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Make It Work-Work, Make It Work!

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:20:33 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: Hidden functionality on your Canon Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera

If you're using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you've got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing camera. Let's transform your point-and-shoot into a super camera just by adding a little special sauce to its firmware.

Enhanced Image Capture:

Additional Information On-Screen:

Additional Photographic Settings:

Support for Small Programs/Scripts:

What You'll Need

Automatically Running CHDK

Once you've gotten comfortable with CHDK, you may want it to load automatically whenever you turn on your camera. The CHDK wiki explains how.

Tags: photography, canon, raw, jpg, image, hack, trick, enhancements

Bye Bye Tripod!

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:55:23 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: so simple it's revolutionary!

Clip Source: www.xs4all.nl

The string will of course not totally replace a real tripod. But it can give you just that extra stop. This is the luxury model. - Thanks John for modifying the 1/4 bolt. The basic model is a simple piece of string with just a loop at each end. Put one loop around your camera and put your foot in the other. If you pull it tight, you win up to three stops.
Cheaper than IS and so low-tech that it exists almost as long as photography itself.
Now I think of it: did anyone ever try to shoot a gun with this as a stabilizer?

The one on the right is the one I always have in my bag. Even with a 300mm it can give me 2 stops extra.That may just save my day.

Dutch star photojournalist Theo van Houts once used a contraption like this to capture a candid shot of the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm. (He did not invent it, as the article in Dutch suggests.)

Allison in Photos by Jack Radcliffe

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:46:21 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11

Clip Source: www.behance.net

When my daughter Alison was born, in the tradition of a new parent, I began to photograph her, initially in a separate and private body of work. However, in the process of documenting Alison's growth, I developed a passionate interest in human relationships and capturing intimate moments in the lives of family and friends.

My photographs of Alison, because of the nature of our relationship, are very much a father-daughter collaboration-Alison permitting me access to private moments of our life, which might, under different circumstances, be off-limits to a parent. The camera, early in her life, became part of our relationship, necessitating in me an acceptance, a quietness. We've never had long photographic sessions, but rather moments alone or with friends.

I realize as I look at them, that I created a visual life story of Alison, capturing moments in her metamorphosis from infant to woman-her relationships with friends, her rebellion, and underlying it all, her relationship with me

Tags: photography, photos, youth, daughter, father, life, story

How to Photograph the Holidays

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:59:58 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: Makes me want to go home and break out the camera!

Clip Source: photojojo.com

You’ve decked the halls with miles of tiny bulbs. Your front lawn is a gleaming monument to electric lighting. Even the neighbors have taken to wearing sunglasses 24/7.

It’s the Christmas wonderland of your dreams… now if only you could get a good picture of it.

Photographing holiday lights is no easy task.

Luckily, we’ve had the Photojojo elves round up the best tips and guides to taking successful Holiday photos. Call it our gift to you… now go make Clark W. Griswold proud.

Christmas Lights Photography Video Tutorial

How to Take Great Photos of Holiday Lights

Photographing Christmas Trees and Lights

20 Christmas Light Photos - With a Twist

How to Photograph Ornaments

The Flickr “Christmas Lights” Group
Got the most perfect Christmas lights shot ever taken? Upload it to the Flickr Christmas lights group and show it off!

Tags: christmas, holidays, lights, photography, pictures, photo, how to, decorations, camera

See Life From a Dog’s Point-of-View

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:59:57 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: Now I really REALLY want a dog so I can try this. ...and love it too.

Clip Source: photojojo.com

Our canine compadres always seem to get the short end of the bone in life, so that’s why we’re inventing a Photojojo first: The Doggie-Cam.

By sticking a camera on our four-legged friend Molly, we’ll finally see the world as she sees it, and maybe then we’ll be able to sympathize. No more doggie disrespect!

HOW TO MAKE THE DOGGIE-CAM

Get your hands on a Gorillapod.

Screw your camera onto the Gorillapod, then bend the Gorillapod’s legs to wrap snugly around your dog’s head.
Make sure, of course, that Fido’s alright with it and the Gorillapod doesn’t restrict breathing or anything like that. If in doubt, don’t do it! (Did we really have to tell you that?)

Set your camera to start capturing and go!

Extra Tips & Ideas

Let you dog try out life with the Gorillapod sans-camera

Try adjusting where you place the Gorillapod.

Experiment!

Leverage the collar

Don’t want to go through all this hassle? For $79, you could spring for the original Doggie-Cam.

The last tip: Cat’s Eye-View anyone?

Woof-e-Vision

Tags: photography, pets, dog, camera, angles, photos, digital, videos

Eye-Fi, Genius Wireless for your Camera!

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:33:48 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: I want one!!

Clip Source: photojojo.com

Eye-fi is a magical orange SD memory card that will not only store 2GB worth of pictures, it'll upload them to your computer, and to Flickr, Facebook, Picasa (or 14 others) wirelessly, invisibly, automatically!

This little guy looks like a normal 2GB memory card and works with nearly any camera that takes SD memory. There are no antennas, no protrusions, no subscription fees, and no cables.

Here's how it works: You set up the card once with the included USB card reader (tell it which wireless network it should use, and type in the password if you have one), choose the photo sharing service of your choice (you have plenty of options), then slip the card in your camera.

also great for computer unsavvy parents and grandparents. Set up their photo sharing account, slip an Eye-fi in their camera, and your mom's finally your Flickr friend!

Compatible with PCs and Macs (It's Leopard-ready, baby)

90+ ft range outdoors and 45+ ft indoors

Priority Mail shipping only $6

Tags: digital, wireless, camera, uploading, eye-fi, wi-fi, photos, photography, tools, gadgets

ANIMOTO = Your Photo Slideshows + MTV

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:16:56 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: Haven't tried this yet, but I want to!

Clip Source: photojojo.com

Picture 487 of your Jamaican vacation photos fading by as some Caribbean muzac plays in the background. Yeah, photo slideshows can be kind of a snore.

The solution? Animoto!

Think of it as a little black box filled with film & TV producers, techies, indie rockers, and robots.

You put your photos and a song in one end, shake it up, and a photo music video pops out the other end… with pro-level post-production, animated cuts synced to your music’s beat, and oh-so-much style.

And it only takes a few clicks. (Really!) The robots do all the work.

The 30 second videos are free and they’re perfect for mailing to friends or posting to your blog, MySpace, Facebook, etc. Longer videos cost a few bucks. Special for Photojojo subscribers: Sign up for free by Sunday using this link and the swell lads at Animoto will put a credit in your account for one free full-length video.

Animoto

p.s. Here’s a fun Animoto video we made from photos taken at a photobooth we recently set up.

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Tags: photography, slideshow, animoto, photos