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About
A social home for photography lovers. Share your best shots together with the camera settings behind them, develop your photos with film-inspired looks, join weekly photo challenges and get honest feedback from people who love photography as much as you do. Follow the photographers you admire, chat one-on-one or in groups, and keep improving with voice-guided video lessons from an AI photo tutor.
Features
• Photo feed – Switch between Following and Discover, with a weekly "Shot of the week" spotlight and live challenges at the top.
• Shot specs – Camera, lens, focal length, aperture, shutter speed and ISO are shown with every post, so everyone can learn the recipe behind a great photo.
• Darkroom editor – Film-inspired presets, exposure, contrast, saturation, warmth, fade, vignette and grain, crop ratios (1:1, 4:5, 3:2, 16:9) and press-and-hold to compare with the original.
• Weekly photo challenges – New themes every Monday, live leaderboards ranked by likes, and gold, silver and bronze for the top three shots.
• Critique – Open a shot for critique and receive ratings for composition, lighting and creativity, with written notes.
• Request-based following – Accept or decline follow requests, follow back in one tap, and share circle-only posts with approved followers.
• Like, comment, share and save – Share shots into chats and save favourites to your personal Moodboard.
• Personal and group chats – Send messages and photos, share shots, plan photo walks and see who is online.
• AI photo tutor video lessons – Voice-guided lessons on exposure, composition, golden hour, portraits, night, street, macro and editing, with live captions, real-world examples and a quick quiz.
• Explore – Search for photographers, discover people to follow and browse trending shots by genre.
• Profile with Shooting DNA – Your favourite genre, focal length, aperture and camera, worked out from your own shots.
• Notifications – Follow requests, likes, comments and critiques in one place.
• Safety built in – Report or block users and content, which disappears from your feed immediately, backed by clear community guidelines and zero tolerance for objectionable content.
• Light and dark appearance, guest browsing, and account deletion right from Settings.
How to use:
1. Create an account or browse as a guest, and agree to the Terms of Use.
2. Tap Create and pick a photo. Shot specs are filled in automatically when your photo includes them.
3. Develop it in the Darkroom with a film look and adjustments, then add a caption, genre and location.
4. Choose who can see it – everyone or only your circle – and post it, or enter it into a weekly challenge.
5. Find photographers in Explore and send follow requests; answer incoming requests from Notifications.
6. Like, comment, save and give critique on the shots you love.
7. Open Chats to message friends, create a group, or start a video lesson with the AI photo tutor.
Benefits
• Learn faster by seeing the exact settings behind every photo.
• Grow your skills with weekly challenges, honest critique and guided lessons.
• Give your photos a consistent, film-inspired style.
• Connect with a focused community of photographers instead of a noisy general feed.
• Stay in control of your audience with request-based following and circle-only posts.
• Enjoy a safe, respectful space with easy reporting, blocking and instant content removal.
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What's New in Lark Lens Workshop
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October 8, 2026







