iPhone Guru

Looking for a fun way to spice up those iPhone photos? Check out Photo FX from the professional photographic supply legend Tiffen. Photo FX adds 26 individually modifiable filters to photos you’ve already taken and you can also add filters on the fly. Be sure you don’t push the home button while editing a photo you’ve taken in Photo FX without saving it first or you will lose the photo, a feature I hope Tiffen can improve soon with an update. Tiffen Photo FX is available now from the App Store at an introductory price of $2.99. I’d say the price is totally worth it if you’re a mobile shutterbug snap snap snapping pictures away. This app is like a mini-Photoshop or mini-Aperture on your iPhone.

Panolab is a great free application that gives your iPhone the ability to take super wide angle panoramic photos. The iPhone camera captures images at 2 megapixels with a prime lens. Panolab uses a simple yet intuitive user interface to stitch your photos together and the results make for interesting images. If you want a super master shot of your surroundings Panolab can help. The hardest part about stitching your photos together is the touch interface. During testing as I lifted my finger off the screen after lining two images up the gesture of my hand would blur the image out of alignment. A pixel by pixel nudge feature would be beneficial to Panolab but it is still a useful tool for on-the-go experimental photography with your iPhone.