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For photographers, sunglasses are essential. After all, our eyes are crucial to our work and protecting them from the sun isn't something to be taken lightly. But, a pair of sunglasses can also be a useful too to use when taking pictures with your phone. Here are some tips for getting the most out of your makeshift filters.

Unless you're a heavy Face Time user, the front camera on your iPhone probably doesn't get much use. This new app, however, links it to the main camera, instructing them both to grab a shot at the same time. The free iPhone app Dblcam is very simple: it fires off two photographs in quick succession, one from each direction. The images are then stitched together, and can be shared through the usual social networks of Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and more.

Fed up with his images being stolen on the internet, photojournalist John D McHugh enlisted the help of a programmer to make an easy to use watermarking app just for the iPhone. Rather than forcing you to go via a computer app, McHugh wanted an app that could be used by anyone, regardless of skill, and without the need to transfer the images onto a desktop or laptop. So he created Marksta.

We've all seen a phone skitter around a table when its vibration motor gets going, but one company has figured out how to harness that force. The Cycloramic app for the iPhone is specifically designed to rotate your iPhone 5, and capture a full 360° panorama.