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With just two dials and some aluminum powder, George Vlosich III creates works of art with Ohio Art’s classic baby boom toy, the Etch A Sketch. For those of us, however, who can only manage a really nice set of stairs, we have a solution. Our Etch A Sketch Picture Frame tutorial will show you how to turn an ordinary Etch A Sketch into a kitschy picture frame in no time flat. We’ll even show you how to transform your photos so they’ll look like you spent hours twiddling those white knobs to scratch ‘em out. Read on to learn how! p.s. A reminder: We’re looking for awesome photo submissions for an upcoming photo notebook tutorial. Submit your photos to our Flickr group!
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Gravity-defying tripods on sale! It’s our birthday this month, so we’ve lowered the price on our stick-to-anything Monsterpod tripods. |
Panoramic photographs are great at taking in entire landscapes, urban and natural. They allow you to see beyond what your camera can capture in one frame (or in the case of panographies, many many many frames). But why stop with stills? Your digital camera probably shoots video clips as well, and by stitching those clips together, you can make a full-motion video panorama. Landscapes, streetscapes, interior shots, birthday parties, they all come to life in sparkling, wide-angle videoramas. If you liked our panographies, you’ll love our videoramas. Read on to see an example and learn how it’s done. p.s. Haaappy Birthday, Photojojo! We turned 1 yesterday. :D Help us celebrate by blogging about us or telling a friend about your favorite photo newsletter. It would make our day! |
We call ‘em Videoramas.|
There’s no better way to remind yourself than to make your own camera. Out of paper, a tin of mints, or a can of spam. You won’t get optical image stabilization or face-tracking focusing when you make a pinhole camera, but you will get dreamy, surreal, and ghostly photographs from a camera you made with your very own hands. And, we hope, fresh perspective on a favorite hobby. The Dirkon — Communist Czech Paper Pinhole Camera [thx Youngna!] DIY Altoids Tin Pinhole Camera p.s. Our favorite SD memory card, the fold-it-up-and-stick-it-right-in-your-USB-port Sandisk 2GB, is now at an absurdly low $37 on Amazon. Get it while it’s hot, it used to be $90! |
A couple weeks ago, all the camera makers gathered in Las Vegas to strut their latest. Amidst the bright lights, big screens, buttons, and megapixels, it was easy to forget that photography can be a very simple art form.|
Sure, you could wait for Xhibit to bound through your front door. But honestly, that could take awhile. He’s a busy man. But who needs Xhibit when you have Photoshop? In this tutorial, the so-called “Psychochild” comes through with the lowdown on pimping your ride Lightning McQueen-style… Turn Your Car into a Cars Car! p.s. Liked the impressionistic Orton Effect we covered in January? Check out this variation we just posted on Photojojo Uncut! |
Your rims are far from fab, you’re still rockin’ the cassette player, and your grille could use a bit of bling.
Follow this simple tutorial to turn an old credit card (or one of those fake cards you get with new wallets) into a snap-in holder for an extra memory card. Then just stash that sucker in your wallet or pocketbook for when you need it. With memory prices at an all-time low, having an extra card on hand–just in case–is a pretty smart idea. DIY Credit Card Memory Card Holder Tutorial p.s. Extra credit tip: The Sandisk USB+ SD Card plugs straight into a USB port, thus doubling as a thumbdrive. Stash that little guy in your wallet and you’ve got an extra memory card AND a thumbdrive. That’s thinking. |
Take a ton of photos? Keep filling up your camera with video? Then this is the perfect project for you.|
Behold! Photo Pop-Outs! Gather up a bit of foam core, a bit of tape, a knife, and 20 minutes and we’ll show you how to give your photos an eye-popping 3D effect — no special glasses required! But wait, there’s more! We’ll even show you how to make a nifty tabletop stand when you’re done. Pop on over to our tutorial to find out how… |
Got a photo you just adore and want a unique way to show it off?|
It should as come as no surprise, then, that cubes constructed from your photos also rock. Sit down with this Photo Cube Tutorial, six photos, a blade, and some double-sided tape and you’ll have a creative frame or a gift box in no time. Rockin’! Photo Cube Tutorial p.s. Don’t stop there! Check out the wooden photo cube, fabric photo cube, and levitating photo cube. (Sheesh!) p.p.s. The latest Hey, Hot Shot! photo contest accepts entries up till next Monday. |
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This past summer’s A Scanner Darkly used a beautiful posterized live-action animation style that gave it a thoroughly unique look. The effect took thousands of hours of work and a frame-by-frame repainting of the movie in a process called digital rotoscoping. Fortunately, applying the technique to a photo isn’t nearly as time consuming, and with this tutorial from one of the film’s animators, you’ll be well on your way. The A Scanner Darkly Effect p.s. Our pal Nick Gray tells us Amazon’s got some crazy great pricing on Sandisk’s superduper fold-it-up-and-stick-it-in-your-usb-port-no-card-reader-necessary memory cards: $25 for the 1GB |
Ever find yourself longing for the disheveled good looks of a drug-addicted Keanu Reeves living in dystopian, near-future Orange County?
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Our pal Haje recently collaborated with Graham on a piece that delves into all the details: the lighting, the exposure, the best way to create the right kind of smoke, even the photoshop work needed to create the effect. Unconvinced? Flip through Graham’s examples and you’ll be fired up to make your own! A Smoke Photography How-to |
When you first see the swooping, curling, technicolor tendrils in Graham Jefferey’s work, you can’t help but wonder how he can manage to make ordinary gray smoke so beautiful.|
Dazzling. Soft, elegant, glowing. The Orton Effect is a fast way to give your photos a dreamy look. Michael Orton uses this technique with multiple images taken on slide film. Thanks to modern image editing magic, you can get the same watercolor-like appearance with a single image. Even better, it’s a great way to improve slightly out-of-focus shots! The Orton Effect p.s. Thanks to our friend Sumul Shah for first cluing us into this technique. Check out some of his pics that use this effect. p.p.s. Thanks also to our friend Saber Zohir for helping to spread the word about Photojojo! To the hundreds that recently signed up via Chris Pirillo’s pick list, welcome! (And to those not on the list, check out Chris’s great newsletter: picks@lockergnome.com) |
