TOP CAMERA APPS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
These days you need not have a DSLR camera for photography. These days for most people an android phone suffices for most of the photography needs. Some camera apps can improve your camera though it will not perform like a DSLR camera but still improves the performance.
1. Google Photos
Google Photos is probably the best overall photo app on Android. You can automatically backup your photos and videos to Google's cloud, making them available on every device you own — including the web — and view highlights of each day, so you don't need to scroll through all your photos to find the best ones. This means that for folks who don't have a ton of storage on their phone, they can ensure that a photo is never lost or deleted accidentally. And because Photos has unlimited storage, you can feel safe deleting pics from your phone to free up that space.
One of Google Photos' best features is Auto Awesome. Take a bunch of
photos and it'll periodically "gift" you enhanced versions of them to
sit alongside the originals in your collections — think animated GIFs if
you've taken a burst shot, Instagram-style filters and contrast-boosted
versions of washed-out shots. Take a series of images from different
perspectives and you might even end up with an auto-generated Panorama
based on these pics.
The Auto Awesome feature also lets you create video highlights reels
based on a series of images and videos. And if you're going on vacation,
Photos can sort your images and videos into a chronological story book
of your trip, ideal for sharing on social networks. Photos even includes
some of Snapseed's photo editing and filtering capabilities through its
"edit" button, which is useful if you just want to tweak your shots or
add filters without downloading a separate app.
2. VSCO CAM
Like the rest of VSCO, the built-in camera app is relatively simple, offering basic controls including grid lines and flash toggles. When it comes time to enhance your photo, the app brings an assortment of filters to the table, along with the option to buy even more through in-app purchases. That's on top of the usual combination of dials to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and other properties. There is also the ability to copy/paste batch photo editing as well.
VSCO has a fairly minimalist look when scrolling through photos that others have posted, showing you only the photo and the username of the photographer. This minimalism also translated over to the camera and editing functions. This makes it easier to concentrate on what you're working on without lots of extraneous things getting in your way.
3. SNAPSEED
Google's Snapseed is one of the most accessible photo editing apps for Android, with a wide range of features for experienced users and newcomers alike. At its most basic level, Snapseed lets you scroll vertically through image enhancement options, then drag horizontally to control the intensity of the effect.
The range of features is pretty diverse: everything from basic automatic color and contrast enhancement to cropping and sharpening, to selectively adjusting color properties within a particular radius. And of course it wouldn't be a photo editing app without the obligatory filters and frames, which are controlled by swiping, just like Snapseed's image tuning features.
If you're after a photo editing app that's powerful yet simple to learn, Snapseed strikes a great balance between the two.
4. OPEN CAMERA
Open Camera is a great option for anyone who isn't really a fan of
the camera baked into their phone. This app is completely free, updated
somewhat regularly, and absolutely bursting at the seams with features.
It's also completely open source which is something that may perk your
ears up.
It offers photo stabilization, taking photos remotely by using a
command word or signal, GPS tagging, and so much more. Open Camera has
just about any feature you can think of, and aims to be your one stop
shop for taking photographs. You can also use it to record in HD,
although users with some phones may find issues with audio not syncing
up properly. Best of all you have access to manual settings for focus,
ISO and exposure time. If you like having all the features, then this
may be the app for you.5. PicsArt Photo Studio and Collage
While some of the cooler features do require in-app purchases in order to use them, you still get tons of fun stuff to edit and share your photos with friends. When you're done editing your app you can save the photo privately, or share it on PicsArt. You can also make the photo free to edit, if you want to let strangers tweak your photos into something strange and new.
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