Ideas

This photograph results from exposing a pinhole camera while it’s spinning around on a record player. A simple yet …

Drew Kunz has a pretty neat way of creating abstract pinhole photographs. Using a film canister as his "camera", he drills small holes into rolls of color film, distresses the film further with a small nail, and then develops the exposed film first with coffee and sodium carbonate, and finally with C-41.

Next time you’re attend a fireworks display, try shooting your photographs or video out of focus. This video by …

Some wedding photographers offer a package that includes an iPad pre-loaded with images from that special day.

It's a simple, yet brilliant way to get both bride and (especially) groom more excited about the album -- while assuring their photos won't lie forgotten in a dusty album years later.

The digital trend is catching on, said Pennsylvania-based photographer Daniel Lanton, who bundles the iPad with engagement photos. Lanton said in an interview with Tampa Bay Online that the iPad it adds a bit more immediacy to the images, as well as a sort of permanence in a new digital age:
"I just foresee a time when the wedding album becomes non-existent or continues falling away ... Now I'm selling more iPads with bound albums. I sold six in the first week."

The cute photo above of a surprise photo booth proposal is making its arounds around the Internets right now. Angela writes on her blog,

These are the pictures from when we got engaged. I have no idea in frames one and two and am really confused in frame three (lets never make that face again!) and really surprised in frame four.

Turns out the idea of popping the question unexpectedly in a photo booth in order to capture the resulting (priceless) expression is quite popular.

Here’s a really great way to turn photos from a novelty camera into something of practical use — make …

What if you could have a rubber stamp that had a built in camera, allowing it to instantly change the stamp design to "print" a photograph? Would it be a stamp camera or a camera stamp? Either way, we think it's a nifty idea!

What if you could keep your camera charged all day while shooting outdoors using the power of the sun? …

Here's a neat birthday card idea for the Polaroid or photography lovers in your life: make a hand-drawn Polaroid camera spit out a real instant photo! Kayla Davis received this card from her friend Chrissie for her 19th birthday.

Here’s an amazingly awesome idea for business cards if you’re a photographer or photo enthusiast. Brooklyn-based photographer and designer …

Two weeks ago we shared a futuristic concept Sony DSLR designed by Tecnofotografia, and now they've done it again, with a concept design for a compact Samsung camera.

The Zero Angle Digital Camera is a conceptual design by Sun ho Sin and Jeong eun Park that protects …

Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse is a historical consultant in Amsterdam who loves making photographs in …

Here’s a neat idea I came across yesterday: tossing a coin to explore …

The holiday season is upon us! In celebration of the season, we’ve compiled our first holiday gift guide! …

If you haven’t heard already, earlier this month Sony unveiled the new Party-shot personal photographer. As the name suggests, this …

In this post I’ll briefly explain how to take photographs like this one. Just like my previous post on …

Felt like experimenting a little today, and started out shooting low depth of field photographs of flying insects. One thing …