Depending on the subject and lighting available, I find that photos taken with the iPhone 3G can look bland, washed out and just not very interesting. It’s fine for sharing a quick photo on Twitter or MMS to your friend, but sometimes I want to upload a photo to Flickr but the quality lets me down.

iPhone Photo Post-Processing

I bought CameraBag a couple of weeks ago which gives you 10 filters to play with including Instant, Lomo style, Holga style, fisheye and more. The photo below was taken with the Helga (Holga style) filter…

Big Henry and Little Henry

And this one with the 1974 filter…

Fresh / Clean

As you can see, the subjects themselves are just regular everyday things, yet the filters make them just that little more interesting to look at. More filters are expected to hit the app soon. CameraBag is £1.19 in the App Store [link].

If you are looking for a true polaroid style then check out ShakeItPhoto. Not only do you get wonderful results from this 59p/$0.99 app, but the true-polaroid sound effects to go with it…and by shaking your iPhone you will make the photo develop just that little bit quicker. If you’re like me and have an aversion to apps that require shaking your expensive piece of kit then don’t worry, the photo will develop anyway in the absence of any shaking action. Here’s a few of the results you can expect from ShakeItPhoto…

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Grab ShakeItPhoto in the App Store for 59p [link].

iPhone to Flickr Uploading

The app that has both form and function for uploading to Flickr is Flickit. It has a gorgeous interface and allows you to upload and tag batches of photos from your iPhone, edit the standard Flickr metadata such as title and description.

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To see the app in action, visit the Flickit website or just download from the App Store and check it out for yourself as the app is absolutely free.

For viewing the photos I’ve uploaded to Flickr, via my iPhone, I usually use Darkslide (free). This app is also capable of uploading but it’s been my experience that Flickit does it way quicker and with the all important ‘Taken with an Apple iPhone’ data intact.