Most photos we post and look at today are shot through the lenses of a handset. Gone are the days of big, bulky cameras and smartphones have replaced most shooters.

The great thing about shooting with your iPhone is that the creative process for your photo taking doesn’t end when you tap the shutter. There are so many things you can do with your photos, all you need is a good app.

Here are ten photography apps that you should check out.

VSCO

Price: Free!

Easily one of the most popular editing apps out there, VSCO is pretty easy to learn and simple to use. It allows you to edit photos, add presets, and even share your work to the VSCO community.

Download here.

Adobe Lightroom

Price: Free!

Think Adobe Lightroom on your computer but in mobile form. And yes, you get all the different tools and presets. If you upgrade to premium, you’ll be able to edit images across all your devices.

Download here.

Snapseed

Price: Free!

Another crowd favorite, Snapseed is an in-depth photo editing app. It can do all your basic editing on your iPhone, easy.

Download here.

Polarr Photo Editor

Price: Free!

Polarr boasts being an app that both photography pros and newbies can use. It has everything you’ll ever need for top notch shots.

Download here.

Darkroom

Price: Free!

Another great app, Darkroom will level up your editing skills on mobile and give you tools to make sure your photos are always 👌🏽

Download here.

Afterlight 2

Price: US$ 2.99

This app offers basic editing, overlays, stylized filters, and even artwork text! It also offers free updates and new content monthly after that one time fee.

Download here.

Mextures

Price: US$ 1.99

Make photo editing easier with Mexture’s layered workflow. Add more texture to your photos and even edit existing formulas and presets with this app.

Download here.

Touch Retouch

Price: US$ 1.99

This app removes unwanted objects in your photos, easy peasy. Just trace the offending shape and you’re done! Definitely editing magic that you need.

Download here.

Portrait by img.ly

Price: Free!

Your portraits will never be the same again. Choose from different portrait styles, make selfie collages, and more!

Download here.

Enlight Photofox

Price: Free!

Not your basic editing app, Enlight not only gives you basic tools, it also allows for effects like double exposures, graphic elements, and even unique special effects.

Download here.

The Galaxy Note 9 is not a cheap smartphone, especially the 512GB variant that will set you back US$ 1,249. It arrived with a Gorilla Glass 5 body, but what if they covered it in gold instead?

Russia-based luxury smartphone company Caviar decided that the Note 9’s glass body is not flashy enough, so they customized one and added 1 kilogram of pure gold.

Mind you, this is actual gold, and not just a simple paint job. Look at the images below:

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Fine Gold Edition is still a typical Galaxy Note 9 inside but with Caviar’s custom gold plate on its back.

It starts at RUB 3,870,000 or almost US$ 60,000! You can buy 60 units of the regular Galaxy Note 9 with this money, and that’s just for the 128GB variant. If you wish to get the one with 512GB of storage and 8GB of memory, you’ll have to add another US$ 1,000.

Check out Caviar’s website if you’re interested.

SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy Note 9 hands-on: All about the S Pen?

Just yesterday, we saw a few leaked images about an upcoming Motorola phone. What’s interesting about it is that it practically has the design of an iPhone X from Apple and the gradient color that we first saw on Huawei’s P20 Pro. Well, it’s now officially announced and it’s called the Motorola P30.

The Motorola P30 is a new midrange phone meant for the Chinese market. It’s essentially a Lenovo phone with the Motorola branding. It’s got a borderless 6.2-inch IPS LCD with a Full HD+ resolution and wide notch. The phone is quite tall due to its 19:9 aspect ratio.

The silicon inside the Motorola P30 is the modest Snapdragon 636 processor with the Adreno 509 GPU. The phone has 6GB of memory, which is plenty for multitasking. As for storage, it comes in either 64GB or 128GB. It also has a microSD card slot for more photos, apps, and files.

At the back of the phone, we have an iPhone-esque dual-camera setup using 16- and 5-megapixel sensors. The main lens has an f/1.8 aperture, while the second one has f/2.2. For selfies, there’s a 12-megapixel front camera with an f/2.0 aperture.

As mentioned earlier, Lenovo is behind this Motorola phone and since it’s for the Chinese market, it’s got the ZUI 4.0 skin on top of Android 8.0 Oreo. The UI is from Lenovo’s books and it’s pretty much like any Chinese-made Android skin that doesn’t come with Google services.

A USB-C port is found at the bottom along with the 3.5mm audio jack. Fascinatingly, the Motorola logo at the back also doubles as the fingerprint reader. The battery that’s powering the device is rated at 3000mAh and it comes with an 18W fast charger out of the box.

The phone will arrive in Ice White, Bright Black, and the special Aurora Blue color which is reminiscent of the Huawei P20 Pro. The price for the 64GB variant is CNY 1,999 (US$ 290), while the version with 128GB storage is CNY 2,099 (US$ 300).

Source: Motorola China

SEE ALSO: Motorola announces Moto Z3, first 5G-ready smartphone