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Banksy found a DIY shortcut, but us, we’d prefer something that won’t send us to the slammer. Something like Museumr. Point this site to any of your photos online and pick a museum. A few seconds later, you’ll get a convincing photo of your most excellent work up on the wall. Just where it belongs. Sometimes it’s safer to pretend. Photo by Mareen Fischinger p.s. According to Photojojo Uncut, instructions for making last week’s Spam can pinhole cam are now available. |
Always dreamt of having your work shown at the Met or the MoMA? Sure, you could shoot for years, work the gallery circuit, get to know the right people… but that could take a lifetime.|
There’s no better way to remind yourself than to make your own camera. Out of paper, a tin of mints, or a can of spam. You won’t get optical image stabilization or face-tracking focusing when you make a pinhole camera, but you will get dreamy, surreal, and ghostly photographs from a camera you made with your very own hands. And, we hope, fresh perspective on a favorite hobby. The Dirkon — Communist Czech Paper Pinhole Camera [thx Youngna!] DIY Altoids Tin Pinhole Camera p.s. Our favorite SD memory card, the fold-it-up-and-stick-it-right-in-your-USB-port Sandisk 2GB, is now at an absurdly low $37 on Amazon. Get it while it’s hot, it used to be $90! |
A couple weeks ago, all the camera makers gathered in Las Vegas to strut their latest. Amidst the bright lights, big screens, buttons, and megapixels, it was easy to forget that photography can be a very simple art form.|
Sure, you could wait for Xhibit to bound through your front door. But honestly, that could take awhile. He’s a busy man. But who needs Xhibit when you have Photoshop? In this tutorial, the so-called “Psychochild” comes through with the lowdown on pimping your ride Lightning McQueen-style… Turn Your Car into a Cars Car! p.s. Liked the impressionistic Orton Effect we covered in January? Check out this variation we just posted on Photojojo Uncut! |
Your rims are far from fab, you’re still rockin’ the cassette player, and your grille could use a bit of bling.|
This is one of those times. Last December, photographer George Lange put together a photo slideshow of his favorite work from 2006, and we’ve probably watched it ten times. Spend three minutes with George and we guarantee you’ll be reaching for your camera by the end of it. George notes: Each day I have this privilege of telling the stories of people who share their lives with me. Each day I take in all that I can. Each day I share the evidence. In the end, it is a very simple answer I give when someone asks me what I do. “I take portraits.” George Lange’s 2006 Photo Flipbook p.s. Have you set your photos to music to create an awesome slideshow/flipbook? Wanna write a how-to tutorial for us? Get in touch! p.p.s. See below for some amazing portraits you’ve submitted recently to the Photojojo Flickr Group. |
Every so often, we run across photos that make us fall in love with photography all over again.|
Bet you wish you knew where you’d buried that thing. Digging around the backyard isn’t the only way to get a blast from the past. Here’s a quick photo time capsule project inspired by an old camera our pal Adam found a couple years ago. STEP 1: Buy a cheap disposable camera. STEP 2: Take your disposable camera everywhere you go for a week, or on a vacation. Take pictures of all your friends. Fill it up with photos. STEP 3: Write your name, address, phone, email, today’s date, and the words “Photo Time Capsule! Develop me in a few years” on the camera. Sock it in a drawer. STEP 4: Let time pass. Move in and out of relationships, jobs, apartments. Find happiness and live life fully. STEP 5: Rediscover camera in some dusty box, bookshelf, or corner. Develop it. STEP 6: Admire the odd stains and scratches on the photos you get back. Marvel at what your sepia-toned life was once like. Sigh, smile. Adam notes: I like to think that disposable cameras are like wine. The longer you wait to develop them (or drink them) the better they are. We couldn’t agree more. Adam Varga’s Lost Kayaking Trip Photos |
Remember that awesome time capsule you and your brother/sister/best friend made when you were kids? A box full of tattered Archies, tapes of |
Lens hoods, those round plastic rings that sit at the end of your SLR’s lens, are great at preventing lens flare and unwanted reflections when shooting in sunlight. Unfortunately, buying or replacing one can be surprisingly expensive. So Paul created a whole series of printable, foldable, paper lens hoods you can download for free! Just look up your Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sigma, Tamron, or Tokina lens, print out the corresponding lens hood, fold it up, and slap it on. They even fold back up to make ‘em easier to carry around! Free, Foldable Lens Hoods
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Paul Mutton doesn’t want you to spend twenty bucks on buying a useful, but painfully simple, piece of black plastic.
Time to prove ‘em right. Send Iconize Me! a photo of yourself (or a friend, family member, or coworker), zap ‘em $50, and a graphic designer will get to work, creating a dazzling digital likeness. Each conversion is made by hand, and can take a week or two. The results are worth it. You’ll get a full-page JPEG, a PDF, Mac OS X icons, and Windows icons (request ‘em, they’re free). Perfect for your blog, MySpace, or Facebook, your IM or Flickr icon, heck, even the company newsletter. Iconize Me! — Custom Icons from Your Photos |
You’re always the center of attention, the star player. In fact, around the ole water-cooler people have been saying you’ve become something of an icon. | ||
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