We got our hands on something special (and a tad devious) …
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!
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.
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!
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.
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:
Retweet our message ~or~
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.
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.
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!
(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.)
You heard it here first! Getty and Flickr have just entered into an exclusive partnership to sell Flickr images.
Here’s how it’ll work:
Getty editors will scour Flickr for images they deem saleable
They’ll contact photographers whose images are selected to see if they want to make them available for licensing by Getty Images
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!
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