iPhoneography

With the HD powers of the iPhone 4S camera, iPhoneography is a medium even professional photographers praise. If you've become obsessed with capturing images on your mobile phone, here are nine quick tips from Stephanie Roberts to maximize your shooting style, efficiency, and effectiveness.

1. Discover your go-to shooting app and keep it within thumb reach on your home screen.
2. Get comfortable shooting with one hand.
3. Play with lighting and exposure effects by tapping on different areas of the screen.
4. If the image is well composed, don't delete it! You can work wonders with apps!
5. Capture different patterns and textures and consider using them as layers in various apps.
6. Few apps meet all your creative needs. Use multiple apps to create your own personal style.
7. Back up your photos often and keep your apps up to date!
8. Go to "Settings" to adjust photo app settings for maximum image quality on capture and save.
9. Keep a charger or battery pack handy. Taking photos and editing in multiple apps is taxing on the battery.

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Hipstamatic definitely has its benefits. By forcing you to choose your film and lens before you shoot your photo, you learn the nuances of each. But Instagram's 10 million member community (and growing) is one to be reckoned with. Both worlds will collide with the latest Hipstamatic update coming tonight that will allow you to share your Hipstamatic pics straight to Instagram, along with the usual suspects of Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, and email. Your pics can be uploaded through the Hipstamatic app and tagged with the #Hipstamatic tag on Instagram — one of the more popular tags within the community — for sharing.

But that's not all — Hipstamatic will also include some cool tagging features in this update, allowing you to tag your lens and film to document how you captured your shot, and tag your Facebook friends in photos right from the app. You can also view each photo's history to see where the pics were taken, and zoom in and out to see all your HipstaPrints.

Are you using Hipstamatic? If you're new to the app, here are some tips for using Hipstamatic like a pro. Happy snapping!

If the iPhone 4 is the most popular camera in the world (and it is), then why treat your mobile lenses any different than your DSLRs? Keep your magnetic fish-eye, macro, and telephoto lenses and iPhone tripods safe and scratch-free with this chic iPhone Lens Wallet ($15).

There's a place for everything, and everything stays put in its place, thanks to a magnetic strip and pockets plus an animal-friendly leather strap to keep things nice and secure inside the canvas and felt wallet. Even better — if you don't have any of these amazing iPhone lenses yet, you can get four (fish-eye, macro, and 2X and 8X telescopic lenses) plus the wallet for just $80. That's a deal if I ever saw one.

Ready to snap some pics? Check out a few of our iPhoneography tips and tricks.

We headed out to Macworld earlier today to sit in on an interesting and informative tech talk that featured Stephanie Roberts, founder of Lens on Life Foundation and author of The Art of iPhoneography: A Guide to Mobile Creativity, who shared some helpful tips on mobile digital photography and some of her favorite apps for the craft.

The iPhone is now the most popular camera in the world, partly thanks to its small, portable, and discreet form. While you don't have much fine-tune control while you're shooting, you have lots of options when it comes to postprocessing apps to tweak and share your photos on the go. Below, a few ways you can use iPhoneography to your artful advantage, and some apps to download now.

Let your creative instincts guide you — Think of iPhoneography as a daily practice. Keep shooting and keep perfecting your craft. Since you'll want to be shooting throughout the day, collect moments that move you — whether it's colors, images, shapes, or scenes. Then, study your work over a period of time to find your true vision. It's also a great way to document your daily life and keep you connected to the practice of photography.

Craft your toolkit — Don't be shy about loading up your iPhone with photography apps. Learn about some of Stephanie's favorite apps after the break.