Lately, I have been using my iPhone as my primary walkaround camera for casual photography. I am quite happy with the photographs that it can capture.  As I have discussed in the past, my camera application of choice is Camera+ (itunes link, $1.99).  While Camera+ has some nice post-processing capabilities for quick editing and sending to Facebook or Twitter, sometimes I want more advanced editing. That is where two additional software products become important: one for the iPad (Filterstorm Pro - above) and the other for both the iPad and iPhone (Pics - below).

Processing the Photo on iPad

I really like the iPad for post-processing of my phones, but the camera on the iPad is terrible and not suitable for photography. My new favorite photography program on the iPad is Filterstorm Pro (itunes link, $14.99). While a pricey app as iOS goes, Filterstorm Pro is like a combination of Lightroom and Photo Mechanic for the iPad. Obviously, it is not as feature-rich as those software programs, but it accomplishes much of the same tasks on the iPad.  

It includes various features such as batch processing of images to edit IPTC metadata and transmit multiple images to iPad photo library, FTP, Flickr, Dropbox and email. Filterstorm Pro's editing tools include the standard items like cropping, rotationing and straightening as well as curves, white point and black and white tools. You can use masking tools to apply filters to different areas of an image.

How do you get the image to the iPad?

You won't be taking the photos with the iPad camera. However, you can load photos through Apple's iPad Camera Connection Kit (Apple Store link - $29.99). That is great if I want to unload my photos from my Nikon, which is a discussion for a different blog.  What about if I want to get my photos from my iPhone?

Enter Pics (iTunes link - $1.99). Pics is a critical photo management app for iOS that allows you to sort you photos into different albums, protect them with a passcode and most importantly transfer them to your computer through Wifi connection AND to your companion iPad/iPhone via a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection. Now, I can take photos on my iPhone with its outstanding camera and transfer it to my iPad without having to move them to my MacBook Pro!  And the app is an universal app so you only need to pay once.

The software has a sync capability over the P2P connection; though I have not yet tested the functionality. Also, there is a Mac application called Pics Assistant (MAS link - Free), but I haven't been able to get it to consistently work effectively.

A Powerful iOS Photography Workflow

The combination of Camera+, Filterstorm Pro and Pics has really changed the way I handle my iPhone photography. If you are serious about yours, I suggest you check out this winning combination.