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Turn your Instagram photos into coastersPhotography

Turn your Instagram photos into coasters

Considering most of the photos of my kids are taken with the Instagram app , I'm always looking for cool ways to get them off my camera.So now, along with Casetagram iPhone cases and Stitchtagram pillows , you've got a new option: turnin…

A multitasking camera bag for multitasking momsPhotography

A multitasking camera bag for multitasking moms

As someone who multitasks all day long with work and four kids, you can bet I need a bag that does the same exact thing. That's why I've got my eye on the newest Kelly Moore camera bag slated to be ready to ship in just a couple of weeks…

Take your iPhone underwater with Scuba SuitPhotography

Take your iPhone underwater with Scuba Suit

Considering that like many people, I use my iPhone camera for so many of my photographs these days, I shouldn't be surprised that they've got a case that not only waterproofs it, it allows you to safely turn it into an underwater camera.…

BorrowLenses: Like Netflix for camera gearPhotography

BorrowLenses: Like Netflix for camera gear

As a former photographer, there are times when I feel guilty using my iPhone as my main camera source. The iPhone takes great photos, no doubt, but sometimes I think I should dust off my old Canon EOS DSLR and put it back to work. The on…

Bloom Theory stylish camera straps review at Cool Mom TechPhotography

A stylish camera strap? You heard us right.

It's been a long time since I've carried around my SLR, but one thing was certain when I did that I learned from my shutterbug friends: Never use it without a camera strap. With that in mind, just look at these gorgeous camera straps I f…

Piquing Our Geek: Instagram Socialmatic CameraPhotography

Piquing Our Geek: Instagram Socialmatic Camera

Considering that the Instagram app is so popular these days, it's no surprise that someone finally created a prototype for a camera based on the Instagram technology. Except it actually takes and prints pictures. The Instagram Socialmati…

The iPhone Photo Printer. AKA Genius. Pure genius.Photography

The iPhone Photo Printer. AKA Genius. Pure genius.

My husband has about 400 photos jamming up the memory on his iPhone 3GS that I'm sure will never see the light of day. And don't even get me started about how many are sitting on my hard drive, just waiting for me to print so I can quell…

Father's Day gift alert for the snap-happy dadPhotography

Father's Day gift alert for the snap-happy dad

As Father's Day creeps up, I think about all the cameras and photo gifts that some lucky guys are going to get. Then I think about all the photo storage they're going to need. (Especially you new daddies!) While there are plenty of optio…

5 cool Mother's Day gifts from Instagram photosPhotography

5 cool Mother's Day gifts from Instagram photos

As someone who only uses my smart phone as my camera, I often use my photographs as gifts, many of which happen to be taken using the Instagram app . If you're still hunting for a cool Mother's Day gifts, you don't have to look any furth…

Turn your iPhone into a PolaroidPhotography

Turn your iPhone into a Polaroid

I still remember my Polaroid camera and how cool I thought I was, able to snap pictures and have them print out instantly. So talk about blast from the past when I saw these cool iPhone skins. The Deluxe Polaroid Camera iPhone 4 skins tu…

Get comfy with your Instagram photosPhotography

Get comfy with your Instagram photos

Now that you Android users can enjoy an Instagram obsession like me, the next thing you'll find yourself wanting to do is to display your photos on something other than your smart phone screen. So aside from all the cool ways you can pri…

It's hip to be squarePhotography

It's hip to be square

Now that photo apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic have made square photos more common, it was only a matter of time before someone got into the frame game with options made just for our collective iPhoneography obsession. Hatchcraft is …

Piquing our Geek: Lytro Light Field CameraPhotography

Piquing our Geek: Lytro Light Field Camera

As a casual photographer whose muses are three never-stop-moving children and one wiggly black lab, I am constantly frustrated by the shot that almost was. In the second or two that it takes my camera to focus on the image I want, it's g…

4 cool cameras you'll always want around your neckPhotography

4 cool cameras you'll always want around your neck

Photography geeks--have we got the bling for you. I'm usually not the kind of person to wear a piece of jewelry that announces to the world what my hobbies are, but cameras are cooler than laptops (at least in some circles). Here are fou…

5 Reasons to ditch the DSLR for an Olympus PENPhotography

5 Reasons to ditch the DSLR for an Olympus PEN

Once I made the jump from a point and shoot camera to my Nikon D40 DSLR, I thought I'd never go back. I love my Nikon. But if I'm honest, I have to admit that some days it's way too much to lug around for a day of casual photo-ops. So wh…

Gymbl: The Ginsu knife of iPhone accessoriesPhotography

Gymbl: The Ginsu knife of iPhone accessories

Okay, it doesn't slice, dice, and make perfect julienned fries, but YOUBIQ's Gymbl does work as a stand, a grip, and a tripod--everything you need to elevate your iPhone's camera and video capabilities to where you don't even need to car…

Turn your Instagram into a CasetagramPhotography

Turn your Instagram into a Casetagram

Instagram loyalists: you may want to sit for this one. If you love Instagram like we do (who doesn't?), you'll be thrilled to know that you can now take the sweetest, finest or coolest photos from your Instagram feed and get them printed…

A calendar starring youPhotography

A calendar starring you

I'm a little obsessed with the Instagram app , which means I have lots of cool photos and not much to do with them. At least until I discovered this new gift from Keepsy, that will be making many of my family members very happy this holi…

Time to get that SLR back in action againPhotography

Time to get that SLR back in action again

One of the biggest barriers to using those SLR cameras that so many of us have gathering dust, is the actual carrying of it. When you're toting your stuff, your kids, and all your kids' stuff, having a huge camera around your neck isn't …

Turning your iPhone camera into a much better cameraPhotography

Turning your iPhone camera into a much better camera

My iPhone doubles as my camera. It's why I have so many photo apps -- my iPhone is almost always in my hand whenever the kids do something cute (and even not-so-cute). The digital camera? Honestly couldn't even tell you where that thing …