Do you love finding cool new
iPhone photography apps? So do we. In fact, here are three that we’ve tried, tested and think you just might love.

Our trio will let you create cool typography images from your photos, a LEGO mosaic portrait and have tons of fun by turning your iPhone into a kaleidoscope. They definitely land on the fun side of iPhotography.

Take a look through the photo galleries below, complete with screengrabs and sample images, and let us know which apps you’ll be giving a go.

1.
WordFoto

A Look at the WordFoto iPhone App

1. WordFoto

WordFoto offers a quick, easy way to create typography images. Anyone with an eye for design will be able to tell the results aren’t as good as painstakingly created “proper” versions, but darn — they’re not half bad at all.

Cost: $1.99,
iTunes link

2. Selecting an Image

You can snap an image from within the app or choose one from your Camera Roll. There’s a simple but useful crop function to quickly cut down your pic.

3. Selecting Word Sets

The app offers some pre-loaded word sets, as well as the ability to add your own.

4. Adding Words

Adding word sets is simple, you just enter words one at a time. There is a 12-character limit. The app makers suggest smaller words look more effective.

5. Choosing Styles

Once you’ve chosen your image and selected your word set, you can play around with the preset styles. There are some pretty good options and switching between them doesn’t take too long either.

6. Custom Options

If you use one of the preset styles you get the choice to customize it. The settings are quite simple to understand but here’s a pro tip: Make a note of the settings before you start playing around as there’s no reset option.

7. Custom Styles

If you really want to go in depth, you can create your own custom style. It’s quite advanced but you can select your own fonts and colors (as well as set saturation, contrast, brightness and more).

8. Sample Image

The “Classic Gray” style seemed to suit Charles Kingsley’s statue.

9. Sample Image

The “Comic” style gives this picture some fun fonts and colors.

10. Sample Image

The “Howling” preset style seemed appropriate for this wolfish shot.

11. Sample Image

We used the “Romance” style for this floral image.

2.
LEGO Photo

A Look at the LEGO Photo iPhone App

1. LEGO Photo

The official LEGO Photo app is a simple offering with just one trick up its sleeve — to turn your images into mosaics that look as if they’re made up of the raised dots from everyone’s favorite building bricks.

Cost: Free,
iTunes link

2. The App

The app is simple to use, kid-simple in fact as that is its target audience. You can either choose to snap a pic with the camera, or grab one from the phone’s Camera Roll.

3. Getting Started

Once you’ve captured your photo, the app gives you the option to retake or use it.

4. Sample Image

If you use it, you’ll be presented with your LEGO-ized pic after a neat transition.

5. Cool Transitions

When you’ve got your LEGO pic on the phone’s screen, tapping the display causes the photo to change its color palette in a really cool way: The photo’s brick mosaic ripples across the screen as the colors change.

6. Sample Image

This app is purely for kids, portraits and experimentation. Larger objects and scenes don’t fare so well in the lego treatment. This sample image is of a boat, but, due to the relatively large pixellation effect of the bricks, it doesn’t work so well.

7. Sample Image

The app works great with for portraits. LEGO’s advice is to “use photos that are shot at close range against a light solid colored background,” which we did for the first slide in this gallery. However, play around like we did above and you can still get some interesting results.

8. Sample Image

Instantly recognizable objects also work well in the app. We went all pop art with this Pepsi can.

3.
KaleidaCam

A Look at the KaleidaCam iPhone App

1. KaleidaCam

The clever KaleidaCam app turns your iPhone into a kaleidoscope and lets you capture and share the mad images it generates.

Cost: $1.99,
iTunes link

2. Taking a Photo

The app uses a live preview of the effects. Once you’ve snapped an image it takes a little while to save down, but once it has you’ll find it in both the app’s image gallery and the phone’s Camera Roll, ready to be shared.

3. Setting the Number of Sides

You can set the number of kaleidoscopic sides to vary your effects. Once you’re back in live view, minuscule camera movements make for very different kaleidoscopic effects. You’ll find this app is a bit addictive once you start playing around.