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Top Five Photo Apps – Photo App Lounge With Andrea Koerner

Welcome to our Top Five Photo Apps – Photo App Lounge section of theappwhisperer.com. This is an area on our site where we ask highly accomplished mobile photographers what their top five photo apps are and why.

We previously published the Top Five Photo Apps as recommended by Yannick Brice , Cedric Blanchon, Irene Sneddon, Sarah Jarrett, Louise Fryer, Lisa Waddell, Davide Capponi, Ali Jardine, Clint Cline, Elaina Wilcox, France Freeman, Tess Gomm, Lola Mitchell, Vivi, Em Kachouro, Laetitia Harnie-Coussau, MaryJane Sarvis, AlyZen Moonshadow, Ginaluca Ricoveri, Jennifer Sharpe, Natali Prosvetova, David Hayes, Vanessa Vox and Robin Robertis’ Top Five Photo Apps including accompanying images demonstrating these selections, if you missed those, please go here.

Today, we are featuring Andrea Koerner, an artist we have featured many times within theappwhisperer.com, particularly our weekly curated Flickr Group Showcases. Koerner is a very talented artist and you can see more of here work, within her website here. It’s a true delight to read of her top five apps in this article, she’s a self confessed ‘app addict’.

We think you’ll enjoy this as Koerner talks us through her favourite apps and explains why, don’t miss this.

 

 

Andrea Koerner

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Number One: Grungetastic

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Grungetastic a terrific app that lets you add all sorts of grunge effects from heavy to light. You can adjust each effect changing the intensity, color and texture. Add a frame or add paper textures/colors. A very versatile app i find myself coming back to all the time.

Grungetastic/$0.99/£0.69/download

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Number Two: MPro

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My next favorite app is Mpro which is a black and white camera app i have been experimenting with recently working with lighting so see how various types of light affects the exposure of the photo. I have recently been doing a lot of high contrast photos which i have been using as a
basis for my edits.

MPro/$1.99/£1.49/download

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Number Three: Smoosh

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My third favorite app is Smoosh an image distorting app that i have been using a lot lately on my self-portrait edits. Whether it’s altering the photo to change the hair or distorting the facial features it allows you to adjust the size of the distortion and how fluid it is. This app is inspired
by the process of Polaroid SX-70 film manipulation.

Smoosh/$1.99/£1.49/download

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Number Four: Jazz

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My fourth favorite app is Jazz a photo editing app that has a wide range of effects. You can adjust the color, add lighting effects, add texture and so much more.

Jazz/$0.99/£.069/download

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Number Five: Superimpose

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My fifth favorite app is Superimpose a powerful app the lets you superimpose one photo over another, do double exposures, add elements. Lots of ways to mask your images and 18 blending modes.

Superimpose/$0.99/£0.69/download

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This last photo was done using Jazz, Superimpose and Grungetastic.

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Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)

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