Would you like to take better photos with your iPhone, Droid or other smart phone?

Last night I was on 207, the evening news magazine on southern Maine’s NBC affiliate, WCSH. We talked about some of the great free and inexpensive photography apps that can improve your picture taking, add cool filters, create panoramas or even twist your photos into tiny little worlds.

Some apps, like Camera+, add stabilizers, timers and burst photo options to improve your picture taking.

Others, like Instagram and Hipstamatic, add cool filters that you can try on after you’ve taken your shot.

The picture to the right was taken using the Instagram app on my iPhone. It was already a gray morning in Maine, but the Instagram filter added a slightly ghostly feel to the foggy scene out of our office window.

Pano is an app I like for creating panoramas. What’s nice is that it gives you a sliver of your previous photo so that you can line up your shots better. Here’s one I took of the Portland Waterfront:

Except for the little glitch about a quarter from the right it came out pretty well.

We ran out of time, but I especially like the TinyWorld app that turns your pictures into, well, tiny worlds:

You can watch the video at the 207 website or down below:

Rich Brooks
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