My iPhone Photo Editing Toolbox

My iPhone Photo Editing Toolbox

As a blogger and online business owner, I rely on digital photography for much of my online presence. From adding an image to a blog post to sharing a post on Instagram, images and photography are a key way I promote my brand online, so I rely on a whole virtual toolbox of photo editing applications on my smartphone to ensure I can optimize any image I need in a snap and on the go if need be! Here is

For general photo editing: Afterlight

Afterlight is the go to app in my toolbox that I use for general editing like adjusting the brightness, contrast and saturation of the image. I have used many different apps to adjust these basic features, but Afterlight produces the best results by far! I also love the temperature feature inside the app that gives you the ability to remove those casts of colored light on your image that result when you aren’t shooting in full natural light! Definitely worth the download and an all purpose photo saver!

For adding and editing details: FaceTune

FaceTune is a recent addition to my iPhone photo editing toolbox that I like to use to edit the details of my images. Specifically I like to use the whiten, details, patch and tone features of the app to perfect my images. Whiten will help me change any weird color cast to a bright white color, details helps accentuate small details of the image, patch is great to cover up imperfections in a photo and tone helps me change or saturate color for an item in the image. Although this app was clearly created for selfies, it works wonders on my styled photos!

For a DSLR look: BigLens

I’ve been using BigLens for years to add a faux blur to images in order to give them that DSLR shallow depth of field look. This isn’t an app that works for all images, but for those where the subject and background have significant separation but you want your background to blur away to keep the focus on the subject, it works perfectly!

For adding text: Over

Over is a serious oldie but a goodie for adding text to any image. Although I have a few apps that can add text to images, Over is very easy to use and has a lot of simple text features that go a long way to give you precise control over the result of an image!

For making collages: PicFrame

PicFrame is another app I’ve had in my toolbox for a while and this one pretty much serves one specific purpose. PicFrame helps you create collages out of your photos which is very handy for product shots, Instagram and blog posts! Even though I also use Photoshop to edit my blog and shop images, I tend to use PicFrame to create collages so I don’t have to bother with Photoshop. It’s a very easy and straightforward app to use!

For fun promo style graphics: Rhonna Designs

Rhonna Designs is a very fun app that is great for creating fun, promotional style images. It includes a feature for adding text which I do like to use, but it also has a lot of fun “stamps” and effects built into the app to help you create eye catching graphics. Usually, these sorts of images will be shared on Instagram or Facebook because they are more of a one-time use graphic as opposed to a staple styled shot or product graphic that I would want to reuse!

For adding layers to an image: Union

Finally, we have Union, a surprisingly powerful app that I tend to use for one single purpose; overlaying screen shots on gadgets! As the name suggests, Union is a layers based photo editor that has some very powerful masking features that give you the ability to blend different images into one, however, these powerful features tend to be lost on me as I just like to use this app to merge a lay flat image of a gadget with a screen shot so that it appears as though the gadgets screen is bright and vivid in the original image.

As you can see, I use a variety of apps to serve a variety of purposes when I am creating personalized images and graphics for my brand and business online. If you are a blogger or business owner looking to up level their photography skills, sign up for my upcoming business webinar on the 7 Impactful Strategies for Using Photography to Elevate Your Brand Online! I’ll be hosting the FREE training on Wednesday May 25th at 3pm Eastern, and there will be a limited replay for those who cannot attend live! Please consider signing up by {click here} and learning more about how great images can help you solidify your brand online!

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