This is a guest post by Hannah of Happily Everly After.
Since Mother’s Day is just around the corner [Sunday, May 12], here are some Mother’s Day gift ideas for the mom-tographer in your life.
2. Olloclip. A set of three different lenses (fisheye, wide-angle, and macro) that slides on to your iPhone. Great device to enhance and add effects to your iphone photos and videos.
3. Holga camera. Great for those moms who want to experiment or play around with film. This is a small plastic camera that takes 120 film. Why bother with film when we have digital? Because Holga cameras are simply quirky and fun, harkening back to the days of film when we couldn’t instantly see our pictures. Also, the type of images this camera produces is so popular that there is company called Lensbaby that creates lens attachments to your digital camera to produce these distorted Holga-style images.
4. Joby Sling Strap. Ergonomically designed specifically for a woman’s body, this strap allows you to be comfortably hands free and access your camera quickly and smoothly. When I wear my camera around my neck or across my body, I ALWAYS accidentally bonk one of my kids on the head when I bend down or turn to the side. When I wear it on just one shoulder, the second I turn in any direction my camera hits the door or a wall or some piece of furniture. This strap solves that problem by securely hugging your body.
5. Gorillapod. Flexible and foldable tripod for your phone or camera that you can use almost anywhere without fear of your device falling or getting damaged. Very useful – especially for a mom-tographer because they never get a chance to actually be in pictures themselves. You can basically prop or hang your camera anywhere.
6. A fashionable camera bag. The Allison Mint camera bag is from Jo Totes and can fit a large camera body with attached lens and one or two additional lenses. It also has five pockets to fit sunglasses, wallet, keys, phone, and even an iPad/tablet.
7. A new shiny phone case. I love the gold stripes iPhone case by Rifle Paper Co!
8. A new stylish camera strap. This one is from Bloom Theory – I love the neutral grey color [matches any outfit] with the simple but feminine white bow.
9. Showcase her favorite photographs on stationery or in a photo book. I love this magnetic weekly notepad trio from Pinhole Press!
10. Editing software. There are many options in photo editing software – Photoshop, Lightroom, Elements, Aperture, etc. I use Lightroom and absolutely love it.
Happy shopping!
Hannah of Happily Everly After part 3 of 4
1. Top 10 iPhone Photo Apps by Hannah @ Happily Everly After2. 5 Simple Tips to Take Better Pictures of Your Kids by Hannah @ Happily Everly After
3. Mother's Day Gift Ideas for the Momtographer by Hannah @ Happily Everly After
4. Editing Your iPhone Pictures: VSCO by Hannah @ Happily Everly After
cherry / 119 posts
great round up hannah! now i need to show this to my hubby.
blogger / persimmon / 1398 posts
Great list! So many of my favorites.
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They are coming out with a new Lightroom (5) in June – so don’t buy 4 right now or within a month you will have outdated software! Awesome list – lots of cool ideas to forward to DH!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I love that bag!
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
oooo i love all of these. now i need a camera. baby steps.
honeydew / 7687 posts
I love my gorilla pod!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
awesome guide. i have been eyeing a holga for a long time!
coconut / 8430 posts
I would add remote shutter release to that list. I think thats the next accessory I’m buying so that I can actually use my DSLR and be in the photos too. Right now we use our P&S with the self-timer in order to get in photos.
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Add to that list some beautiful flowers to take photos of!
cherry / 175 posts
Great ideas! Especially love that Holga camera.
olive / 62 posts
Thanks so much for mentioning the Joby strap! It is exactly what I need for my dSLR. I haven’t been shooting as much because it’s so difficult to juggle a dSLR and two kids, often by myself, but now that i can shift the camera toward my back I can bend down and interact with my kids when I have it with me.