Jason Tag Photography

Over the past few weeks I’ve been taking some photos on my iPhone.  The resolution isn’t that good… well not as good as my Nikon D80… but what the iPhone camera has that my Nikon doesn’t is a whole slew of apps that make taking pictures with it kinda fun!

Kaheka St. Flowers - Taken with iPhone and Toy Camera

My favorite photo app is Toy Camera.  It applies post processing that gives the images a look and feel as though you shot it using a Diana or a Holga.  You can select from high contrast black and white to over-saturated color, or a vintage warm tone to give it that faded film look.  It’s been a lot of fun to take pictures using this app.

My second favorite is an app from the same company that makes Toy Camera called Old Camera.  Old Camera is essentially a black and white only, lite version of toy camera.  But that doesn’t mean that it’s not just as good as it’s sister app.  In fact I use Toy Camera exclusively for color shots and Old Camera for black and white shots.  I find using it this way I have a very wide range of looks at my fingertips.

My third favorite photo app for the iPhone is Best Camera.  Even though I listed it last, I don’t want anyone to think that it’s not as good as the other two apps.  In fact it’s quite a great app, I just tend to use it less than the other two.  This app is neat because it’s basically a post processing app that you use to effect photos you’ve already shot with your iPhone camera.  However you can also take pictures directly from the app and then apply your effects one at a time until you get the look and feel you want.  You can add vignetting, over-saturating colors, muting colors, you can add a border, and even crop the image to a square format.   And as a bonus the app can sync up with your facebook or flickr account and upload images directly to those sites.  I love this feature and use it quite a lot to get photos up on flickr quickly.  It’s definitely something that my fans appreciate.  Maybe one of these days I’ll shoot a nude or two this way and post it quickly to the web.