Digital cameras let you see a picture instantly but we don’t really keep those memories in a solid form. Instead we share via internet and email or just show off stolen moments on cell phone screens. The Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera is bringing back the physical photograph.
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S.E.L.F.I.E – magic mirror automatically takes your photo, posts it to Twitter
Taking a selfie is serious business. Five minutes on the internet will teach you that. But imagine for a moment if you could take one without your phone showing up in the picture or the odd outstretched selfie arm angle. Well the guys at iStrategyLabs have created just that with S.E.L.F.I.E. – The Self Enhancing Live Feed Image Engine.
Read MoreSuperHeadz Sun and Cloud Digital Camera – powered by the sun, your hand and some imagination
Have you ever wondered how you would document the apocalypse after we’ve lost electricity? Since film cameras are relatively rare, it’s an interesting question. Well worry no more, since this SuperHeadz Sun and Cloud Digital Camera is probably the answer you’ve been looking for.
Read MoreMuku Shuttr – the keychain remote for those Brad Pitt #selfie opportunities of a lifetime
The worst thing ever is trying to take a picture of yourself by yourself. But what else can you do when you simply have to have one of those crucial #SELFIE moments? Having found the Muku Shuttr remote I think my days of stretched arm contortions are finally coming to an end.
Read MoreKonstruktor DIY Kit – make your own camera, and moody your photos retro style
Two weeks ago I bought a vintage 35mm camera from the flea market, which is lots of fun to play with. But if I had known about the Konstruktor DIY Kit from the Lomography people, I would definitely have chosen one of them instead.
Read MoreJoby Mpod Mini – keeps your phone in place on any surface
Using tripods is an excellent way of taking steady pictures via your phone. Although, not all tripods can easily sit on uneven surfaces, this is where Gorilla pods come into play. They are rugged tripods that easily grip or cling onto any kind of surface unlike traditional tripods.
Read MoreAB Shutter – wireless remote makes it easy to take cool self portrait photos with your phone [Review]
Have you ever been in the situation where you want to take a photograph of the two of you together on vacation, but there’s no-one around to help out? Or you’re trying to grab a cool shot of you in front of that rare Sumatran tiger, but you’re not sure you can trust any nearby stranger to get it right (or not run off with your phone?). Well now there’s a cool solution.
Read MoreWebcam Timelapse lets you create cool timelapse videos with your webcam [Freeware]
Who would have guessed that video would be such a big part of the web and our lives at the moment? Mobile phones capture the stuff, upmarket pro digital cameras from companies like Nikon do it as well, and now even watches, sunglasses and pens can capture video on demand. It’s a candid camera era folks.
Read More10 superb Android apps that will make your smartphone photos sizzle [Freeware]
If you’re one of those who are convinced that smartphone photos are destined to forever remain washed out, blurry, flash destroyed disasters, think again. The latest breed of high resolution phone cameras has spurred on a new generation of apps designed to take advantage of all that lovely power and glory. These �free apps promise to banish bad flash day and herald a new dawn of sophisticated DSLR functionality which almost – but not quite – could be mistaken for…
Read MoreCropp.me is an instant photo cropping tool with smarts
If you were to take a straw poll of the most common tasks undertaken by people editing photographs, chances are you’d find that most of us want to a) remove red eye, b) remove Aunt Edna and c) crop the photo to get rid of the muppet photo-bombing our wedding shots in the background.
Read MorePhotoRec freeware recovers lost videos, photos and other files from corrupt media [Daily Freeware]
There’s few things worse than going on vacation, happily grabbing huge numbers of photos of family, locations and events and returning home to find that the memory card, or your hard disk storage is corrupt and the images are all gone. Unfortunately it happens all too often, and we generally think that there’s nothing we can do. But there is.
Read MoreThe amazing AfterFocus gives your smartphone gorgeous camera skills [Daily Freeware]
The smartphone camera has come a long long way since the launch of the Nokia 7650 in 2002, which is generally thought to be the first mass market camera phone in the world. Back in those days everyone was astonished at the quality of the photos the phone took, even if actually they were really rather awful. It was a PHONE for goodness sake! [Nokia 7650 image – Wikimedia]
Read MoreCamtoprint lets you print out passport photos at home for free [Daily Freeware]
Going abroad on vacation is stressful enough as it is, without the added hassle of remembering to pack all the essential little bits and pieces. It’s even worse when you have to remember all the important things for the family as well, like, well maybe getting passports renewed or organized? The amount of trouble it can be even getting the photos done is enough to put you off travelling for good.
Read MoreKozzi lets you download up to 30 stock photos a month for free
There’s no shortage of stock photo services out there, since it seems that every man Jack with a digital camera can now upload their images to various places on the web. However, finding good quality images can still be a chore if you’re not willing to spend lots of money paying royalty or download fees. It doesn’t help that the big companies like Getty have a habit of buying up the free/cheap image services and then ripping off innocent consumers…
Read MoreCCfinder is a great way to find free Creative Commons images [Daily Freeware]
The explosion in digital photography has created a massive storehouse of online images, both commercial and royalty free. But above all it has given rise to totally free photo archives, where you can download as many images as you need for your project completely free of charge. The secret lies in the use of a Creative Commons license, which is commonly used on photo services like Flickr.
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