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A tender, beautiful Zumi video by photographer Ben Blood

Photojojo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:30:53 +0000

So…. we’re kind of, sort of, completely in love with this amazing video that photographer and musician Ben Blood made with this new Zumi camera.

Watch it! Right now!

Insect Flight Patterns, a Stop-Motion Video

Photojojo — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:34:21 +0000

Learn how to Make Your Own Stop-Motion

Charming Stop-Motion Made from 60,000 Photos

Photojojo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:31:27 +0000

60,000 photos, 9,600 prints, 1,800 frames = 1 amazing stop-motion.

Learn how to Make Your Own Stop-Motion

Improv Everywhere’s Camera Flash Experiment

Photojojo — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:56:54 +0000

Gather 700 volunteers with cameras:

Line ‘em up on the Brooklyn bridge:

And create a ‘wave’ with camera flashes from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

Watch the video above and ready the full story and peep more photos on the Improve Everywhere site!

Photo Challenge : 100 Strangers

Nicole — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:08:15 +0000

Here at Photojojo a stranger is just someone we’ve not photographed yet. If you’ve ever struggled with how to take a picture of strangers, my advice is to give yourself a goal. How’s 100 sound to you?

From the 100 Strangers site:

Here’s how it goes: Stop people by the street, talk with them, ask if you can take a portrait. Post the picture to Flickr and 100 strangers pool. Try to get an idea who they are. Write a caption that tells something about the person in portrait. Describe how you got the photo. Don’t post archive photos. Get out on the streets to take new ones.

So if you’ve made set “Taking more pictures of strangers” as a 2008 photo resolution then this is the challenge for you.

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!

Dana and Bob, the Friendly Ghosts

Daniel — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:32:50 +0000

We’ve definitely been on a Halloween kick lately (candy? costumes? we’re lovin’ it!), so that considered, we couldn’t resist letting you know about this alternative method to capturing ghosts on film:

Bob Dragomirescu wrote in and told us about ‘em: The photos were “shot on a tripod with 6s exposure and flash. We posed for only 1-2s and than ran out of the scene. The flash managed to freeze the most lighted parts of us (faces and hands). The rest is transparent… pretty neat?”

Plasticine Bunnies take Manhattan!!

Daniel — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:42:14 +0000

Here at Photojojo, we don’t just snap photographs all day and think of awesome things to do with them. Sometimes, we get distracted by irresistibly wonderful and genius commercials on YouTube.

Take this one, for instance – an ad from Sony for its Bravia TV. Featuring 200 plasticine bunnies hopping around Manhattan (shot in claymation style), what’s not to love?

Apparently it took a team of 40 animators – from the ad agency Fallon London – three weeks to choreograph their bunny models and shoot over 100,000 still images for the 90 second spot. We’d just like to say that that’s some diligent photography (and a whole lot of clay) right there, folks.

Colorful Beauty in Nature

Nicole — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:38:49 +0000

If you’ve ever struggled with finding that just-right color combination, then Colorful Beauty in Nature: Butterflies by COLOURlovers should make your day. Simple, splendid images of butterflies doing double duty to create rich color palettes. They make it look crazy easy!

Thanks to Darius, founder of COLOURlovers, for sending this to us! Now everyone go out there and photograph something that can inspire your inner Designer.

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.