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A photographer’s best light source? That would be the miasma of incandescent plasma hanging in the sky.
A carefully-placed lens flare can add drama to your shot. But for the truly daring, a little H2O can take it even further.
Introduce strange squiggles, gauzy haze, and a twinkly […]

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A photographer’s best light source? That would be the miasma of incandescent plasma hanging in the sky.

A carefully-placed lens flare can add drama to your shot. But for the truly daring, a little H₂O can take it even further.

Introduce strange squiggles, gauzy haze, and a twinkly smattering of bokeh by placing water on your glass.

Of course, your neighbors may gasp: Dihydrogen monoxide is a menace to electronics, and getting a camera wet is unheard of in polite circles.

Traditionalists may admonish, “it’s simply not done!” But innovators like you know better. High risk! High reward! Now let’s go make history.

Make Your Lens Flares Bloom

p.s. The crazy brits at MOO are giving PJJ readers freebie business cards! Check. it. out.

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We’ve been taking regular old flat photos for years, but lately we’ve heard rumors about a so-called “third dimension.”
A new site called Start3D takes a baby step towards your own personal Holodeck, popping 3D life into 2D shots — with no crossed eyes or funky frames!
Start by taking two photos side-by-side, a […]

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We’ve been taking regular old flat photos for years, but lately we’ve heard rumors about a so-called “third dimension.”

A new site called Start3D takes a baby step towards your own personal Holodeck, popping 3D life into 2D shots — with no crossed eyes or funky frames!

Start by taking two photos side-by-side, a left and a right version to match each eye.

Then Start3D waves its magic hands, and shazam! The images blossom into a wiggling animation, sliding smoothly from left to right like it’s right there in front of you for reals.

Welcome to the third dimension! You’ll love it here. Be sure to check out that long flat thing that we call “the horizon.”

Start3D: Turn Your 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

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You’d never go out dancing without washing your fancy duds or getting your hair did.
Why put any less care into your Facebook pic?
A gorgeous profile pic is the online equivalent of being the hottest dancer in the club — or the fastest crossword-puzzler in Mensa, […]

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You’d never go out dancing without washing your fancy duds or getting your hair did.

Why put any less care into your Facebook pic?

A gorgeous profile pic is the online equivalent of being the hottest dancer in the club — or the fastest crossword-puzzler in Mensa, if that’s your crowd.

You deserve a profile that’s as pretty as you — time to throw a Facebook Profile Photo Party (FPPP)!

FPPPs are parties with purpose: you supply lights and a camera; your guests bring their dazzling demeanors (and silliest props).

By the time the evening is over, everyone has a profile pic they’ll be proud to be tagged in — just the thing to catch the eye of the smoldering hotties in the “Betty White to Host SNL Please” group.

How to Throw a Facebook Profile Photo Party

p.s. Thx to new advertiser Topaz labs for sponsoring this week of Photojojo! (Their Topaz Adjust helps you easily make creative exposure changes to your photos.)

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Yesterday … all our troubles seemed so far away. And by “yesterday” we mean “in 1991.”
Jog memories of childhood bliss with the game “Young-Me-Now-Me.”
To play, just find an old picture of yourself, and then snap a modern-day recreation.
The challenge, of course, is matching yesteryear’s settings, costumes, and […]

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Yesterday … all our troubles seemed so far away. And by “yesterday” we mean “in 1991.”

Jog memories of childhood bliss with the game “Young-Me-Now-Me.”

To play, just find an old picture of yourself, and then snap a modern-day recreation.

The challenge, of course, is matching yesteryear’s settings, costumes, and props: good luck finding that laser backdrop, plaid vest, and lawnmower-sized cellphone.

And who’d have guessed that fanny packs and jorts still look as cool as ever?

Play Young-Me-Now-Me

Photo Credits: Ryan Terry, Hanna, Kevin/Consumatron, John Williams

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We’ve seen slow versions of everything lately: slow food, slow travel, slow shopping, slow dentistry. (We might’ve made one of those up.)
But have you tried slow photography? It’s like a yoga class for your camera.
Long conversations with subjects, patient exposures, and delicate macros will lend your photos […]

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We’ve seen slow versions of everything lately: slow food, slow travel, slow shopping, slow dentistry. (We might’ve made one of those up.)

But have you tried slow photography? It’s like a yoga class for your camera.

Long conversations with subjects, patient exposures, and delicate macros will lend your photos a new calmness and longevity — so vital in these rush-rush go-go slam-crash rock-and-roll times.

Join the Slow Photo movement, and soon you’ll be measuring exposures not in fractions of a second, but in fractions of an eon.

The Photojojo Guide to Slow Photography

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