Handheld cameras can be sensitive, every slightest movement resulting in jittery shaking on the screen. There are many options for Steadicam-type systems, but most of them are extremely complicated and expensive, often out of reach for the would-be director on …
Continue ReadingBeing a parent – already a full-time job in itself – also comes with scores of additionally attached vocations. You are likely, on any given day, a chauffeur, a chef, a banker, a mediator and a videographer. And while each …
Continue ReadingWorking on Family Gamer TV, I’ve used a variety of different approaches to create episodes over the last six months. Being new to the field of video creation, I started by hiring a friendly local professional photographer Tim Pestridge. He …
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Learn how to make fun stop-motion movies with your kids, without spending Hollywood money.
Continue ReadingIt’s a good list… and I’ve been looking for a system that could do these things easily and without a lot of troublesome configuration issues. Many homebrew systems are just too much trouble and often require some coding background or …
Continue ReadingMy kids, much like your kids, I’m guessing, love the idea of spying on their siblings —particularly the younger ones spying on the older ones. My family got to try out a review pair of SpyNet Stealth Video Glasses and …
Continue ReadingA friend of mine just sent me a link to a marvelous photography blog. I’m enchanted with these self-portraits of Natsumi Hayashi- who always photographs herself levitating. That’s right, let me say that again – these are SELF-PORTRAITS! After years of following the Adventures of the Dancing Kids, I guess I’m a sucker for […]
Continue ReadingUsing your cell phone to snap photos on the fly is incredibly convenient. But you may not realize that your phone is capturing more than your kid’s adorable smile. It’s also recording your precise location and storing the GPS coordinates in …
Continue ReadingIn the last episode of the BBC’s excellent Wonders Of The Universe series, everybody’s favourite pretty boy pop star turned serious physicist Professor Brian Cox showed us a wonderful trick. He had his Digital SLR camera on a tripod and …
Continue ReadingAnyone familiar with me knows that I have a camera on my person at all times. If you see me walking down the street, I have a camera. I’m here, therefore I shoot. Wait. My first post for GeekMom and I’ve told a lie. The truth is that I’m usually carrying anywhere from 3 to […]
Continue ReadingThe week-long window to enter the GeekDad giveaway of a Nikon Coolpix P7000 camera ended yesterday, and this morning a winner was chosen! The winner is … Mike Gurganus of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina! There were over 4300 valid entries …
Continue ReadingTime is running out! There’s only one day left to enter to win a Nikon Coolpix P7000 camera in our GeekDad giveaway. If you haven’t already, why not enter now? We’ve already gotten a huge response to the giveaway, but …
Continue ReadingDidn’t find the new camera you were hoping for under the tree yesterday? There are still three days left to enter to win a Nikon Coolpix P7000 camera in our GeekDad giveaway. If you haven’t already, why not enter now? …
Continue ReadingThere’s still plenty of time to enter to win a Nikon Coolpix P7000 camera in our GeekDad giveaway. If you haven’t already, why not enter now? Please use the form below to enter the giveaway before 8:30 EST on December …
Continue ReadingYes, we’re giveaway fools here at GeekDad! This time, you have exactly one week to enter to win a brand-new Nikon Coolpix P7000 camera. The Nikon Coolpix P7000 is a point-and-shoot camera that’s about as close to a DSLR as …
Continue ReadingGeekMom Editor Kathy Ceceri recently shared some of her “home laboratory” adventures with a visiting reporter from the New York Times. The article, Home Labs on the Rise for the Fun of Science, goes on to discuss USB microscopes, DNA extraction kits and infrared thermometers in greater detail, saying that they are just some of […]
Continue ReadingThe Midwest US is about to get clobbered today with a mix of rain, freezing rain, snow, and lots of wind. It’s the kind of day to hunker down and figure out how to entertain your young ones when you …
Continue ReadingAs parents, we have an unspoken obligation to record our children’s lives. Sporting events, school musicals and holidays are never complete without a digital camera or camcorder. Although the optics and abilities of smartphone cameras continue to improve, they still …
Continue ReadingHomemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo. This is not the easy weekend project I included in my book (over there, in the sidebar). This is something that took Luke Geissbühler months of research and planning, plus he’s a professional …
Continue ReadingAs we posted yesterday, teacher Todd Stowe was running a test launch of his balloon-and-camera rig in the morning to try out some new features. Looks like it worked! The videos kinda stank but the SPOT transmitter was dead-on. The …
Continue ReadingA few months ago Todd Stowe, a teacher at Beaufort High School in Beaufort, SC dropped me an email asking me about some plans I’d mentioned way back for a possible camera space launch. Well, those plans had morphed into …
Continue ReadingHaving purchased a DSi at launch I’ve been eagerly awaiting games that make use of it’s new features. Hair Salon is the first. Games Basement provided us a copy of Hair Salon recently, so I thought I’d share our thoughts. …
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Angela, who won the drawing for a Fuji Instax Camera! Angela wrote: I am part of a generation that hardly know about Polaroid cameras. When I was little, there were the Polaroid iZone cameras which were basically the …
Continue ReadingRemember all the fun you had with Polaroids? The instant gratification of seeing the chunky white-bordered print slide out of the camera right after the flash went off, and then crowding around to watch the picture slowly appear, as if …
Continue ReadingGot a digital camera? Good. Taken hundreds of photos? Great. Discovered that most of them sit on your computer, gathering digital dust? Yech. – from the back cover of Photojojo! Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas. I’m a fan …
Continue ReadingBoth my daughter and I like to shoot film with our shared 1960s era Canon Demi. It is great for vacation snapshots, close portraits, and just having fun. One advantage is that it takes two portrait photos per frame on …
Continue ReadingWe’ve all had our share of lousy customer service and the web is full of horror stories about atrocious customer support. I’ve had a few of my own, including the incredibly polite brush-off I received from Apple when the power supply on one of our iMacs failed. For the third time… But that’s not what […]
Continue ReadingFor two years my Canon Rebel (300d) has been my faithful companion, constantly by my side, and ever ready to capture the moment. But such relationships are not destined to last forever. In a tragic fit of forgetfulness, I left my camera bag on the ground behind the car while packing for Maker Faire. A […]
Continue ReadingOK, so he’s not a mutant, but he’s no ordinary cat. Mr. Lee has been outfitted with his very own CatCam, designed and built by his owner, J. Perthold, from a keychain digital camera and some custom circuitry. The CatCam provides a peek into the daily adventures of Mr. Lee as he prowls the neighborhood. […]
Continue ReadingReally, she did. Not the review, the camera itself. As if our house –as full as it is of kids, cats and dogs- didn’t contain enough hazards for a gadget geek like myself, we recently adopted a new puppy. The newest arrival is a (currently) 60 pound Shepherd cross and it would appear that she […]
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