SelfPortrait

Everyone takes self-portraits with the iPhone. Okay, a lot of people do. Two of the biggest problems with the iPhone for taking self-portraits are that:

1. There's no mirror or screen on the back of the device to see if you've aimed correctly.
2. The shutter release button is not a physical button but a virtual button on the touchscreen on the device so you have to do some guessing as to where to press.

SelfPortrait for the iPhone solves problem #2 somewhat and adds functionality to the iPhone that makes self-portraiture easier. It's a separate Photo application that allows you to set a time delay for a picture to be taken. It allows you to activate the timer, press the shutter release and position the camera appropriately without having to fidget with the shutter release and inadvertently pointing the camera in the wrong place.

SelfPortrait allows you to set the timer anywhere from 1 to 20 seconds, and has a sound feature that produces a clock-ticking sound for each second expired on the self-timer after activation. If you have the sound feature turned off or the iPhone is in silent/vibrate mode, the iPhone will vibrate for each second expired on the self-timer. Pretty smart!

One criticism of the app is that it takes about 6 to 8 seconds for the image to be saved to the Camera Roll Photo Album which is an extraordinary long time to wait for the image to save.

SelfPortrait is a great app for anyone who takes a lot of self-portraits and wants to get it right the first time. It's a simple app that doesn't try to do too much or a Swiss Army knife of imaging features.