It’s a good thing to get your photos off the computer and put them out where everyone can see them.
And change them at will, easily.
Not the digital frame road because we honestly think there is a way to go on those.Oh, it’ll get there, but just not yet.
So when we saw this item, Stickr Frames, it looked to cool to pass up.

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The 8 frames arrived in a neatly folded folio. Inside were 8 vinyl frames with a mildly adhesive backing. Simple, clean, designs.

I whipped out the old Epson PictureMate (love that thing) and made some sweet 4×6 prints, super fast.

Food? Lunch? Or a friend? Yep, figured that a friend would be better to look at for an extended period of time.

You see, we like to check this stuff out BEFORE we do a recco.

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As you can see it fit into the decor nicely. That’s a SHAG piece next to it.

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Good selection of styles and sizes come in the pack.

Is this the permanent solution for displaying your finest art?
C’mon, it’s not even trying to be.
But is a fun, cool way to put up your photos and change ’em easily.
“peel..stick…love…repeat” is the company tag line.
And they’re affordable. About $20 for 8.
Today we are giving away a pack of these to the 10th person to reply with an email at info@photoinduced.com, and put the word “Stickr” in the subject line. Add a shipping address (very important) and the 10th email we get, will be sent this pack of 8 frames.

You know, it is feeling a bit like Chrismakwanzaka…

Chris P. of Lafayette, California will be getting some excellent lighting tips from the Nikon School Creative Lighting DVD, we posted yesterday. Congratulations!

[photopress:C6BEA6ADAA2648019CE99F284743379D_1.jpg,full,alignright] Here are the details on this excellent DVD, “Nikon School- A Hands on Guide to Creative Lighting”.
You know, honestly we are very happy to see the folks from Nikon and Canon starting to step up the plate and create programs that truly show you how to get the most out of the gear they make.
Wait, did someone say “it’s a bout freaking time?” Yes, sir you are right on that one.
So if you’d a copy of this DVD, just send us an email at info@photoinduced.com, and put the words “Nikon DVD” in the subject line. Add a shipping address (very important) and the 5th email we get, will be sent this DVD. yeah , I guess we are days away from the holidays.

On Monday we gave away a copy of Family of Man book to: Christopher B. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Congratulations!

Ok, it’s time.
Time to check out what you may want to get or give this holiday season.
Peace on earth or goodwill towards all mankind would be cool, butâ€:..

Most of these items are well under $100. USD, except for the cameras, and the Visionaire book, but you should be able to locate all of the goods pretty easily. Even try the photoinduced.com webstore, which is essentially Amazon, but geared toward your interests , based on what we have spoken about on the site.
Lets get this party started:

So in the Books category we had a mix of classic and new this year:

Annie Leibowitz At Work – Great read as you get some true insight into the most popular photographer in America today.

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Saul Leiter – A series of new books celebrating this artist will be a huge visual revelation foryou or your giftee.
Paris, New York, Shanghai – brilliant look at the cultural similarities between the old, current and new worlds.
Material World – what is important to families all over the world?
The Americans – Robert Frank a classic look at an America in the 50’s. Unvarnished and real.
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Surprise / Visionaire – a bit pricier but an extremely cool set of pop-up photographs from the current hot photographers.
Night and Low Light Photography – THE new primer for the low light photographer. And isn’t that most of us at some point?

Now these are about gifting. There are many more controversial books out there but we’re trying to cover some bases here.
We are book collectors so we could go on and on, butâ€:â€:.

DVD’s
Annie Lebowitz : Life Through A Lens
Henri Cartier-Bresson : Impassioned Eye
Sally Mann – What Remains
Lee Miller – if you didn’t know the full story…
Any training DVD’s from the Software-Cinema library.

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Nikon Creative Lighting DVD – get the most out of your Speedlight.

Funny Face – Richard Avedon, as portrayed by Fred Astaire in the Paris of the 50’s.

Blow-Up – The Mod Photographer of the 60’s (David Bailey?) inadvertently photographs a murder scene. Or did he?

Gear:
A new faster media card – with all of these higher megapixel cameras, whether they are point and shoots or not, you better have a darn fast card to read and write fast. Otherwise you’ll be waiting a long, long time between shots. Trust me, that sucks. While testing out 2 new cameras, one had an older SD card and the hang time was ridiculous.

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Delkin Battery Charger or Hahnel – for travel or a heavy shoot, you need to have the power behind you. Both of these units have something to recco: Delkin for the ability to charge 2 brands at one, and the Hahnel for sleek design and less cords.

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Wacom Bamboo give or get it for making life soooo much easier in post production on your photographs. The pen is mightier than the mouse.

Stealth Camera Bag from Think TankPhoto.

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Photoshop Elements – Make the move in the next phase of your photo post production. It’ll open up a whole new creative world.

