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Continue ReadingTime-lapse photography on a budget with Brinno.
Continue ReadingPolarPro knocks its accessory lineup for the Otterbox uniVERSE case out of the park.
Continue ReadingI think selfie sticks get a bad rap. Even if you aren’t into photographing yourself every time you try on a new outfit, I feel they are a great tool for solving any number of photography or height-challenged problems.
Continue ReadingOther than the attractive but questionable title (which sometimes wreaks havoc on precise search engine searches), I love this book. I mean, you’ve got space. You’ve got photography. And I’m pretty sure there are very few people out there who do astrophotography better than NASA.
Continue ReadingIt’s amazing how much fun a digital camera can be in the hands of a child. Come explore that world with us.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Patricia answers questions about why the sky is so much more blue in the western United States.
Continue ReadingUse this new iOS app to create stunning wall collages from your photos.
Continue ReadingSeveral years ago I decided to take on the immense task of digitising all our old family photos; but in doing so I noticed the one photograph we didn’t have.
Continue ReadingJewelGram uses your Instagram photos to create unique items of jewelry, but sadly the results aren’t quite up to scratch.
Continue ReadingCome join us as the Christmas and Pirate Playmobil Advent Calendars are opened and hi-jinks follow…
Continue ReadingDoxie Flip is my newest and shiniest toy for scanning and organizing my photos.
Continue ReadingThe holidays are my favorite time of year. I liked December as a kid, but as an adult…well, you can ask my husband: I am almost more excited about the Christmas holiday than the kids are.
Continue ReadingHow are we to survive three-year-olds?! Well, it isn’t easy. Here are some tips that might help you feel better in the short and long term…
Continue ReadingGeekMom reviews a backpack designed for laptop and photo gear.
Continue ReadingFor years now, Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade has functioned as my own personal Rumspringa. For the rest of each year I might have seemed like nothing more than a mom, a homeschooler, a cub scout leader, a Sunday school teacher, an advocate–let’s face it, not the stuff of myth and legend. But one day each June, miles from the “Mom…Mom…Mom…” of home, I got to revel along with 750,000 like-minded, beach-bound souls at the largest, friendliest art parade in the country. Heaven.
Continue ReadingWhen I decided to pick up my camera to earn a few extra bucks to pay bills while I stayed at home with my boys, I always wanted to focus on geeks. I wanted to set-up photo booths at geek conventions for folks to get pics of their costuming at conventions. I wanted to get pictures of little kids geeking out over a comic book or their favorite superhero. I wanted to find a pregnant geek who wanted to paint Chuthlu (or pie charts) on their belly. I wanted to be a geeky photographer for geeks. Well, in an effort to pay bills, wants changed to needs and I didn’t turn away any potential client, but I was always on the lookout for that amazing geeky shoot. Last week, I finally got a chance to do exactly what I wanted in a Doctor Who themed shoot and I was ecstatic!
Continue ReadingDoes your camera run Android? This one does. The Samsung Galaxy Camera is part of a new class of device. It’s got every part of a phone, including a possible two year contract, but this camera doesn’t make phone calls.
Continue ReadingIon’s iPics 2 Go gives iPhone users the ability to take their cherished photo memories from paper to digital. With the help of a free app and a little black box, you can transfer your hard copy memories into digital treasures.
Continue ReadingThis article is the third in a series teaching the basics of photography. We started by learning about the properties of light and how an image is created, we also learned how a lens bends light to focus individual rays into a single bright image. This lesson we are going to finish learning the scientific theory of lenses and how to use lenses for magnification in addition to brightness.
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