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The most commonly used camera for photography is in your hand right now. iPhone is known to have amazing camera lenses and even more amazing photo-processing algorithms. This is the reason that iPhones are popular with photographers and artists going around the city to capture their best shots. They are light and easier to handle and offer great details when used right. But smartphone cameras alone won’t get you far. Today we will be listing 5 top accessories that you should carry with you to enhance your photography experience. 5. Accessories Bag The first accessory may seem obvious for some, but you will be surprised how helpful this tip can be for others. Carry a small accessories bag to store all the other things you might need on your photo walk.  Accessory bad ensures that you always have everything you need. It is important to get a good accessory bag that is comfortable on long photo walks. You don’t want to be distracted by a bag that isn’t designed for comfort. 4. Remote Shutter Release The remote shutter release is a small standalone device that connects to your mobile phone and allows you to click pictures without being physically near your phone.  Without a remote shutter release device, you need to set timers and then run against the clock to get into position. The best part is that you don’t even have to buy a remote shutter release. iPhone buds have a remote shutter release feature built-in. So does the Apple watch. In fact, most smart bands or smartwatches allow you to use it as a remote shutter release. 3. Extra Light source Even though iPhone’s built-in flashlight works in most cases. It is always nice to have more control over your lighting conditions.  You can buy external lighting devices that are small and portable yet powerful and offer a better quality of light. This is especially important for people that like to shoot in low light conditions. 2. External Lens One of the best ways to enhance your iPhone’s camera abilities is by using an external lens add-on. There are so many different options by so many companies.  Olloclip is known for its camera lens add-ons that are very easy to install and have good picture quality. External Lens come in all shapes and sizes, from wide angles to a macro lenses. You can get almost any type of lens as an add-on. 1. Tripod The most important accessory of them all. Tripods are a staple for any serious photographer. They allow you to place the camera in perfect positions and help keep them stable. Stability is essential for long exposure shots or pictures where you also want to be in the picture.  Not all tripods are made equal. Some are huge industrial-grade tripods. Those are not that portable for someone using a smartphone camera.
Gorilla-style tripods are great if you want something portable and versatile. Due to their flexibility, you can even tie them around objects like trees and poles. You can edit all those fantastic pictures you take in the Urban Jungle Photo Editor, now available on the App Store. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on upcoming exciting new features. You can also get your pictures featured on our page if you use the #UrbanJungleApp.
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We can't have an Urban Jungle without Jungles. So today, we will be looking at some of the best Jungles in the world to photograph. Jungles are forestation native to tropical climates. They are usually known for being an area of dense vegetation and forestation. Not all jungles around the world are built the same depending on the geographical location of the jungle, the type of vegetation, and the animals that inhabit that jungle very vastly. Jungles also offer a unique perspective into a very different biosphere that we are used to. So let us take a look at some of the best jungles in the world to photograph. 5. Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica At the heart of the central Americas is the paradise nation of Costa Rica. Costa Rica is known for its dense vegetation and rugged jungles. The combination of Caribbean beaches and diverse rainforests makes Costa Rica an excellent destination for photographers.  Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica by Leslie Cross via Unsplash The Monteverde Cloud Forest is a very popular tourist site for adventurous hiking trails and photography tours. The forest consists of 6 ecological zones and has a very biodiverse landscape with more than 2,500 species of plants, 100 species of mammals, 400 species of birds, and 120 reptilian species. Tourists and scientists are both drawn to this place. Fun fact, Cloud Forest is t home to all six species of the cat family jaguars, pumas, oncillas, ocelots, margays, and jaguarundis. 4. Lacandon Jungle, Mexico The Lancando Jungle starts in Chiapas in the south of Mexico and goes all the way down to Guatemala. The Lacandon is known for its dense vegetation, tropical climate, beautiful coastlines.  Lacandon Jungle by Carlos Rojas via Wikimedia foundation The Lacandon is also home to some of the most iconic archeological Mayan sites. So, you won't be just looking and taking photographs of some trees and jaguars. You can also expect to see old Mayan ruins and pyramids. 3. Papua New Guinea Well, technically, Papua New Guinea isn't a jungle itself; it is a country. But over 70% of the country is covered in tropical rainforest and jungle. Papua New Guinea is a country of immense cultural and biological diversity. You can find a lot of traditional tribal villages to get the whole Papua New Guinea experience.  Wewalk, Papua New Guinea by Osborne Wangillen via Unsplash Famous hiking spots to visit are the Kokoda Trail. There are even active volcanos on the island if you are looking for something thrilling. 2. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest derived its name from the thick forest of tall bamboo and dense fern-based foliage covering the ground. Bwindi means 'impenetrable' in the Runyakitara language.  Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda by Random Institute via Unsplash And the forest remains true to its name. It is notorious for being hard to travel through the forest on foot. The forest is also home to over half of the earth's engendered mountain gorillas. 