There are loads of free (or very cheap) apps you can use to easily enhance the mood and creativity of your images - using just the smartphone camera in your pocket! Twinkling lights, sparkling decorations and dramatic lens flares are all able to be added into your photo during or after you take your shot. Well, they might have, but the chances are they have just enhanced their photos with some clever filters and effects and we are about to show you how you can do the same.
You might have found yourself wondering if everyone had spent the holidays mastering some clever photography techniques with fancy new equipment they got for Christmas. With the holidays and new years eve celebrations just behind us you may have noticed some extra glitz being layered onto your friends posts.
Has your Instagram feed been looking seriously sparkly lately?