Quick Tip - Batch Photo Editing in VSCO Cam

It's Aloha Friday! I spent my teenage years living in Hawaii and every time Friday rolls around, I can't help but say it. We're still getting snow and it's almost May, which is making me miss the warm sunny days on the beautiful island of Maui. I miss that place. Sunshine or no sunshine, I am excited that the weekend is starting! 

Today I've been playing around with the VSCO Cam app and I just learned something AWESOME! I thought I'd share this quick tip with you today.

• -PS and by the way, the VSCO Cam App is also available on Android phones, not just iPhones. If you haven't dowloaded it already, check it out!

Here's the fun tip: you can BATCH edit your photos on this app! Batch editing means you make your edits to one photo, and you can select as many photos as you'd like to add those same edits to. Click one button and it will automatically apply the same edits, all at once. Pretty sweet, yah? I used to end my sentences with 'yeah' all the time. It's a Hawaii thing...

How to Batch Edit Photos in VSCO Cam 

1. Select, edit and save your photo.

2. Click on the photo you edited and go to the menu button on the bottom right of your library screen (the three little dots). 

3. Click 'COPY EDITS'.

4. Now select the photos you want to apply your edits to (in the image below, you'll see your photos highlighted with a gold box). 

5. Go to the same three dot menu button, and click 'PASTE EDITS'. 

There you have it! All those photos will change to look the way your master photo does. Batch editing on your phone. I am loving this little trick.

Stay tuned and check in next week for my first GIVEAWAY! Have a great weekend!

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VSCO Cam - Photography App for Better Instagram Photos

If you're searching for a fun app to make your Instagram photos look awesome, check out VSCO Cam. This app not only offers beautiful filters that resemble film for editing your photos, it also allows you to have more creative control while shooting. You are able to manually focus, control your white balance, shutter speed, aperture, ISO and use exposure compensation. Pretty sweet, right? Oh, and it's free. VSCO Cam has hardly any text on the interface, so navigating the controls can be a little confusing. Here's a quick rundown to get you started using VSCO Cam.

This is your main menu screen; when you click the menu button on the bottom left (stacked lines) you will get this screen. If you'd like to open your camera to take a photo, click the bottom left icon on this menu page (the box with the circle). I want to access my library and add photos to VSCO Cam so I click on library. 

To add photos into your VSCO Cam library from your camera, click the + button in the middle of the top menu (see below). 

You can select more than one at a time. Click the check mark at the bottom when you're done selecting your photos. 

If you want to take an image, this is what you'll see. The top left button turns on your control menu bar at the top of the screen. The top right button will flip your camera to the one on your screen. I have the grid tool turned on, which can help with composition.

In the image above you'll see the bottom left sunshine button opens more controls; setting your white balance, manual focus, ISO and your shutter speed. 

These two images below show how I can select my white balance using a Kelvin scale; the smaller the number (or closer to the left) the cooler it will be; the larger the number (to the right) the warmer your image will be. I use this scale on my Nikon for white balance and love this feature in VSCO Cam. 

In the image below, you'll see some controls at the top of your viewfinder; the control menu button, setting a grid, low-light boost (white dot), white balance lock, and advanced-brightness control. The far right button switches your toolbar and background to be white or dark gray. 

To take an image, press the circle on the bottom. To access your images, click the image icon on the bottom right of your screen. This will take you back to your library. To edit an image, select the image and press the button on the left (see toolbar below - it looks like sliders). 

To add a filter to the image, click the paint brush and scroll through the filters. You can click the filter twice to select the strength that the filter will be applied, just like Instagram. Click the wrench icon to edit your image; brightness, contrast, straighten, crop, saturation, skin tone, and much more. 

The button to the right of the wrench is an Undo button. The far right button acts like Photoshop layers. If you made an edit earlier on that you want to undo, you simply click this to alter the edit you made or delete it completely without losing all of the changes you made to your image! The image below shows an example of what the layers look like. 

Once you've finished editing your image and you're back on your library screen, click the dotted circle button (see below - far right button) to save or share your image to social media. 

This is your exporting screen. 

VSCO Cam also allows you to create a profile and browse the work of other users, like Instagram. There are many photo-editing apps out there but VSCO Cam is easily one of my favorites! Some say it is a "more artistic and curated version of Instagram". Plus, being able to have more camera controls on an iPhone is pretty fun. 

Check it out and give it a try!