1. The Brazilian Amazon, Brazil We can't talk about Jungles and rainforests without a shoutout to the largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon. The Amazon rainforest covers about 6% of the earth's surface and is alone responsible for 20% of the oxygen on earth.  Carcol Falls, Amazon Rainforest Brazil by Tiago Fioreze via Unsplash The Amazon rainforest is so large that it covers 9 countries. Full of waterfalls, dense vegetation, massive rivers, and thousands upon thousands of species of animals and plants. The Amazon rainforest is so huge that native tribes live in the rainforest without any contact with the modern world. Whether you are looking to hike through the dense jungle or take a trip down the Amazon River, the Brazilian Amazon has everything. Edit all those fantastic pictures and combine them with cityscapes in the Urban Jungle Photo Editor, now available on the App Store. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on upcoming exciting new features. You can also get your pictures featured on our page if you use the #UrbanJungleApp. Your Urban Jungle experience starts with taking the best clicks. Today we will be looking at the best cities in the US to take cityscapes. So here are the top cities in the US that offer the best canvas for your Urban Photography needs. These are in no particular order. 5. Chicago, Illinois Downton Chicago offers a great variety of landmarks and destinations to take amazing urban landscapes. From the lights on Michigan Avenue in the winters to the mesmerizing pictures next to the cloud gate. The Chicago downtown has everything an urban dwelling photographer needs.  Cloud Gate in Chicago by Sawyer Bengtson via Unsplash In the summers, you can roam on the Chicago Riverwalk and see many people kayaking in the river. Chicago offers a great variety in its urban space. From small, cute cafés to huge skyscrapers. Chicago has a little bit of everything for every kind of photography enthusiast. 4. Seattle, Washington Seattle is known for its diverse culture and a young, energetic demographic. Located on the US west coast, Seattle is a pretty cold city. It is surrounded by water, mountains, and forests that can be seen in the background skyline pictures of the city.  Seattle Skyline with mountains in the background by Thom Milkovich via Unsplash The city is also home to large technology-based industries. So, you will also see futuristic urban spaces and young college-age people out and about roaming. The Space Needle downtown is the most recognized landmark in the city and a must-visit for any photography enthusiast. 3. Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, the home of movie stars and cinema. But Hollywood isn’t the only thing Los Angeles is known for. It also has a stunning urban environment. Hollywood boulevard is an excellent place to soak in the Los Angeles aura.  Figure 3 Griffith Observatory with Los Angeles in the Background by Cameron Venti via Unsplash Overall, the environment in Los Angeles is hot, with palm trees and shorts being a common sight. The skyline offers modern skyscrapers with dry mountains in the background. 2. Miami, Florida Miami gives photographers a teaser of the tropical islands and chilled beaches. The sights are beautiful with palm trees and golden sand beaches. Miami lights up even better at night with splashes of color everywhere.  South Beach Miami by Antonio Cuellar via Unsplash Miami’s south beach offers amazing cityscape captures as tall buildings meet the warm ocean. 1. New York City, New York We can’t talk about cityscapes without mentioning New York City. NYC is most probably the most famous city in the world for its lively urban beauty. Photographers have taken pictures of every inch of the place, yet there is always something new to capture in New York City.  Manhattanhenge by Luca Bravo via Unsplash New York City is famous in the photography community for its’ Manhattanhenge that happens twice a year. This is when the setting or rise sun perfectly aligns with Manhattan's east and west streets, New York. You can edit your raw pictures with the Urban Jungle Photo Editor to add your personal touch to the image. The Urban Jungle Photo Editor is available for free on the App Store. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on upcoming exciting new features. You can also get your pictures featured on our page if you use the #UrbanJungleApp. Urban Jungle Photo Editor offers a premium photo editing experience. One of the most convenient features of the Urban Jungle Photo Editor is its library of cityscapes. You can use these templates as a canvas for your artwork. You can bring up the template menu from the home screen by clicking on any of the thumbnails under the templates.  This is the template selection menu. You can scroll down and look for a landscape or cityscape that best matches what you have in mind for your next art piece.  There is a good mix of streets, beaches, city skylines, and everything in between.  These templates can offer great playgrounds for you to try out different features of the Urban Jungle Photo editor.  Selecting a template is just the beginning of your Urban Jungle journey. Unleash your creativity with the Urban Jungle Photo editor.
Share with us what you make on the Urban Jungle Photo Editor by posting your art pieces with #Urbanjungle. And get a chance to be featured on our social media handles. Meanwhile, you can follow us on Facebook and Instagram. We are an amazing art piece, facts about photography and much more! The Urban Jungle Photo Editing Application allows you to truly explore your creativity and unleash your potential. Today’s blog post will be about helping you get those creative juices flowing. We will be doing a simple color splash with a black and white background. To start we select a simple street template.  Let us begin by importing an elephant from the object menu. You can open the object menu by clicking on the grid at the bottom right.  After we have imported the elephant, let us change the saturation on the elephant to give it a reddish look.  I will also be using the hue slider to add some final touches to the elephant.  Now for the final addition, we add a black and white filter to the background.  I personally love doing these color splashes with a black and white background. Share with us what you guys are making on the Urban Jungle Photo Editor by posting your art pieces with #Urbanjungle.
