The video took over 2500 polaroids, which would cost roughly $3,800 in film alone on today’s ebay market for film that will expire in less than a year (February 2009, the last batch of polaroid film produced).
Collider has done some other fantastic work, including this Music video for Unkle, “Reign”.
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?
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!
Okay, so we don’t know how great the Bethlehem postal service was back then. We can’t imagine the shepherds even bothered with it when trying to get the family newsletter/photo/holiday card out, nevermind that there probably weren’t many stamps around. The angels, on the other hand, definitely had a great way of getting the message across – and they did it with “style”.
Here’s one awesome NY-based family that must’ve inherited the angels’ ability for sharing great blessings. They decided to model their Christmas cards this year after Jan von Holleben’s “Dreams of Flying” photo series, which we told you about in the newsletter a while ago. Gabrielle, the Mom, documented the process on her wonderful blog, and we can’t be more impressed with the results!
Go ahead, check it out – we can only imagine the fun Gabrielle and kids had photographing this, and we’re sure the folks on their Christmas card list are gonna love it.
(Now we just have to figure out how to get on their list too.)
Grab your umbrellas, folks. We were expecting a response to our recent newsletter, but what we got was practically of deluge of emails, pointing us to a bunch of other doggie- and kitty-cam experiments. (Great minds think alike!)
Sam Easterton is a San Francisco-based author who has apparently been doing “animal-cams” for almost ten years. He outfits all sorts of animals – chicks, sheep, reptiles, you name it – with helmet cams, to draw attention to their perspective, hoping that his work “will help expand the public’s capacity to understand the natural environment - in empathetic terms.” Originally shared with us by Lori, Easterton’s work is beautiful and engaging.
More than two years ago, Engadget got the same idea we had after seeing the original TOMY doggie-cam product. Instead of a Gorillapod, though, they used The James Bond Stealth Camera, which nicely fit onto their pup’s collar.
One reader in our forum noticed Engadget’s piece, and soon filled up a whole Flickr set with great dog-cam shots. (I tell ya, we’re really liking how well the James Bond Stealth Camera works for this.)
Meanwhile, Mental Floss Magazine points us to whole gallery of Cat-Cam photos, showing life as Mr. Lee the Cat sees it. Mr. Lee’s owner is now even accepting submissions to put a Cat-Cam book together, and he’s selling his specialized Cat-Cam camera, if you’re interested.
Lastly, Jenny let us know about her Doggie-Cam, which she blogged about over a year ago – and most amazingly, she had the exact same idea we had, to use a Gorillapod. Jenny’s gotten some amazing POV shots showing off the world as Oscar sees it –which, as a small, rather adorable looking guy, is rather interesting.
So what about you? Have you tried out life as a dog yet?
Seems we might really need Scooby Doo after all… after we featured William Hundley’s “Entoptic Phenomena” photo series in the newsletter, there’s been more ghosts hanging around than Haley Joel Osment would know what to do with.
A few of our readers decided to try Hundley’s “Entoptic Phenomena” trick out for themselves, and we have to say: we’re mightily impressed! Heather took the idea and wore out some kids she was watching over the weekend with it; Lori also tried it out to phenomenal success.
And just in case you’re wanting to try it too, we’ve pulled together some tips just for that:
Shoot using a very fast shutter speed (say, 1/640 or 1/800) – for most of these shots that worked out, the shutter was only open for about a thousandth or two of a second (.002 second-ish).
If you only have a point-and-shoot, try setting it onto “Sports Mode” – it’s usually set up specifically to take photos of quick action like this.
Shoot around noon, so that shadows hit the ground behind the sheet. Sunny days are great for this.
Use flexible people – know any dancers or gymnasts? Use them. Drape three-fourths of the sheet over their front, have ‘em grab it from inside, hunch over, and then jump as high as they can. (If they can jump while tucking their knees in, all the better.) Get ready to shoot fast!
Try again… and again… and again… Practice makes perfect.
That’s all there is to it, so get out there and start ghost-sleuthing already!
For instance, there’s the story of the man who dropped everything to follow his dream of creating a PEZ dispenser MP3 player. Taking out multiple loans along the way, he made it. Secured the rights, got 1,500 manufactured, and sold out his entire first run! (Get on his mailing list if you’re interested in buying one.)
I loved Raul’s photo booth time capsule. Do you know how to find out where photo booths are located in the U.S.?
Thanks,
Joy
Good question, Joy! It just so happens a friend of ours, Brian Meacham, is something of an expert on the subject. Check out his Worldwide photobooth locator (and contribute your own) and his photobooth blog at Photobooth.net!
In our last newsletter, we suggested a photo project where you created an ongoing photo time capsule by hiding photos and instructions for yourself in the future.
We also asked if anyone knew of ways to reliably send something to yourself in the future. Here’s what you said:
Regular mail. With the number of things on the average persons mind, this will probably be forgotten by the time it gets to you.
Go a step further and give it to a friend to keep and mail at a random date without telling you.
Gabe Grote offered:
Open a safety deposit box. Put items in box. Leave detailed instructions at bank to close box on certain date. They will open it/and or contact you when it expires. You will then get it mailed to you by the bank or they will contact you regarding how to pick it up. Pay in advance (If you have the cash.)
Last week’s newsletter had several examples of pinhole cameras people made from unusual materials. Now that you’ve filled up on Grilled SPAM sandwiches, you’ll be happy to know the instructions for Chris Keeney’s SPAMera are posted. Build your own and share the images in Photojojo’s Flickr group.
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