Top Gifts for the Photographer in your Life

In case you’re like me (temporally challenged!) Christmas is really just days away!  Are you ready? Got a nice family event planned? Perhaps you’re going on a vacation, skiing, sailing…Whatever it may be, you KNOW there will be photos involved.  From those cheesy snapshots for your Facebook page to formal family portratis for the Big Album – a camera will play a large role in your holiday celebrations.

And there will be a photographer attached to that camera!  I’m assuming that Santa already knows what YOU want under your tree on Christmas morning, but for that other photographer, or for somone special here are a few strange photo-related gifts that you probably never wanted to know about!

1) The AuraCam 6000.   (Love that name!!!) How to photograph someone’s aura (I’m not kidding! Some people are serious about this). Worth checking out though – looks like a hoot. Probably not as good as GuitarHero but hey, us photographers are different!

2) Aerial Kite Photography Kit (<$20).   Take sky-view pano photos…from a KITE!!!!! Unlike for aura photography, only the kite needs to be high.

3) Remote Wildlife Viewing Camera (#1 on my list! Anolacam is on its way…) from the National Geographic Store, support a great cause at the same time.
 

and get a free calendar enter code MR10054 at checkout.  Cool.

4) Turn your photos into postage stamps (Yes even in Canada). These are actually great for branding – put your logo on the stamps. Postage meters are so 1997!

5) Cheesy Photo Calendars – the kind grandparents LOVE!!!! You can tell just from the ad:

11×8 Calendar – Embellished “This warm-toned calendar will make memories feel even more treasured. Personalize with start month, captions and custom dates. Photos: 1 on cover + 2 per month. size: 11 1/8’w x 8’h”

Occasions Book – Baby – First Xmas All you do is add your photos and text to customize your baby’s photo book and create an amazing keepsake that you’ll treasure for years. An Everyday Standard Personlized Cover photo book.

 
Aaaawwwww!

7) For the overachiever photographer in your life, how about high-speed photography.  You know, where one of your slack-jawed yokel buddies fires a bullet into a water balloon, and the camera captures the mayhem! This has gotta be the Martha Stewart of photo projects – writing your own computer code and  "back-of-the-napkin-schematics" so you can feel oh so casual!   "Hands up Cletus!"

8) CameraTruck. Wondering what to do with that old beater cube van in your yard (or your neighbour’s yard?).  Turn it into the world’s biggest camera.  Might also work with abandoned refrigerators. 

9)  No number nine – I’m done. 

ciao for now & Happy Shopping…