Photography

When it comes to new motherhood and the number of helpful apps popping up, it seems the odds are ever in our favor. Whether it's tracking the size of your growing belly from bump to beach ball or keeping tabs on nursing or milestones, we…

What happens when 14 young designers put their heads together to figure out how to promote IKEA's newest furniture collection? The highly-innovative IKEA PS 2014 , that's what. It's the first fully-functional, interlinked web site on Ins…

Ever since my mom got an iPad, she has taken on the texting habits of a teenager. We go back and forth several times a day on iMessage about random questions and updates, but mostly use it to share photos. My sister is also in the mix an…

Everyone has a story. And one excellent nonprofit called the 100 Cameras project is using photography to help kids around the globe tell theirs. The organization is made up of a team of volunteers who work with children worldwide, teachi…

Instagram photos are fun, but staring at them on your little smartphone or tablet screen can only give you so much joy. That's why we're always on the lookout for cool professional photo printing services and unique photo gifts that let …

If you're a fan of quotes and cameras and maybe even quotes about cameras, I found a special treat for you: free computer wallpapers from CMT fave Photojojo . Head over to their site for the first few inspirational wallpapers, all ready …

I never cease to be amazed by the talent of Etsy artisans, and the same goes for bRainbow , an Australian-based shop with these cool wooden necklaces that are oh-so retro. Made by hand from wood and acrylic, the Super 8 video camera neck…

As a longtime photo enthusiast and avid storyteller, I've been a huge fan of Instagram since it dropped three years ago. Especially as a parent who wants to get the best photos of my kids up there. That said, I take tons of pictures of l…

I'd say that 99% of my iPhone camera roll consists of kid shots, often when I'm holding a baby in one hand and trying to maneuver the shutter button. Not the easiest way to take good pictures. Thankfully, there's a product like Snappgrip…

My dad gave me his old Canon SLR many moons ago. It was a thing of beauty. But then I got dazzled by digital and the old-school steel horse was handed down to my little sister ... and then got stolen from her college dorm. That camera de…

Like a lot of you, I feel like I live in my laptop. But that means I've got more than 5,000 pictures and dozens of full-length kids' movies on my laptop, so I could use a little more storage space to keep everything moving quickly. USB d…

Have you ever gone to take a picture at the perfect moment only for your phone to inform you that you've reached your storage limit? It's the worst. And almost every time this happens to me it's because my kids have taken nearly 5,000 cl…

During the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, as always, people listen and discuss all the huge new Apple news. (Hence the #WWDC hashtag we saw all day yesterday on Twitter.) Apple didn't disappoint yesterday with Tim Cook's b…

Printing your photos has now taken a very cool turn, right in time for cool Father's Day photo gifts. But then again, the creative folks at Photojojo pretty much have the lock on anything photo and cool. Now, check out the shop's new eng…

We have covered cloud-based storage in the past like standbys Dropbox and Google Drive , which are today's easiest way to access important documents and photos from your mobile devices. But Microsoft software users (um, everyone?) can no…

I don't know how moms manage to get their custom, meticulously created scrapbook baby books completed when they have little kiddos at home. I mean, it's hard enough for me to get dinner on the table sometimes. And that's exactly what the…

Spring is the perfect time of the year to capture picture-perfect shots all around: From close-ups of my gorgeous pink peonies opening to the sun, to sweeping panoramas of my nephew's entire soccer team chasing down the ball. And while I…

Have you been hit with the jump-action shot photo craze? It's that thing where you or a group of people jump into the air and someone tries to capture the this is the good life , split-second moment with everyone virtually gravity-free. …

We've covered the Snapchat app extensively since its launch, and it's grown to be extremely popular with tweens and teens, and now even brands are jumping into the app, finding new ways to promote to users there. Now that Snapchat has an…

I loved the camera necklaces from Strangely Yours we featured last year, but their new custom photo locket necklace is even more awesome. The wood is laser cut to look like a mini Polaroid camera (so cute!) with a blank "film" for your o…

As a full-time working mom of three, I can barely remember what I had for lunch today, let alone things my kids did three days ago, which is why I am so glad to have discovered the Heyday app . It's become my automatic rememberer (is tha…

Long live my Grandpa's reel-to-reel, symbol of long, boring vacation films we were forced to sit through for hours on end as children. And now--yeah, I feel a sort of nostalgic longing for that kind of simplicity, pulling down the giant …

With all the photos we take at kids' parties, sports events, vacations, and this week, Mother's Day celebrations, I'm so glad to have found Adobe's brand new GroupPix app , which lets you round-up, store, and share everyone's photos with…

If you're like me and have ever tried to pop that perfect picture onto Instagram only to discover it just sucks as a square, you need to try InstaSize , a cool app that will show you how to resize a photo for Instagram. Well better, it w…