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There’s Tons of Ways to Win Nikon DSLRs All This Week

On the scale of awesomeness, winning DLSR ranks up there at about ten thousand Awesome Points.

As luck would have it, we have three Nikon D3000s and we want you to have one. Just ‘cuz! We don’t need a reason!

But you’ll need to move fast — this giveaway is lightning-fast, and we’re picking winners at end-of-day on Monday, November 23rd. (Coincidentally, the birthday of Miley Cyrus. Just FYI, in case you had plans.)

Fortunately it’s quick, easy, and free to enter — and you can submit as many entries as you want!

Consult our handy checklist below to start racking up entries and you’ll soon be on the road to Winsville, population: you.

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Four Five Six and a Half Fabulous Ways to Win a Nikon D3000

  1. You’re subscribed to our email newsletter, right? You definitely should be — not only will you get fab photo tips, tricks, and tutorials twice a week, but every subscriber gets one automatic entry.
  2. You can also enter simply by following us on Twitter: All of our gorgeous, sophisticated Twitter followers will automatically receive an extra entry in the giveaway.
  3. Pay a friendly visit to our friends at CrunchGear for one more entry — let ‘em know how you’ll use a Photojojo tutorial or fun toy over Thanksgiving and you’ll get an additional entry.
  4. Our friends at Make and also over at Craft have joined in the giveaway! Visit their sites to find more ways to enter.
  5. Next, pick up another bonus entry by tweeting about us! Just Tweet about your favorite recent Photojojo tutorial or product, and be sure to include @Photojojo. Tweet as many times as you like — each one counts as an entry!
  6. Do you know any magical charms or incantations? We’re not saying it’ll help, but it couldn’t hurt to request that your friendly neighborhood luckdragon intervene on your behalf. You do have a luckdragon, don’t you? They’re lucky, you know.
  7. And finally, post a photo in the Photojojo Flickr group for yet one more entry.

Whew! That’s a lot of entering. Maybe you should go lie down for a bit. And then wake up and enter some more!

ps: This should go without saying, obvs, but please don’t spam! If your entries are spammy — as in, this is the only thing you’ve ever Tweeted about — we don’t count them. That’s no fun!

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Super-cute Photo Booth idea

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We love this simple and elegant idea for hanging a photo frame outdoors to frame your DIY photo booth ideas!

For more photo booth ideas, inspiration, and DIY tips, check out this post on photo booths from our archives.

[via Ruffled]

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Happy Halloween From Photojojo

We got our hands on something special (and a tad devious) …

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A camera shaped multi-directional squirt gun? Oh yes. We’re putting one in every shop order from now until Halloween.

Cute and tiny cameras are abundant these days, so you should have no problem innocently passing the squirt cam as a real deal.

Ask your most gullible (and forgiving) pal to “pose” for your “really cool new camera.” After pressing the trigger, you’ll have one soggy subject. Muahahaha hah! ha … ha!

Now that’s the Halloween spirit.

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Interview about Photojojo on Adorama TechTock


Check out this fun recent interview with Amit about the new Photojojo Book on Adorama’s TechTock podcast.

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The Photojojo Book on the CBS Early Show!

Watch Amit and Kelly demo some awesome projects from the new Photojojo Book on the CBS Early Show this morning!

Yay we’re famous! :D

You can also watch it on cbsnews.com

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We’re giving away 10 Kodak cameras this week!

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We’ve been psyched by the amazing response to The Photojojo Book last week, and we can’t wait for you to get a copy.

So we’ve teamed up with our pals at Kodak to give you a bit more incentive… we’ll be giving away 10 cameras all this week — we’ve got 10 Kodak M381s with your name on ‘em.

HOW TO WIN
We’ll have a different contest running every day, so you’ll want to follow @photojojo on Twitter and Fan us on Facebook to make sure you find out about each one.


MONDAY:

Post a photo of yourself with the Photojojo Book to our Wall on Facebook, or the Photojojo Book Flickr group, or to Twitpic (include the words “@photojojo” in your tweet, so we see it!) Our two favorite photos (most creative/most fun) win cameras! Easy!

The winners! -> redstoneranch and armistead booker


TUESDAY:

What would you do with your new camera? Tell us by twittering (include “@Photojojo book” in your tweet so we see it) or posting it to our Wall on Facebook. We’ll pick two camera winners: one at random, and one for most creative answer.

The winners! -> Alex Stoian (better get crackin’, bub) and thefriendinator.
Honorable mentions: Whitney Rearick, Grant Shellen, Jes Beach, ptc555, and johnkochmanski.


WEDNESDAY:

LIGHTENING ROUND!

At some point today we’ll tweet out a message (be sure you’re following photojojo on twitter) and there will be two ways to win today’s camera:

  1. Retweet our message ~or~
  2. Be a *new* follower of Photojojo

We’ll pick a winner within 30 minutes, so you’ll need to be quick!


THURSDAY:

Today’s challenge: Tell us what camera feature or photo-related product you WISH existed. Most creative answer wins. You must use Twitter (include “http://bit.ly/pjjbook” in your tweet to make sure we see it!) or Our wall on Facebook to answer. (Thanks to shutterbugchick for the idea!)

Some of our faves from twitter:

Susan Vinskofski (via Facebook): I want a camera in my eyes so that I can just blink to take exactly what I see.

