Photo & Video Apps

We've all seen them. Those images and pictures that look like they are dancing, smiling or doing wacky little gestures and motions.

Tagged: art app, create avatars, GIF animations, graphic design, image editing, save images

As a professional photographer, I'm always intrigued with the latest photo apps.

Tagged: create slideshows, slideshow maker, video album

From editing video and adding special effects to social media distribution, these video apps will get your iPhone movies ready for the spotlight.

Tagged: edit video, share on social media, special effects app, video editor, video effects

Hi, my name is Greg. "Hi Greg." And I'm a film junkie (insert clapping sound). Good thing I've found another way to feed this addiction with FiLMiC Pro, an iPhone video app that allows you to select frame rates, resolutions and shooting modes.

My days of playing tag and capture the flag were a complete blast, but nothing peeked my curiosity more than a good game of treasure hunt for a school project or at a family reunion. However, there are only so many ways to obscurely reveal hints to the final destination.

Tagged: photo services, treasure hunt

Videohunters for iPad offers a good solution for those who want a more intuitive interface for browsing YouTube videos. It offers a customizable platform with many flexible options for curating content from one's YouTube account.

Tagged: how-to

As a society, we're enthralled with video. In fact, YouTube exceeded 2 billion video views per day in May 2010 and there are 24 hours of video uploaded every minute. However, every video is not a must see epic blockbuster. Enter, Videolicious, the "fastest way to create great looking videos.

Tagged: road trip

  Snapbucket now available in the app store.   With more than 100 million users, the photo sharing behemoth Snapbucket, its newest venture that is much more than just a photo filter app. Snapbucket, in my opinion, is the next-generation of photo sharing apps.

Tagged: photo editing, photo effects

fotobookr is a photo lover's best friend. As a professional photographer, I’m drawn to photo-inspired apps. In the case of fotobookr, even if I didn’t have a bag full of lenses, I would still want this app for its simple and intuitive interface.

RoomRuler! is an app with a nifty concept that could come in handy when decorating a room. Basically, the app is designed to let users take photos and then it applies a built-in algorithm to calculate the approximate dimensions of a room.

Tagged: currency converter, home improvement

It’s always great to see developers who are interested in improving their product and prove it by listening to users and cranking out upgrades that actually work.

Tagged: photo editing

If you travel frequently or are an avid iPhone photographer, Simply Postcards is an app worth checking out.

Tagged: photo services

For the uninitiated, HDR photography is all the rage, supplanting tilt-shift photography as the trendiest way to manipulate your photos and earn your Flickr feed a little extra attention.

Tagged: Flickr app, misc photography

It's hard to categorize CosmicPainter, unless you're familiar with the world of VJing. That's a special place where it's deemed important to be able to create patterned artwork in motion, because sometimes you just need peoples' eyeballs glued to a screen displaying no representative visual content.

Tagged: art app

Just for fun, put a little fur (or fin) in your photos with Picture Perfect Animals, a photo app that lets you frame your subject alongside a variety of selected animals.

Tagged: misc photography, monkeys