How to get a better flash with your smartphone photos
Anyone who loves smartphone photography knows that the flash isn’t one of the better features of most camera phones. I’m always looking for better ways to take flash photography, and here’s one trick, for both iPhone and Android, that’s...
Help save the world with photography
Giving money to a great cause feels good, but giving children the power to change their community is even better. We love how this project uses photography to make the world a more beautiful place. The 100cameras project on WeDidIt is like a Kickstarter to do more...
Turn Instagram photos into art with InstaThis.
With Instagram blowing up, we’ve had a great time finding ways to turn Instagram photos into art. There are photo gifts like albums, photo pillows, photo coasters and even chocolate. But one of the most obvious uses for your favorite snapshots is, of course, art...
The coolest trends at CES 2013: Wi-Fi Photography
After we featured the Samsung Galaxy Camera last month, I wasn’t surprised one bit to find a new crop of built-in Wi-Fi cameras popping up at CES 2013 in Las Vegas last week. And considering I haven’t used my DSLR or point and shoot camera to take photos...
Piquing Our Geek: The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner
While I was cleaning out my mom’s house this summer, I found a boatload of old 35mm film negatives and other than send them to a service that develops old photos, I had absolutely no idea what to do with them. Well, with this campaign on Kickstarter (update: and...
Picture perfect cookies
What do you get the person who is always behind the camera–but maybe you’re not about to shell out for a new $400 lens? Here’s one awesome idea. I am just loving these camera cookie cutters from Photojojo (kind of like we love everything there). But...
mymosaic brings Chuck Close style artistry to iPhone photos
If you’re looking for a fun way to mix up the tens, hundreds (or thousands in my case) photos in your camera roll, this cool new photo app is an inexpensive way to take your bevy of pictures and turn it into a work of art, Chuck Close style. Creating a mosaic is...
The Samsung Galaxy Camera: The reinvention of the camera in an internet age
Like so many parents, I have pretty much relied on my iPhone for taking pictures for the last few years. While the convenience is great, there are definitely times when I want to revert to the quality of my previous digital SLR camera, but don’t want to deal...
Gorgeous camera straps for accessorizing your inner (or outer) shutterbug
If you didn’t know any better you would think my husband has one eye. We can’t get through any family event without having it fully documented on camera. But I really can’t complain as the end result is all the best moments of our life beautifully...
The Olympus PEN E-PL3: A dandy camera when a point-and-shoot just won’t cut it.
We’re seeing more and more moms slowly untethering themselves from their trusty smartphone cameras and going back to real cameras for special events that require oh, slightly better resolution and maybe even a zoom lens that works? I recently spent some time...
3 ideas for an amazing custom photo iPhone case
It’s not surprising that longtime popular personalized card and invitation site, Tiny Prints is expanding their offering into other personalized photo gifts– and that includes some fun iPhone cases. Even for that much coveted new iPhone 5. (Update,...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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