BEST PHOTOGRAPHY APP/SOFTWARE PROGRAM

Winner: Camera+; Runner Ups: KitCam, Photogene

CAMERA+

PROS: Camera+ is an alternative to the standard iPhone camera, offering a lot more capabilities. It allows you to control the exposure and focus the way you want, instead of the way the camera chooses, helps line up your shots to prevent crooked pictures, has a 5x digital zoom and gives you several border designs to choose from. It also allows you to edit your photos once they have been taken.

CONS: At the moment, Camera+ only takes still photographs, not videos, so you would have to make a switch back to the standard phone camera. Also, Camera+ is only available for iOS technology.

PRICE: $1.99

WHERE TO BUY: http://campl.us

KITCAM

PROS: “Where I’m a staunch advocate that agents should outsource photography to the professionals, sometimes you need to take pictures for reasons other than listing brochures,” Dollinger says. “Enter KitCam, which allows almost everyone to appear as a photo professional.” KitCam, compatible on an iOS system, allows you to mix and match 15 lenses, 20 frames and 32 films to create images and videos. It saves all photos to your camera roll, which makes it convenient if you plan on uploading them to a social media platform or emailing them to a client.

CONS: Reviews have complained about it being difficult to pull pictures from your iPhone camera roll (they hide the menu). Also, remember that KitCam is only available on iOS systems, so it is not for everybody.

PRICE: $1.99

WHERE TO BUY: iTunes

AVIARY PHOTO EDITOR

PROS: Hata describes Aviary as a “Pretty powerful (and free) image-editing app.” Like other image software, you can change a picture’s orientation, crop and adjust contrast and brightness. You can also apply filters to change hue or create lighting. It’s easy to use, works quickly and saves automatically. For a free app, it’s very effective!

CONS: Aviary is probably better for quick, simple projects rather than detailed ones. The tools to remove red-eye and whiten teeth have large diameters, which makes it hard to edit smaller images. Since you aren’t allowed to zoom in either, it makes the process extra challenging.

PRICE: The standard version is free; however there is a premium version available for $500 per month.

WHERE TO BUY: http://www.aviary.com/about/pricing