
And while that could once only be achieved by fixing your photos using complex desktop packages, you can now do it easily with nothing more than a smartphone or tablet in your hand.īut which app should you use? There’s a huge gulf between the best editors and the worst, not to mention some big differences in price. Optimising your photos with an image editor can turn a decent snap into a work of art one with colours that leap from the screen and an interplay of light and dark that guides the viewer’s eye. Getting good basic snaps with your smartphone is one thing, but how do some photographers get such perfect clarity and detail? How do they achieve a quality of tone and lighting? Well, timing, perseverance, expertise and an eye for composition all help, but sometimes it comes down to image-editing.
