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Best camera for preschooler? Reader Q+ATech Toys

Best camera for preschooler? Reader Q+A

I'm looking into a camera for my 4-year old. Any recommendations? Thank you! Jeannine When it comes to cameras for a four year-old, the main thing I care about is durability since I know they will drop it at least once a session. But, I …

Snapseed: making iPhone photos as beautiful as can beBest Apps

Snapseed: making iPhone photos as beautiful as can be

Recently, I was looking at a friend's amazing Instagram stream and I asked how she got her photos looking so gorgeous. She said one word: Rosebud. Then she died. No, just kidding. She said Snapseed . Within moments I had it downloaded. A…

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…

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Oh Appy Day! featuring Tori Spelling

Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, we're so happy to have Tori Spelling share her fave. My favorite app is Cross Process . It takes my photos and makes them look like…

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 shortcut to fabulous photo filtersWebsites We Love

A shortcut to fabulous photo filters

It's hard to remember that there was a time that we simply snapped photos and had to be satisfied (gasp) with whatever it was that appeared on the film a few weeks later. No Photoshop? No Instagram filters? The horror! The new website, P…

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…

Zuzee lets tweens preserve their BFFs 4everWebsites We Love

Zuzee lets tweens preserve their BFFs 4ever

When I was in junior high, I remember a phase when all I wanted to do was create these photo montages, where I would take a big 'ol piece of posterboard and glue pictures of me and my friends onto them. Where I would get really fancy is …

Go hands-free with your iPhone thanks to GorillaMobile

Go hands-free with your iPhone thanks to GorillaMobile

A couple of years ago when I was searching for a small tripod for my now defunct Flip camera , all my trusted techie friends told me to get a Joby GorillaPod. And not surprisingly, I was not disappointed. Since then, they've added a few …

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3 cool camera cases for your iPhone

With the fab point and shoot camera and awesome SLR accessories we've been featuring, I admit that I was having a bit of cool camera envy since I snap all my pictures with my iPhone 4. But given the quantity and quality of the photos I'm…

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 …

Film is suddenly useful againTech Toys

Film is suddenly useful again

I recently came across some leftover rolls of 35mm film. When I showed my children, they made me feel approximately as old as a stegosaurus. "These used to hold pictures," I said. "But where's the cord to hook it up to the laptop?" my da…