@intiwierenga: RT@photojojo: I TOTALLY wish there was something that could convey smells in photos, i’m addicted to food photog! http://bit.ly/pjjbook

Jeff Manes (via Facebook): It would be great if the camera could identify everyone in the photo. Sometimes I forget…

@stishw: @photojojo What about a DSLR combined with SLR so that you dont have to carry 2 cameras at once?!?! http://bit.ly/pjjbook

@vekaetges: @photojojo I dream with a camera that shows what people were talking at the moment, just like a comic book image. http://bit.ly/pjjbook

And the winner…

@cafegurl: @photojojo I wish a hovering camera existed so i could follow you around and record & snap pics at different views http://bit.ly/pjjbook


FRIDAY: Tell us what you love most about Photojojo!

Well, you ask for compliments, you’re gonna get compliments. THANK YOU SO MUCH everyone. We’re overwhelmed by all the amazing things everyone’s aid.

The random winners: @thatsjuststeve on twitter, and Katie Shea on Facebook!

Thanks everyone for playing!

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Man Shaves Head, Walks across China, Photographs crazy Beard and Hair

(via Kottke)

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The Most Popular Camera is now… a phone?!

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According to to the photo-sharing site’s public data, the iPhone just surpassed all other cameras to be the most used camera on Flickr.

There is a minor caveat, of course: every iPhone (whether 2G, 3G, or 3G S) identifies itself simply as an “iPhone”, no model number. Unlike other camera models, which carry their own unique model string in photo EXIF data.

Still, it’s a pretty telling statistic.

Now that many of our phones have cameras that take photos that really are good enough for most situations, and our capacity to take photos (without worry for film cost or memory space) is nearly limitless, expect our usage of photography to continue to shift in this direction — from dedicated cameras to always-present devices. From special occasions, to everyday documentation.

Hat tip: Shanan Delp

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Photojojo Giveaway on Kaboodle!

klogo.gifBeen hankering for some sweet swag from the Photojojo Store?

Check out this nifty giveaway on Kaboodle.com and you could win one of five $100 give certificates! Woo hoo!

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Our Second San Francisco Photo Safari — Treasure Island with Todd Lappin!

We got over 120 people on our Photojojo Photo Safari of Treasure Island, an apocalyptic ghost town right off the edge of San Francisco!

Thanks to Todd Lappin of Telstar Logistics for hosting, and to everyone for coming.

Subscribe to our events list to find out about more Photojojo events in the future!

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First Photojojo Photo Safari an Amazing Success!

To the over 100 of you that came out for our first Photojojo Photo Safari in NYC, we salute you! Amazing photos were taken, lots was learned, fun was had, and we even discovered two real-life street artists in-action.

Our next Photojojo Safari is coming up in one week in San Francisco, and we’re in NYC again in two weeks. Sign up for email updates for our events to get the dish!

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Come to our NYC Photo Safari this Saturday! (10/25)

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Details: http://photojojo.com/safaris/details.html#10-25

RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32071174020

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Photos from our Lightpainting Meetups!

We hosted a lightpainting event in NYC and SF last week with our good friends at Lomography and JPG Magazine and had an amazing turnout for an evening full of night photography fun!

Here’s a few shots people have been uploading so far from their night in Union Square and Dolores Park…

by ricky montalvo

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by PJZ

by bhaggs

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by urbanblitz

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by citybumpkin

Group shot, by Amit

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Photojojo Light Painting Meetup in San Francisco and NYC! (9/3)

(Photo by our friend Matt Nuzzaco, who wrote a great light-painting tutorial for the upcoming Photojojo Book!)

As summer rolls to a close, what better way to celebrate than to get outside with friends and have fun with photography? We couldn’t think of any, so we teamed up with our chums at JPG Magazine and Lomography to put together a fun outing this week!
This Wednesday, September 3rd, at 7pm join fellow photo fans outside in NYC and San Francisco for some lightpainting fun!

There’ll be someone on hand to show you how it’s done, lots of others to help you create fun light paintings, cameras on loan from lomo (and bring your own) and even some coupons for the Photojojo Store.

  • Where (NYC):Union Sq Park, under the George Washington Statue
  • Where (San Francisco) Dolores Park, under the statue of Miguel Hidalgo in the middle of the park
  • When: Wednesday, 9/3 at 7pm
  • Bring: Your camera, charged batteries, friends, and a light source (flashlights, cell phones, LEDs, etc.)

Don’t miss it!

RSVP on Facebook: NYC Event  ~or~  San Francisco Event

Getty Images + Flickr Make a Deal

gi.jpgYou heard it here first! Getty and Flickr have just entered into an exclusive partnership to sell Flickr images.

Here’s how it’ll work:

  1. Getty editors will scour Flickr for images they deem saleable
  2. They’ll contact photographers whose images are selected to see if they want to make them available for licensing by Getty Images
  3. Assuming the photographer says yes, the images become available through Getty’s Flickr collection, and accessible to all their existing customers in the image licensing space

It remains to be seen how many images Getty will select, what deal they’ll offer photographers, and how they’ll select images. But people have been wondering what impact Flickr would have on the stock photography space for years, and this is a pretty interesting deal!

More info:

  • The Flickr Collection (Flickr Blog)
  • The official PR release
  • more details after the jump…

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