Nikon S60 point & shoot – seems to be the one on every teens list this year. With the ability to draw or stamp on the photos in-camera, touch screen, and Ashton Kutcher promoting it, this seems to be the one.

GeoPic II geotagger – Best Geotagger available. Hands down. Bar none. Nikon and Fuji cameras with 10 pin only but- it’s fast, no software needed, tags your location with latitude, longitude and altitude, with scary accuracy.

Canon G10 , Nikon P6000 or Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3S – when you want to carry less than a DSLR here are your choices- each one has its advantages and we’ll do reviews in the coming weeks, but seriously, you won’t go wrong with any of them. List price about $500 USD each.

Extra things:

Not sexy, but:
3m privacy screen – wheter you are working on your photos in the cafe or now,surfing on the plane, do yourself a favor and slip this brilliant piece of plastic over your computer screen. Everyone will be better off.

External hard drive : you can go Seagate, Western Digital, G-Tech, but you need one. or better yet, two so you can do a mirror back up. Welcome to the digital storage world.

Balanzza luggage scale – how much gear are you taking on that trip? Figure it out BEFORE you get to the airport. You can pick this up at Bed, Bath and Beyond.

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And something we just got in the mail: Stickr Frames – vinyl picture frames you can change, and change. More of that “get the picture off the computer and into the real world” goodies.

And our friends at Calumet have a “deal a day”:

We’ll keep bring more to your attention but this is what we have seen, used and/or and advised on.

You are still good with shipping for most of these items, and the deals seem to keep coming. With the economy in the state it is, you didn’t have to get up at 5:00 AM for the good prices.

And if you want a FREE copy of The Family Of Man, send an email to info@photoinduced.comwith the word “Man” in the subject line, and we’ll get one right out to you.
More of that coming this week, right on the site.

Just Added: This is one heck of an end of year gift pack.
Everyone has been running around this holiday and got very busy. And a ton of you have asked for a coupla more days to enter.
Done!
Send in your entries by 12:01 AM, Dec. 25th, and while Santa and Hanukkah Harry go do their thing, we’ll be logging in your entries.
The 5 top entries will be posted on Boxing Day (Dec. 26th). You will be able to vote by email and comments on-line. The top vote getter will get the goods.

Today, we are also announcing a new contest to close out our year.
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The Color Munki Profiler is the perfect tool to insure true color matching, between your monitor and printer. If you’ve ever had the print you make, look NOTHING like the photograph on the monitor, it’s because they have not been calibrated. They need to talk to each other, speak the same language. And the folks at X-Rite have simplified the process with this product. Real easy, real fast to use. Even a Munki could do it.
This is THE tool you need to complete your digital darkroom.
And all you need to do to be eligible to get one of these is, in 25 words or less, tell us why you like visiting Photoinduced.com.

We want to hear from you to make sure we’re on the right track with what we’re bringing you on this site.

And by sharing this awesome tool with you, we hope you’ll be inspired to share your thoughts.
From videos, interviews, book reviews, exhibit news, resources, random photo-ness, and of course the weekly giveaway items for you, our goal is to bring you the goods, as the first stop in your photographic life.

Send in your entries to us at info@photoinduced.com.
Just put “Munki” in the subject line, and submit by midnite, Dec. 22nd.,2008
The top 5 entries will be posted on our site and then we’ll ask you to vote for your favorite.
The entry with the most votes, as decided by you, will be awarded the Color Munki, before the end of the year.

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3 Prizes go to one person. Nice way to close out the year, right?

Looking forward to your thoughts, and keep working to make this site the first stop in your photographic life.

In October, we had the pleasure of interviewing Alec Soth in NYC. At that time he spoke about a new project about to be published in a unique format: Newspaper, entitled The Last Days of W.
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What’s so unique about that?
Well, when was the last time you saw a fine art “book” printed on newsprint. Right.
Anyway, we caught up again with Alec in Paris, where the publication was debuting. He had promised one of these for you, our readers, and he delivered. As I pondered the best way to get it back to the apartment in my backpack, without folding or somehow desecrating it, he said, “C’mon, its a newspaper…fold it.” Gulp.
I know what the concept was behind that comment, as it has a life as a newspaper and is, as such, news, so perhaps disposable and temporary.
What do you think?
The good news is that the copy for you came back from France, intact, without major folds.
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“During these last days of the administration, what is the point of protest, satire or any other sort of rabble-rousing? In assembling this collection of pictures I’ve made over the last eight years, I’m not really trying to accomplish much at all. But as President Bush once said, ‘One of the great things about books is, sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.'” – Alec Soth

This 48 pg. newspaper will be sent to our weekly winner packed safely in a corrugated box. Then it’s up to you how you deal with it.
You can also go to the Magnum Photos store to pick up a copy right now.

So Sign up for the NEWSLETTER to be eligible to get this special piece by Alec Soth. The email comes out on Weds. morning at 9:00AM PST. Details are included in every NEWSLETTER