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Fisheyes out of Christmas Ornaments?

Daniel — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:33:15 +0000

This couldn’t have come at a better time; if you’re looking for another cheap and easy way to shoots you some awesome Fisheye, why not look to your Christmas tree?

DIYPhotography.net came across a really awesome way to get a similar effect to regular Fisheye – using a Christmas ornament bulb!

One shiny bulb, three simple steps, bing bada boom – you’ve got a great 360 degree (-ish) fisheye look… head on over to check this one out, folks. Then try it out, and let us know how it goes!

Festive Photo Yuletide (in a Card!)

Daniel — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:38:00 +0000

You gotta love a guy who makes his own holiday cards year after year. Thomas Hoehn, over at Kodak’s A Thousand Words blog, does exactly that – and it never ceases to inspire us just how awesome his cards get. (Last year he made stained glass look-a-likes as cards!)

This year’s card is all about pull-tabs and other interactive fun, with some of Thomas’s awesome photos from the past year to boot. Pulling a tab on the finished card reveals a great hidden message – well, instead of us telling you about it, head on over and watch the video to see for yourself!

It’s like a whole bucket of festive yuletide, delivered right to your mailbox. Woo hoo! (Thomas, if you want our address to mail one of these…)

Pic a day, the easy way

Nicole — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:52:00 +0000

Self-portraits are a science of dedication. Whether you do it every day for a year, three years, six years, or once a year for 30 years — your committment will be tested.

Flick A Day is here to help keep you on task. The Boston-based service allows users to choose from taking photos with a web cam, or uploading images from their computer. You will get an email reminder by noon if you’ve not taken your daily picture AND they compile all your photos into a nifty widget you can use on other sites.

DIY GPS adaptor for Nikon DSLRs

Nicole — Sun, 06 May 2007 02:08:53 +0000

A hearty salute to those brave enough to solder!

Flickr group member Chris isn’t afraid of a circut board and he’s created a great DIY GPS adaptor for his Nikon.

Now he can can easily added location information to this EXIF data and place his images in the Flickr Map. Would come in pretty handy during today’s 24 Hours of Flickr!

You could also add those photos to the Photojojo group map. Check it out, you’ll find some amazing photos to explore.

According to Chris, the adaptor seems to work for any Nikon that would work with the MC-35 adaptor. Now anyone have something for a Canon?

Extreme Holiday Photo Cards

Christy — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:51:17 +0000

Thomas Hoehn over at Kodak’s A Thousand Words has a post featuring his “Extreme Holiday Photo Card Ideas.” For the past five years, Thomas has created unique cards to share his family photos and holiday cheer with others. Check out his stained glass look-a-like or the photo paper airplane!

5 Extreme Holiday Photo Card Ideas

Wherever you go, there you are

Nicole — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:08:02 +0000

TTWT Experimental Travel Exhibition is yet another great idea for getting out there and shooting in your city or town. 10 easy steps and you’ve moved from your front door into the wilds of your neighborhoood. I particularly like that you can pick ANY place to start, so you could do it more than once if you felt a dry spell coming on.

Thanks to quarsan for sending it in to us! And if you try it, share your pics in Photojojo’s Flickr pool.

Upcoming Photojojo DIY Video with Mareen Fischinger

Amit — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:42:42 +0000

You may remember Duesseldorf-based photographer extraordinaire Mareen Fischinger from her popular Photojojo tutorial on how to make a panography. Well, she’s in NYC for a few months, and last weekend she and photo whiz Sahadeva shot a couple new DIY videos on our rooftop.

Stay tuned for their awesome collaboration, coming up soon!

diy magnets

Karina Berenson — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:34:11 +0000

I wrote about these say-it magnets, but still haven’t found a place to buy them. Here’s a link to a simple tutuorial I did to go the DIY route and make ‘em yourself.

DIY Telephoto Lens

Amit — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:04:35 +0000

Italian photographer Fabrizio came up with a cool way to give his digital cam a super telephoto lens: attach a long distance scope using a simple mounting bracket that screws into his tripod socket. In fact, he’s got a whole site dedicated to ways he’s hacked his Casio EX-Z120. Lots of interesting and adaptable stuff.

[via Make]

DIY Lightsphere Flash Diffuser

Amit — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:19:02 +0000

“The Gary Fong Lightsphere is a flash diffuser that is gaining popularity with wedding and portrait photograhers world wide. His product is selling at a pace that the manufacturer can’t keep up with. This Flickr photoset demonstrates the use of a to-go container to make your own.” [via MAKE]

$9 and an hour of work. Not bad!