From Japan, high-definition digital camera features dynamo and solar panels
We’ve already seen products such as the GravityLight introduce novel ways to generate electricity for devices in regular use. Aimed at consumers looking to reduce their carbon footprint, the SUN&CLOUD digital camera is the first which can be wholly powered by the sun or a built-in dynamo. READ MORE…
App puts wedding photos in one place in real-time
We’ve already seen the Flock app provide one solution to creating a single photo album from multiple guests’ snaps after the fact. Now WedPics is a platform that shows a stream of wedding guests’ smartphone photos in real time and acts as a standalone social picture-sharing app for the event. READ MORE…
In New York, restaurant taps Instagram users to create a visual menu
With the average diner likely to head out to eat with a smartphone in their pocket, it’s no surprise to see restaurants taking advantage of this. Your Smart Butler has already paved the way towards customers ordering meals on their handsets, and New York eatery Comodo is now tapping into the social side of things, with its Instagram Menu. READ MORE…
Event photos from multiple photographers automatically merged into one album
Put any three friends together for some socializing, and there’s a good chance you’ll end up with three separate groups of photos to commemorate the occasion – one on each person’s phone. The Flock app is now aiming to make it easier than ever to share these photos and put them into one consolidated album. READ MORE…
In the Netherlands, all-in-one product image studio removes the need for a photographer
The expense of professional-looking product photography is a problem we’ve seen many startups tackle in the past – most recently Yoopia, with its innovative business model that provides high quality images to brands for free in return for the rights to sell the product. iShopShape’s new StyleShoots suite is another – this time enabling the production of in-house fashion imagery using a flatbed device instead of a photographer. READ MORE…
Advertising platform connects brands with influential Instagram users
It’s only natural that the content-producing masses like to be paid for what they create. That’s why we’ve seen monetization platforms including Brandfame for YouTube content, for instance, or Kiosked and GapAd for bloggers. Next up? Instagrid Network, an advertising platform that connects brands with influential Instagram users. READ MORE…
Photography studio sells what it shoots
We’ve already seen one twist on traditional promotional video and photography services when we coveredTimbooktwo, and now we’ve come across another. Belgium-based Yoopia is a new photography studio that will shoot a client’s products for free, before selling those products on at discounted prices through its online store. READ MORE…
iPhone accessory enables two-sided video recording
Recently we’ve seen an increase in the number of innovations designed to enhance smartphones’ photographic capabilities. Just last month we featured the SkyLight device that attaches phones and microscopes to facilitate the capture of scientific images, and now there’s a new kind of innovation to report on. Launched recently by Barcelona ad agency Honest&Smile, The Love Box is a handmade iPhone accessory that enables users to take videos using both the phone’s cameras simultaneously. READ MORE…
DIY app lets users create photo-based social group challenges
We recently spotted Onefeat in France, a social game that rewards users for performing and photographing specific offline activities. Now in the US, mobile app Leap is based on a similar concept, only it also enables users to create social group challenges for themselves. READ MORE…
Photo-sharing site enables constructive feedback
There are plenty of photo sharing sites on the web today, all offering professional and amateur photographers a place to share their photos for others to comment on. However, for those hoping to improve as photographers, many of the comments received can be vague and unhelpful. Hoping to address this, Swedish start-up Photic have created a platform on which photos can be better critiqued and the critiquers rated. READ MORE…
