Amit Gupta & Kelly Jensen
Photojojo! Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas
Paperback $175
ISBN: 9780307451422 Published September 2009

某次在flickr 流連，無意中發 現了一個有趣的玩意：時間錦囊，只要登記你的flickr 資料，時間錦囊就會每兩個月給你寄出一個電郵，裏面會貼出一年前 這兩個月份你的相簿裏最有趣的flickr 照片數張，你還可以寫几句話給一年後的自己，讓時間錦囊記住。每次我收到這封電郵，也會驚訝於時間的飛逝：這張相原來是一年前拍 下的嗎？一年前我曾到過這地方嗎？那几張相片給我的感覺既熟悉又陌生，被埋葬在電子相簿裏的記憶就這样得以在電郵裏重生（可惜一 CLICK 過後卻又再次被埋葬在云云電郵裏）。

然後我好奇想了解多一點發明這有趣玩意的人是誰，所以訂閱了Photojojo 的通訊。結果我每個星期總會收到至少一封來自Photojojo 的電郵，它每次教我一個點子：或廢物利用把壞掉的相機變做有趣的 花盤、或以相片製造有趣小禮物或個性化手飾文具、或揭開攝影的奧秘，教人如何捕捉光線的反映等等。總之，每次打開Photojojo 的電郵，它就是要提醒你一click 過後，你還可以怎样活用相片，添加生活情趣。

終於Photojojo 的第一本書面世了（我相信他們的書陸續有來），正如兩位作者在序 言所述：「我們建立Photojojo 是因為身邊朋友總愛以新型數碼相機拍很多很多照片，然後統統忘掉 。這真可惜，因為我們看見這些相片的千百萬可能。過去多年來我們 不斷告訴別人怎樣令拍攝、照片變得更有趣，也就是如何把照片由電 腦資料夾帶到現實世界。」全書載錄的五十多個點子主分為兩個部份 ：照片的可能性、相機／拍攝的可能性。每個點子也是圖文並茂，按 部就班教你如何DIY。喜愛拍照的人，一定會喜愛Photojojo！

Want to turn all those digital photos on your hard drive into something creative? Photojojo, a blog catering to do-it-yourselfers, will point you in the right direction.
— The Wall STreet Journal

Photojojo just wants to have fun. Are you lacking imagination as the winter doldrums set in, using your digital camera for the same ol’ snap and shot? If so, check out Photojojo, a D.I.Y. site that learn photography tricks while engaging your imagination.
— The New York Times

A photo, an idea, and simple crafting skills are all you need to transform your pictures into useful, fun, giftable art. With clear DIY instructions, Photojojo! by Amit Gupta and Kelly Jensen shows you how to turn your forgotten photos into ingenious photo projects.

Do you have lots of pics of friends and family you want to show off? Make a sleek, stylish photo display rail so you can change them up at a moment’s notice. Need something to play with? Make photo slider puzzles, Rubik’s cubes, and temporary tattoos. Or spruce up your pad with a photo chandelier or a giant wall mural you can print at home! All the projects use basic materials and are easy enough to whip up in an afternoon.

Once you’re armed with what you can do with all your images, check out Photojojo’s inspiring ideas to get you shooting photographs more creatively. Investigate the world from a canine perspective with the amazing doggie cam, or grab your friends and head out on a photo safari. Make a sneaky hidden jacket camera and turn string, a washer, and a screw into a monopod that fits in your pocket, MacGyver-style. Learn how to motivate yourself to take a photo every day with project 365, or get the little ones involved with Photojojo’s head-spinning photography method: because you + kid + centrifugal force = awesome. Yep, photography just became a whole lot more fun.

Amit Gupta is a photoblogger and entrepreneur. He dropped out of school to start his first Internet company, moved to New York City to help start the nonprofit Change This, and launched the coworking event Jelly in his apartment. And, he’s been known to hang out on street corners exchanging lollipops for portraits. He’s also the founder of Photojojo! (www.photojojo.com, but you already knew that) and blogs at www.amitgupta.com. He lives in San Francisco. (P.S. You can write him at amit@photojojo.com; he’ll write back.)

Kelly Jensen sews, knits, draws, builds stuff, embroiders, cooks, messes with cameras, and wrestles her Boston terrier. When not busy with the above, she’s worked as a freelance photographer and cataloguer of the teratology collection at the MŸtter Museum. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Bryan, and Molly, the dog (as seen on the cover).