Author: Pho.to team

The Love Camera app – real-time frames for those who love and are loved

Looking for yet another way to please the one you love? Then get the Love Camera app on your iPhone!


Love Camera lets you create beautifully framed photos, romantic photo montages and valentines directly when taking photos with your iPhone. Just choose a frame or a montage, aim the camera at your loved one and take a photo. A few simple steps, and a romantic photo effect is ready! Alternatively, you can choose an existing photo from your iPhone photo albums to put it into a frame or a montage.

Sharing resulting images is easy. Post your photo montages on Twitter or Facebook or get the link to send them to anybody you want.
Get Love Camera for free here or scan this QR code to download the app. And get ready to please the one you love – on Valentine’s day and every other day of the year!

Version 1.1 of Cover Cam for iPhone is released!

Have you tried the Cover Cam app for iPhone (the one that puts your face on magazine covers)? If you haven’t, you certainly should! Even more so, because a new version of Cover Cam has just been released.

What’s New in Version 1.1:

– Front-facing camera support
– Zoom feature
– Even more realistic templates
– iOS 6 and iPhone 5 compatibility
– Short safe links to shared results (starting with http://pho.to/).

Get the app for free here and get ready to feel rich and famous!

FunCam – augmented reality on the fringe of normality!

We have just released another fun app for iPhone owners!
Love taking photos with iPhone? Make your photo taking experience a lot more fun with FunCam – an app that lets you create fun photo montages directly when taking photos with your iPhone!


How does it work? You just choose an effect/montage, aim the camera at a friend (or yourself), center their face inside the montage and take the photo. Voila – a fun photomontage is ready! Just imagine your friend’s photo frozen in ice, or placed on a dollar bill, or on a wanted dead or alive poster 🙂

 

Sharing the fun is easy – post pictures on Twitter or Facebook immediately or get an image URL and send it to friends.

The app is available for free download here.

New CoverCam app: get on the cover of a popular magazine!

September, 23 we have released a new ‘CoverCam’ app for iPhone. It lets you become a cover model in just a click! The app previews the chosen cover as you take a picture with your iPhone camera, so you can instantly see what you will get.

We bet your friends will be amazed when they see you on the cover of Cosmopolitan or Glamour!

Some folks have to build their careers for decades, undergo plastic surgeries and sell their soul to the devil just to get there. You only need to download this free app, take a nice photo of yourself and choose your favorite magazine (or all of them really!)

Get on teh cover of a popular magazine in a click!

Currently available covers:
★ Playboy
★ Glamour
★ GQ
★ Cosmopolitan
★ People
★ Vogue
★ Rolling Stone
★ Marie Clair

More magazine cover templates are coming soon. Please write in comments what covers do you want us to make!

The Power of Black and White Photography

These days, smart digital cameras do the work for photographers. Unlike in old times, people can easily get high resolution colored images. Shooting in color has become the norm in photography. But despite the wide usage of colored images, most people still love black and white pictures. And however strange it may seem, but up to this date, black and white pictures are still a hit! People are often surprised at the power that black and white images have.

So, what are the advantages of black and white photography?

  • Sometimes, colors can be distracting and may even make the photo look complicated. It can be hard to focus on the subject because of too much color. But when it comes to black and white photography, the subject is much easier to focus on.
  • Black and white keeps you focused on the actual composition and texture of the photo. It allows you to focus on shapes, light and shadows, lines and perspective. That is why some photos look definitely more convincing in black and white.
  • Black and white photos have a classy and exquisite feel about them. They have an aesthetic, artistic look that is hard to produce in color. They definitely look timeless!

In the times of digital technology, most photographers prefer desaturating their images in post-processing, instead of shooting in black and white mode. Pho.to offers you lots of opportunities to turn your pictures into beautiful black and white photos. Are you interested? Then read further!

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10 Simple Tips for Getting Creative Photos

There is always something new to discover in the process of taking photos. Below you will find 10 easy-to-perform tips for getting creative pictures!

1. Instead of holding the camera straight, turn it sideways and see how the shot turns out. A crazy angle created by tilting a camera can result in a great shot, no matter whether you photograph nature or people.

Turn the camera sideways and see how the shot turns out

2. Take pictures from unusual perspectives. When you take a photo from an angle that isn’t ‘normal’, you can result in getting an amazing shot. Just look at your subject from an angle that it is not normally viewed from, and start creating art!

Take a photo from an angle that isn't 'normal' and get an amazing shot!

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Retro and Vintage are Back in Style!

Retro and vintage style photography has become extremely popular in the past years! People love photos that look ‘old-style’ and have a vintage look, because they create a nostalgic atmosphere, awaken special feelings and memories.

What is the difference between ‘retro’ and ‘vintage’? It is generally said that retro focuses on the style of the 1910s to 1930s, while vintage recalls the time period between the 1950s and 1980s. However, some people use these terms interchangeably.

Funny.Pho.to boasts a variety of vintage and retro-inspired designs, filters, collages and frames. Want to make your photos stand out and look really different? Try aging your modern digital pictures at Funny.Pho.to.

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Unique E-Cards and Printable Projects for Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day in US is just one day away! Whether you live across the country or next door to your mom, be sure to send (or just give) a sweet card to her – it is a must. It is best to make something more personal and creative for her, rather than just pick a card at the store.  Here are some suggestions from Pho.to on how to create a unique card for your Mom.

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7 Flaws that Kill a Portrait Photo

In the time of digital technologies, point-and-shoot cameras let you take unlimited number of instant pictures almost anywhere and anytime. That is why most amateur photographers result in having a bunch of bad snapshots of themselves and family and not one fairly decent photo that is worth hanging on the wall.

In this article we’ll tell you about some сommon flaws that can ‘kill’ any portrait photo. Avoid these mistakes, and you will be able to make your photos more ‘professional-looking’.

 

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