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Double Exposures: A DIY Project That Brings Friends Together With Photos!

sarah — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:29 +0000

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We love hanging out with our friends, and we’ve had a great summer full of lunches in the park, guests from around the globe, and days off at the beach.

With summer winding down, we have a lot less beach days in our future, and no out-of-town guests scheduled to sleep on our couch.

…That’s a problem for us.

Naturally, we tried to fix the problem with photos.

Were we successful? Of course!

Our solution is a fun project that you can make with anyone you choose, whether they share a dorm room with you or live halfway across the world.

How To Collaborate With Friends Using Double Exposures

p.s. We heard Facebook is a good place to make friends (and stare at each other’s faces). Sooo…“Like” us!
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The Mini Model Camera, Complete Your Collection with This Tiny Photo Gem!

lisbeth — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:54 +0000

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Guess what! Size does matter.

We had it all wrong with “bigger is better,” though.

We took a tip from our favorite camera-centric country Japan, where you’ll find the smallest yet greatest lil’ cameras. Our new mantra? “Go small or not at all!”

Presenting, direct from Japan, The Mini Model Camera, a camera perfectly sized for plastic dinos, Lilliputians, and photo super-geeks!

This tiny gem is a superbly detailed 1/6 scale model of your own life-sized DSLR, complete with three lenses that are interchangeable! (Their lens hoods are removable, too!)

At last, your collection is complete. It’s that hard-to-find camera model that you and your friends don’t have!

Mini Model Camera Set Tweet It!
$28 each at the Photojojo Shop!

Use Photo Magic to Trick Your Eyes And Play Pranks With Friends

sarah — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:31:35 +0000

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Last week when Jen of team Photojojo went to New York for a few days, we wanted her to know how much she was missed.

We thought long and hard about how we could prank her upon her return…

…Fake parking tickets on her car?
…Stapler in a Jell-O mold?
…Cover everything in post-its?

It was a hard decision, but in the end we knew the best way to prank her would be by using what we all love best: Photography!

What did we do? Read on to find out and try it yourself!

How to use photography to prank your friends and coworkers!

p.s. Hey, Hot Shot!, is choosing one grand prize winner to win $10,000, a solo exhibition, and representation at Jen Bekman Gallery. Deadline is 8/31, so get your hot shots in!
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Instant Photos are Back! Presenting the Fuji Instax 210 Wide Format Instant Camera

lisbeth — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:00:13 +0000

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Movie rentals that suddenly appear in your mailbox and cheese pizzas that show up at your door with the click of a mouse…could there be anything more magical?

Yup! It’s Fuji’s Instax 210 Wide Format Instant Camera, bringing instant photography back one big, beautiful print at a time.

This insta-sharp-shooter promises all the best of its instant photo predecessors, and then some:

You get the magic moment of watching a photo develop right before your eyes and the added bonus of gorgeous, colorful wide prints! (Not to mention easy-to-find film!)

In 5 minutes, you’ll have prints ready to color your wall, decorate your desk, and pretty much make life happier in general.

The Fuji Instax 210 Wide Format Instant Camera Tweet It!
$80 each at the Photojojo Shop!

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Photograph Your Friends From Five States Away!

lisbeth — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:00:45 +0000

Relationships, fragile packages, our feet. Long distance is hard on all of ‘em.

Life would be grander if we could just teleport. Well now we can, in a way!

Boltron (aka Nate Bolt), in collaboration with Paul Octavius, Steph Goralnick, and Laura Miner, created The Shutter Exchange.

It’s a simple yet ingenious method of photographing your friends from states away (and even further!). It gives you control of their camera via the internet!

Quickie tutorial:
1) Connect DSLR to computer via USB cable
2) Use Remote DSLR Pro software to view what your camera sees on your computer screen
3) Give control of your screen to your friends by using Skype or Adobe Connect’s screen-sharing features
4) With the combination of Remote DSLR Pro and screen-sharing, your friends can adjust your camera’s settings and release your camera’s shutter from afar!

Yes. Much easier than breaking our body into a million pieces and putting them back together again.

The Shutter Exchange, Photograph Friends from States Away
[Boltron's Shutter Exchange in Detail]

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Photo Credit: Collaboration of Boltron, Steph Goralnick, and Laura Brunow Miner

Four Fun and Easy Ways to Make Your Photos Look Vintage

sarah — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:00:20 +0000

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Recently we asked friends of our Tumblr page what they’d most like to see covered in our next tutorial.

