebud. Then she died. No, just kidding. She said Snapseed . Within moments I had it downloaded. A…

I currently have over 600 photos on my iPhone -- and those are just the shots I love enough to keep. Like so many moms, I've stopped carrying my real camera because I snap the kids doing something totally cute on my phone, then send it o…

Welcome Dads Dig This guest blogger Andy Hinds, a stay-at-home dad to twin girls and author of Beta Dad . I used to think I could have been a great filmmaker, the only things standing between me and a brilliant directing career being my …

These days, any videos I catch of the kids is with my iPhone 4, which thankfully means I'm catching way more than I ever did before. But if you've filmed kids before, then you know that even the quick tab slide and tap that's required to…

I know I'm not alone when I say I can't get enough of photo apps for my phone like Instagram , Photocopier , and my first love, Hipstamatic . Now there's a fun one I've just added, that's great for taking old fashioned photo strips. Pock…

As a self-proclaimed iPhoneographer, I use my iPhone 4 camera for everything. Even editing, which is a far cry from anything I used to do with a point and shoot. And since discovering this fantastic app, I'm able to turn my regular old p…

I have my iPhone 4 to thank for the piles of home videos I've been collecting since upgrading last year, but I've yet to figure out exactly what to do with them all. Since I don't really want to upload every cute spaghetti on the head mo…

Maybe I'm just getting older, or maybe it's the fact that I'm a busy working mom with two kids. But lately, my mantra has been keep it simple . It's probably the reason we've been having one too many breakfast-for-dinner meals lately. It…

I've lamented many times in previous posts the sheer number of photos I have on my phone, and the many ways I attempt to organize, manage, fancify and distribute. There are so many apps and services available to help with this process, b…

If you're an Instagram devotee, you're going to love a super fun new API that turns your (and your friends') Instagram feeds into probably the coolest screensaver you've ever had. By downloading the Screenstagram file onto your Mac OS (S…

One nagging project of mine is getting prints of all the digital pictures I have on my phone so I can keep our family photo album (yes, with actual 4x6" prints!) somewhat up-to-date. I just checked and the last photo in our album is from…

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 fa…

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…

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 pro…