My Top Favourite Photo Apps

Hello! It has been quite a while since I last blogged...about 2 weeks? I apologize for those who have been coming to this blog and not finding any new updates. I've been very swamped with job searching for the past couple of weeks and I was really stressed out about it that I was never in the mood to write blog posts. 

So to bring myself back to blogging again I decided to share my top favourite photo apps. This has been on my "to blog list" for a long time but I never got around to it until now. I'll be talking about 6 of my all time favourite photo-editing apps. I have many favourites but I'll share more in another post in the future. =)

The first app I'd recommend is FotoRus. This is one of my favourite apps to use for anything. It's such a easy way to make your photos look extra fun and cute! It is known for its popular pic-in-pic photo effect with many different pic-in-pic photo frames and styles. If you're a fan of polaroid pics then this is the perfect app for you! It has also a great variety of filters and you can choose to apply filter on the background only or foreground only or both. PIP Camera is also another app worth checking out that has similar features with different pic-in-pic frames and styles. What's even better is both apps are free for download. 

The second app I'd recommend is Camera360. This is one of my favourite apps to use for taking scenery photos. It has a variety of different photo effects such as LOMO, HDR, Retro, Dreamlike, Sketch and Cartoon for that vintage and artistic look. Another thing I really like about this app is a new feature called "audio camera" where it takes a still photo and records the sound. An example would be taking a photo of a raining scenery with the sound of the rain captured in a still image. It's kind of like gifs but instead of the photo moving in a mini clip form, you get a still image with the audio sound. Isn't that kind of neat and cool? HelloCamera is another app that has almost similar features. Again both apps are free for download. 

Below are two scenery photos I took using the photo effects with Camera360.

The third app I'd recommend is PINK360 which is another photo app series produced by the same one as Camera360. The only difference is this one focuses more on beautifying your photos for self-portraits. The eye enlargement feature can make your eyes look bigger for that "dolly" look effect and as well as a skin beautify feature for glowing and glossy skin. Another great feature it has is face slimming where you simply touch and slide on the screen to the area on your face where you like to get rid of the fat to make your face look slimmer. I mostly use this app for skin tone correction to make my face look brighter and smoother for that "flawless" look and I sometimes like to use the face slimming feature when I feel like cheating for a bit, lol. 

The fourth app I'd recommend is PhotoWonder which is another quick and easy way to prettify yourself with its magical beautify features. It's so magical that it does work like wonders! A must have photo app for those who love taking self-portraits. Some of it's beautify features include face slimming which you can also use on your body to make parts of your body appear thinner and as well as eye enlargement to make your eyes look bigger. One of the more odd feature I find is the breast enlargement. Personally I wouldn't have much use for this feature but I guess it would help for those who feel a need to create an illusion for bigger boobs. I mostly use this app for the skin filters to correct any uneven or dark areas on my skin. 

The fifth app I'd recommend is Qpik. This is another beauty app for self-portraits but with no face slimming or eye enlargements. It's mostly used for whitening and fixing blemishes. What I really like about this app is that it has really nice filter effects and bokeh for creating those soft dreamy photos that you'd get from a DLSR camera. 

And lastly I'd recommend LINE Camera. I'm pretty sure you probably know this one already because it's one of the most popular apps. This app is so fun with it's many cute and hilarious stamps. A must have app for people who love all things kawaii! I love these super cute face stamps that you can add to your food and the art food and utensils that makes your food pic a whole lot cuter. If you're a food photo blogger then you'd love this app. 

That's all for my first top favourite photo apps. I hope you found it helpful and have fun experimenting with the apps. Feel free to comment and share what are some of your favourite photo apps! 

SONY NEX-5R Camera

I finally got a new camera. The SONY NEX-5R. I've been wanting to get this camera for so long but I kept putting it off until it went on sale last week and I ordered it online from Bestbuy. I can't explain how excited I was when I received it in the mail. I can't say whether if I like the camera or not yet as I haven't really had time to fully play around with it and test it out. I've been busy this week prepping for job interviews and I have another one coming up this week. So hopefully after next week I will finally have some time to sit down and figure out how to use this camera. This is my first time buying a somewhat professional camera. Although not pro to the extreme of an SLR camera. I thought about it but I'm sort of a "camera dummy" when it comes to advanced and complicated gadgets that requires too much learning. So I think getting a DSLR would be much more suitable for me and more handy to carry in. 

Some of the great features of the SONY NEX-5R:

• Wi-Fi sharing where you can upload pictures directly from the camera
• 180-degree tilt-able 3.0 Touch LCD (great for taking self-shot portraits)
• Sweep panaroma shot to take full view large scale photos
• Fast hybrid AF with phase detection auto focus for quick response that is ideal when tracking fast-moving subjects
• Shoots full HD movies with 1980 x 1080 resolution
• Downloadable apps to edit pictures with on the camera
• Self remote function to take self shots using a phone device (iPhone and Android)

One of the major main reasons why I bought this camera was because it has a self remote function where you can connect the camera to your phone using wi-fi and you can actually see on your phone screen what you're taking a picture of. It's sort of like having the camera LCD screen on your own phone screen. This function is super awesome for fashionistas like myself who love taking self full body outfit photos. Popular blogger Cheesie also uses it! No more crappy and blurry images of full body coordinate shots taken in front of a mirror with the iPhone. XD

Some examples of what I mean with the self remote function using a phone device. Pictures are taken from Cheeserland's blog. She basically placed the camera on a tripod and used her iPhone as a "control" to take those full body snapshots that look like as if she's standing in front of a mirror to take the pictures. Isn't it so awesome?!

I've tried using this function today for a short little while and it works great. I haven't tried taking a full body shot of myself yet like in the above pictures but I hope it turns out as great as Cheesie's. I've always admired how clear her pictures turn out! I'm so excited to do my own fashion coordinate shots. I can finally say goodbye to taking full mirror pictures with my iPhone. 

And also now that I bought a new camera, you can expect much more higher quality photos to be uploaded on my blog in the future! First I need some time to figure out how to use all the features and functions on the camera and get the hang of it, lol. 

New iPhone Cases

Got two new iPhone cases from ebay recently. 

LOVE this white diamond crown gold pearls super BLING iPhone case. It is soooo pretty and elegant looking. It makes me feel like I have such an expensive phone whenever I have this case on. I am so in love! ♥

[photo courtesy from ebay]

A very pretty white pearls bow case. I wanted something cute and elegant looking for the holiday season. Love love this case. The case is so pretty and cute that it makes me feel like a princess, lol!