No digital photography buzz site would be complete with some mention of the iPhone now would it?  So, I did a little digging around the information superhighway  and discovered all kinds of sites touting their “best of” lists for photography apps on the iPhone.  I thought I’d list a few and if you have a favorite you don’t see listed we’d love to have you chime in!  (In no particular order)…

FatBooth allows you to make fat photo transformations!  Take a pic of yourself and see how you’d look with a few hundred extra pounds.  See also: AgingBooth and BaldBooth

With a variety of setting options the Hipstamatic iPhone app transforms those digital images into varying degrees of cool retro.

The 360 Panorama iPhone app allows you to create a real time 360 panoramic shot by moving your iphone in a complete circle.  You can then save as a flat image or as a virtual tour so your friends can experience what you’re experiencing!

Photogene offers a suite of editing tools such as filtering, cropping, etc. 

The Lab iPhone app allows you to display all the technical details of your image including exposure info, shutter speed, etc.  A handy tool for the budding photographer.

Instagram allows you to easily share your photos across the social networking landscape (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr) quickly and easily. It also features its own photo sharing social network site which is growing quickly.

Camera+ aims to turn your iPhone into a true camera with all kinds of features such as Stabilizer to help avoid the blur, a timing feature for self portraits, many design options, a lightbox studio, the ability to set exposure separately from focus, sharing and more.  A very popular app.

ShakeitPhoto turns your iPhone into an old school Polaroid even mimicking the sound of the snap shot and developing the picture faster as you shake your phone.  Very cool.

Sulia.com is an interesting site that aims to highlight the most influential Twitterers (or Tweeters?) in all kinds of categories including sports, politics, food and yes photography.  Top Tweeters are determined by how many lists they appear in rather than  those with the most followers which I agree is the best way to do it.  There all kinds of easy ways these days to gather followers.  The one gripe, as is the case with Twitter in general, is that many of the posts fall under the “noise” category and completely unrelated to photography.  The top three photography Tweeters are currently Scott Bourne, Chase Jarvis and Michael Zhang.  We’ve put together a top photography Tweets page here at The Digital Photography Buzz with the help of Sulia which provides a quick way to see what they’re discussing quickly.  It should be noted that we’ve only included those photographers that appear to keep most of the discussion centered on photography.

Ah, it’s that time of year when the spiked egg nog flows and the Christmas tree glows as you ponder what in heck to get that photographer friend of yours .. right?  Well, you’re in luck because it’s also this time of year that the top gifts list for all kinds of hobbyists hit the interwebs to steer you in the direction of the unique, targeted gift for that hard to buy for friend, family friend or fellow earthling.  Without further ado, I bring to you a top list of top gift lists for 2010 and beyond!

Top 20 Hottest Holiday Gift Ideas for Photographers for $50 or Less

Photo-opoly anyone?

Top Gifts Recommended By A Pro (IShootShows.com)

For precise photo editing

Some Great Gift Ideas From PCWorld

There really is a camera bag called the 8 million dollar home

Those lists should give you a great start!  One last great gift idea for that photographer is a gift certificate for a modern photo mounting at Bumblejax.com!

This has to be one of my new favorite sites.  Sensory overload is certainly at play when you peruse the wonderful world of Trend Hunter with everything from unique gadgets, to the best shockvertising to medical booze dispensers? (see below).  They call the site the most updated, largest collection of cutting edge ideas anywhere and I’d have to agree. Since this is a photography related site I’ll steer you in the direction of the photo galleries which are unlike anything you’ve ever seen and you could waste hours in this bizzarro world.

David Harma’s has a unique hobby of building old school cameras.  From old view cameras to rebuilt Polaroids.  There appears to be quite a bit of interest in Polaroid conversion and David is doing some cool things with that along with his wet plate photography.  Very cool site if you’re into old school photography equipment and methods!