It's no secret that most of us are photo obsessed, creating visual records of every aspect of our lives.
In fact, 92 percent of smartphone users worldwide say they mainly use their phones for taking photos.
Facebook alone has over 300 million photo uploads per day, and that number is growing.
So this week I decided to expose you to a some useful photography apps you might not know about.
The first pick is one for the Android users -- the Footej Camera.
It's clean, it's simple, and best of all it takes beautiful photos that make you look like a pro.
The great thing about this app is it gives users the ability to use their phones like a DSLR camera. You can hop over to manual mode and play with the focus, shutter speed, and exposure.
If you're feeling really creative, you can switch over to GIF shooting mode.
Best of all, it's free!
Don't worry if you're an Apple user though -- the Camera Plus app does a similar thing, and it's free too!
Now that you have your photo, you probably want to finesse it a bit. That's where VSCO comes in.
This is by far one of the best photo editing apps around.
It was downloaded over a million times in its first week and it's just had a massive update. There's whole new user interface allowing you to move easily between different sections of the app.
The meticulously crafted filters will make anything -- or anyone -- look good. Best of all, it gives a more realistic look to other similar apps.
This app will help you win the battle against low-light pictures.
And once you're done, simply upload you photo to any social network. Too easy.
Afterlight is another option for an editing app that's worth checking out too.
You might be reading this wondering what you're going to post to Instagram this #TBT (throwback Thursday).
Have no fear, this next app will let you go back to those old baby photos and show everyone just how cute you were. It's called Unfade.
Not only will this help you digitise your old printed photos, but it will perfectly restore some of their colour and contrast too -- score!
Basically, it's one of the best mobile photo scanners around.
So there it is -- our top app picks for the photo obsessed.
Now get snapping, editing and showing off your life -- past and present.
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