The votes are in. The absentee ballots have been counted. The results are clear:

You want to learn how to make your photos look vintage!

So, we got together to brainstorm and do research. We learned new things, we experimented, and now we’re sharing what we found!

Four Easy Ways to Make Your Photos Look Vintage

p.s. Did you know we’re on Twitter? We are! You can follow us with just one click.
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Attachable Lenses for Your Camera-Phone, Fisheye & Macro/Wide Angle Phone Lenses

lisbeth — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:00:09 +0000

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Camera-phones. They’re a wonder unto themselves.

We never fail to whip ours out for in-the-moment shots, and our Facebook mobile album is three times bigger than any other.

So, when we found these nifty fisheye and combination wide-angle/macro camera phone lenses, we were psyched to see our phone photos umphed to the tenth degree!

These two high-clarity glass lenses are like pro lenses for our camera-phone, delivering crisp and clear snaps every time.

They’re compatible with any kind of camera-phone. Plus, they give us all the extreme-angle fun we’ve been dying to have but couldn’t afford in full-size.

Concerts, family reunions, skateboarding adventures, strolls through botanical gardens, Beastie Boy photo-shoots. Yup, we’re set!

Fisheye, Macro and Wide Angle Phone Lenses Tweet It!
$20-$40 at the Photojojo Shop!

How to Make a Tilt-Shift Lens for $10 (Plus Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tilt-Shift!)

lisbeth — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:00:47 +0000

And now for a non-dictionary of photo terms:

Tilt-shift: not the crazy-legged move we bust on the dance floor.

Selective focus: not the clever strategy used against parents.

Maybe we’re better off referencing our pal Bhautik’s incredible guide to tilt-shift and DIY lenses! It’ll teach you all sorts about tilt-shift, like -

What the heck is a tilt-shift lens anyway? (A lens that can tilt and shift its planes to focus selectively and make the subjects in your photos look miniature, too!)

Isn’t tilt-shift only for 19th Century men with pointy mustaches, cloaks, and large, fancy cameras? (No! Anyone with an SLR can do it!)

Can’t I just fuzzy out parts of my photos using Photoshop? (Yes, but the real thing is so much more fun. PLUS, you can make videos, like this miniaturized San Francisco vid!)

Where do I get one? (Make your own, it’s easy! 3 tutorials teach you how to make your own plunger- and bendy-cams for about $10!)

Now, select your focus and tilt n’ shift til the cows (photos) come home!

Selective Focus: An Illustrated Guide to DIY Tilt-Shift
[Bhautik's Selective Focus Gallery]

p.s. Bhautik is a Research Engineer at Industrial Light & Magic (Lucasfilm!!) and the guy who wrote those amazingly popular plunger-cam tutorials!

p.p.s. The Selective-Focus guide is also available in print via Magcloud.

Photo credits: Bhautik Joshi

Our New Color Lens and Flash Filters, a ROYGBIV for Your Pocket

lisbeth — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:00:35 +0000

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Dear friend,

Your infatuation with color is bordering on obsession.

Your light-paintings are filled with EVERY color of the rainbow, and your double-exposures are insane collages of color.

We know your secret. We’ve seen the crinkly mess of color-gels at the bottom of your bag!

Today is the day when everything changes.

The Color Lens and Flash Filters are here, and they’re going to make everything better.

Eight vibrant, pocket-sized color filters hang neatly on a handy ring, ready for you to use over your lens or flash.

No more crazy double-rainbows. Just one, clean ROYGBIV for your pocket.

Love,
Us

Color Lens and Flash Filters Tweet It!
$15 each at the Photojojo Shop!

How To Make Instagrams, Hand-made Exposures on Instant Film!

sarah — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:30:43 +0000

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Did you know that history’s first photographic images were made without a camera?

It’s true!

Way back in the 1830s, William Fox Talbot discovered he could place objects on photo-sensitive paper to make images called “photograms.”

We’re going to show you how to make them with instant film, so we call ‘em “instagrams!” (We also call them “awesome!”)

How To Use Your Instant Camera to Make Instagrams!

p.s. On Friday we sold out of our new Camera Lens Mugs faster than you could say espresso. But more are on the way, so order now for a mid-August delivery!

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