15+ Best iPad Apps For Photographers

15+ Best iPad Apps For Photographers: "

The great flexibility and mobility of iPad has made it an ultimate solution for people who want to be productive while on the go. But this becomes possible only if the device has the appropriate apps to deal with the specific tasks that you want to perform. For that, developers are offering thousands of iPad apps to meet every conceivable task that can done while facing your PC or laptop. This is aside from the awesome apps that we can find only in iPad.

As photographers, we can gain access to a substantial array of apps available for our iPad that replicate the way we do our job with our PC. While these apps are not intended to replace our existing PC based applications entirely they certainly can be used as the next best option to make the most of our time while on the move. In this post we are showcasing a set of really best iPad apps which will help to you in your upcoming photography projects. Some of these are free and some are premium apps that you can buy for just a few bucks. These are very affordable nevertheless. We hope that these best iPad apps can make a difference in your job as photographer. Enjoy!

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Best iPad Apps For Photographers

1. Photo Slides

This iPad app puts your iPad into good use by transforming it into a digital photo frame showing slideshows of stunning images from Flicker. Whether your iPad is sitting idle on the office table or near the bedside, Photo Slides is a perfect app to run when you are doing nothing at all. All this for free.

2. CameraBag

Camerabag is a cool iPad app that enhances your photos using the many classic camera and film simulations. It is like having a dozen unique cameras all in one app! It creates stunning results by emulating styles and processes from some of the most interesting cameras of the past to enhance the mood of an image. Among the cameras which are included in CameraBag are: Helga, which is square-format toy camera with washed-out highlights and old-school vignetting; Colorcross, which gives you a hazy, chemical color-swapping straight from the darkroom; Magazine creates rich tones for glossy pages and many more. CameraBag is also available for the Mac and PC.

3. Adobe Photoshop Express

With Photoshop Express, you can now have fun while on the run with your photos. This is one of the best iPad apps and allows you to easily improve your photos by simply dragging your finger across the screen to crop, rotate, or adjust color. You can also add artistic filters like Soft Focus or Sketch. Like the PC version, you can undo and redo changes until you get just the look of the photo you want. All this with the copy of your original file saved. What’s more? You can also your online albums on Photoshop.com and display images that are not actually stored in your device thus giving you access to tons of pictures that does not in anyway consume the memory out of your iPad. The cool thing about this is that you can post these photos not only in Photoshop.com but also in Facebook and Twitter straight from your iPad.

4. 100 Cameras in 1 for iPad

This iPad app is a storehouse of a lot of amazing effects that you can use to enhance the beauty of your photos. It features 100 different effects that use mixes of hardlight, overlay, and more with beautiful textures from around the world. It also has many additional features, including hi-res effects at 2000×2000 pixels that you can avail in your iPad. This is indeed an app that takes the editing process in a whole new, beautiful directions.

5. Filterstorm

Photoshop express by Adobe is somewhat an app that we know about because of the amazing functionality of its PC version. For its part, Photoshop express performs well for quick easy corrections but when you need more editing effects, call up Filterstorm. It contains a suite of powerful tools including curves manipulation, color correction abilities, noise reduction, sharpening, vignetting, and black and white conversion fine-tuning. This iPad app also includes the powerful ability to apply any of the available filters by brush, color range, and gradient.

6. PhotoSync – wirelessly transfers your photos and videos

PhotoSync is one of the best ipad apps and I’m sure it will transform your photo handling forever. It‘s the first iPad app that makes wireless transfer of your photos/videos from/to your Computer, other devices, Dropbox, and Flickr a breeze. You will never want to use a cable again!

7. LightKit

Lightkit is an app that transforms your iPad into a lighting system to give an ideal reflection for your subject just like in a real Photo Studio. This iPad app can give you 12 different lightsources to blend with the general lighting condition around your subject. It’s the simplest way to get great looking light and reflections on miniatures, packshots and pictures in general.

8. Easy Release

As a professional photographer, more likely, you carry with you, model release and property release forms written in paper. Well, worry no more! This iPad app can give you these essential forms in digital format which saves you from trouble in carrying bulky papers just for the purpose. With easy release, you can have your own contract or release forms that allows you to attach a picture for each of your model. All this in an easy to release form that you can send straight to your model’s email, the property owner’s and yourself. It’s also a nice way to thrill your models by having them affix their signatures on their forms that got saved on this app. You can of course make their signing more realistic by providing them with a nice little stylus.

9. HelloPhoto

HelloPhoto is an iPad app that can effectively resurrect photos taken on slides and negatives, reviving an art form that’s slowly being overlooked in this digital era. Whether you are nostalgic, a photo purist, or have boxes of slides and negatives to sort through, HelloPhoto can rescue your film from dust.

10. The Guardian Eyewitness

Guardian Eyewitness is a free app for iPad that showcases the world’s most distinctive and provocative photographs, providing a daily, visual reflection of global events. Using this iPad app is therefore a nice way to be inspired with the way other photographers from around the world capture their subjects.

11. Impression

Impression lets you add a watermark to photos on your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. You can resize the watermark text, position it in any location on the photo and change its transparency. Through an in-app-purchase option, you can also change the font and the color of the watermark text. Download this free iPad app and begin watermarking your images.

12. Eye Color Booth HD – Multicolor Eye Changer

This iPad app can let you change your eyes into amazing multi-colored eyes with a beautifully textured iris. The results are mesmerizing in which a halo is created with multiple colors to create the most realistic stunning results! You can create single, multi-colored or full-spectrum eyes and save the results to photo library or share via email, Facebook or Twitter.

13. Folio HD

Personally connect through the “Folio” App with Models, Makeup Artists, and Hair Stylists while viewing vivid fine art image examples created in collaboration with photographer Jason Hallmark. An ever-growing collection of exotic photographs and abstract art images will capture your discerning eye. Waiting for you is a visual experience sure to amaze with its clarity, saturation, and talent.

14. Instagallery – browse Instagram photos

With this iPad app, you can view a gallery of Instagram photos in comfort on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. See some popular photos or sign in to to see photos from the people you follow, view your own photos, “like” photos, read and add comments, see what users your friends follow, etc.

15. DecoSama

Using DecoSama to decorate your pictures or design your own cards. Including more than 300 illustrations for you and keep updating.

16. MobileMonet Free

Give your photos an artistic touch! MobileMonet Free converts a photo to a beautiful artistic rendering employing a creative interactive process. And it’s a FREE iPad app!

Author : Sonny Day

Sonny M. Day is a passionate SEO and web design enthusiast who loves photography, mountain climbing, snorkeling and dirt bike riding.

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