543 – Awesome Apps: Photos

April is “Awesome Apps” month on WELSTech as Martin and Sallie share some of their favorite apps that can provide a boost to your productivity, ministry activities or just plain enjoyment of your smart devices. In this episode the “focus” is on photo apps including cameras, photo management, editing and sharing. Don’t be satisfied with just “taking pictures.” Up your game with these awesome apps!

The discussion:

Photo apps – The best camera is the one you have with you! And these days, your handy smartphone camera offers quality and features which result in stunning photos. Martin and Sallie share their favorite apps to extend your smartphone camera capabilities, including capturing, editing and sharing.

• Camera+
• Halide
• Slow Shutter
• VSCO (Android and iOS)
• Google Photos
• Snapseed (iOS and Android)
• Spark Post
• Affinity Photos (iPad and Mac)
• Instagram (iOS and Android)
• Prisma (iOS and Android)
• Word Swag (iOS and Android)
• PicCollage (iOS and Android)
• Gorilla Pod

News in tech:

• iPad for education ($299)
• Logitech Crayon ($49)

WELS now:

• Follow WELS on Instagram (@WELSLutherans)

Picks of the week:

• Take spherical photos with Google Street View
• Reflector 3

Ministry resources:

Untangling Audio Cable Confusion from Church Tech Today

Featured video:

Watch President Schroeder’s 2018 Easter Message.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 544 – Awesome Apps month continues with a deep dive into a variety of mobile app utilities. Release date: Wednesday, April 11.

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