A safer camera toy for kids than your old point-and-shoot

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys

So as it turns out, it’s not a good idea to give a small child your old tech to play with. Once we learned how many toxic components and metals were in those remote controls, cell phones and cameras, we’ve retrieved the outdated gadgets from their hands...

A unique school fundraising idea using your very own photos

by Kate Etue | Websites We Love

School fundraisers are increasingly necessary these days with so many funding cuts, but we all know that even as kids are out shilling candy and wrapping paper, it’s their parents end up doing most of the work. So I’m excited to find this very innovative...

The Sony Smart Lens is here! And…just wow.

by Liz Gumbinner | Photography

Just this week I was getting the lowdown on Smart Lenses, something a lot of people were buzzing about at CES earlier this year. And now…voila. They’re here, courtesy of our friends at Photojojo. And yes I am getting one. Because, wow. The Sony QX10 and...

Turning your photos into talking photos with the Shuttersong app

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

I love when I catch that perfect, precious moment of my sweet little guys and girl on camera. But the ability to add their adorable little voices to the photo? Stop it. The new Shuttersong app does this effortlessly. This is seriously ratcheting up the adorable...

5 of our favorite tech Pinterest pins this week

by Cool Mom Team | Link Roundups

Are you following us on Pinterest yet? Here are 5 of our favorites from this week that you might be missing! 1. The perfect juxtaposition of new and old on one very cool iPhone case. 2. You won’t believe what this one little gadget can do! 3. These might just be...

Where’s Waldo? Right there, on your camera

by Liz Gumbinner | Photography

I am a total lomography geek–I love everything about it from the quality of the photos taken with real film, to the fun lenses, and even the funky cameras themselves. And now there’s a lomocam to bring your favorite storybook world-traveler right to your...

New camera bags from Epiphanie: They just keep coming

by Julie | Photography

We first fell in love with Epiphanie camera bags in 2010. These versatile bags are perfectly equipped to hold your DSLR and its myriad accessories, and they look utterly fabulous too. No wonder every woman we know goes nuts for them. Well now you have more to go nuts...

5 creative ways to capture first day back-to-school photos.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Tips and Tricks

Don’t know about you, but we tend to be sticklers for capturing those first day back to school photos of our kids in their thoughtfully planned new outfits and shiny new backpacks. Of course they’re often hastily captured as we race out the door, late for...

Instagram photo jewelry is like the locket 2.0

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion + Accessories, Photography

With the world going Instagram crazy, why not take those fun, overfiltered little square photos and wear your favorites around your neck or on your fingers? Who knows–maybe you’ll get some new followers out of it. That’s the idea behind the colorful...

Best quality Wi-Fi compact cameras for less than $400? Reader Q+A

by Jeana | Photography

My first child’s photos were taken with an earlier version iPhone and I’ve decided that I need to start taking better quality ones moving forward. I don’t want to lug around a huge DSLR or end up with a point-and-click that takes forever to focus,...