We share the best art pieces created by our community on Facebook and Instagram, follow us there as well. Filters are an important part of the Urban Jungle Photo Editor experience. There are dozens of different filters to choose from in the Urban Jungle application. Adding filters to your images can cut down editing time and be a convenient way to add finishing touches to your art piece. In this blog post, we will be showcasing our Neon-style family of filters. To open the filter selection menu, click on the Filters tab at the bottom right.  The first style of filter in the Neon Family is called Cyborg. This filter is a little intense with the high contrast pinks and sky blue. It is a really great to give a retro cyberpunk vibe.  The second style is called Dystopian. And as the name suggests, a dystopian filter gives a dark and gloomy effect to the picture. The oranges are more prominent in Dystopian.  The last style is called Neon. It is a kind of mix between Cyborg and Dystopian, blending the shocking pink with oranges of the dystopian. It does give a look of something being illuminated by neon lights.  Urban Jungle Photo Editor has plenty of other features to explore. This was just a small glimpse into the world of filters in the Urban Jungle Photo Editor Application.
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to be the first ones to hear about exciting new features coming to the Urban Jungle Photo Editor. Are you shopping around for a new Photo Editor? Are you looking for a powerful yet easy-to-use application to make those iPhone pictures into something creative? Well, the Urban Jungle Photo Editor is your gateway into the world of Photo Manipulation and Photo Art. Let us briefly go through the things that make the Urban Jungle Photo Editor great.When you power up the Urban Jungle application, you will be greeted with the home screen. You can either start a new project or continue an old one you were working on from here.  Urban Jungle Photo editor offers dozens of landscape templates to begin your photo art journey. Just click on any one of the templates and scroll through all the templates Urban Jungle offers.  After selecting the template, you will be taken to the editing screen. Here you can crop the image or start importing objects from our extensive library of objects.  By clicking on the grid icon on the bottom right, you can expand the object menu. Explore through different objects like Animals, Plants, and even celestial objects to place on your photo.  Urban Jungle Photo Editor also has a very intuitive layer management menu. You can use this to adjust the objects as layers and place things in front or behind each other. It also allows you to try different blend options. The blend is how an object interacts with its background.  Urban Jungle Photo Editor also comes with dozens of different types of premade filters that you can use on your pictures. But if you want to be creative yourself, in that case you can always use the powerful editing tools in the Urban Jungle Photo Editor and make your own filter.  Finally, you can directly save it or import the project to your gallery when you are done with your art piece.  In this week’s blog, we will be looking at the Surreal family of filters in the Urban Jungle Photo Editor. We can start by opening the filter tab at the bottom right.  The first filter in the surreal section is called the negative. As the name says, it gives a negative photo reel feel to our image.  The second filter is called Nebula. It is a blend of pinkish and aqua hue.  Next comes the tomorrow filter. It has a more neon purple and green tint to it.  The future filter has a very rustic neon blue and brown tint to it.  The next filter is called shift, this filter has a green.  The wrap is a perfect contrasting blend of yellow and a very deep blue.  The inverse filter reverses the colors in the image. This gives a dark and bleak effect.  In this week’s blog, we thought it would be fun to do another brief editing guide on the Urban Jungle Photo Editor. Let us start by opening the object menu by selecting the grid icon on the bottom right.  Then we can select this fish and import it to our cityscape by clicking on it.  Use the reflection slider to remove the reflection under the fish.  Repeat the process again to add another fish. But this time we can flip it to create a mirror opposite.  Now we can adjust the hue for both these fishes. I am aiming for a teal look; you can find it at the 50 mark on the slider. To really highlight our fishes, let us add a dark black and white filter to the background cityscape.  To add the final touch, we are again going to go into the object menu and find the sky category. And choose a sky full of stars. We can then import that object onto our project and expand it to the whole image. We can make it less transparent by using the transparency slider until the stars just give a subtle look to the image.  Urban Jungle Photo Editor is designed from the ground up to be a convenient photo editing experience. One of the exciting features of the Urban Jungle Photo Editor is its selection of curated filters. These filters offer an easy way to set the tone with your artwork. With the Film styled filters, we aimed to bring motion pictures to your devices. Now you can easily give those classical Hollywood look to your pictures as well. We can open the filter menu by selecting the filter tab at the bottom. Select the Film category to open up different filters that you can play around with.  The first filter is called the Fast Film. It has a really punchy dark blue floor palette to it. Really great to give a feel of a cold winter morning.  The second filter Teal orange goes in a different direction. It has a really orange feel to it. It gives a perfect look for a warm summer sunset. It has an overall warm temperature to it.  Faded steel gives a very steely look to the image. This filter does have blue undertones to it but unlike the Fast Flim, this one is brighter and jollier to look at.  The next filter Blade is very similar to the faded steel filter but emphasizes more on the blues and takes out all the reds.  The Spectre stands out from all the other Film filter categories because it adds a greenish tint to the whole thing. The result is an aqua-green color cityscape.  The Panavision is inspired by the motion picture company Panavision that makes the cameras that bring Hollywood to life. This filter gives of a yellow and orange tint, with really dark undertones. As compared to faded steel, this look is much darker.  This concludes our showcase for the Film category of filters.
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