A buddy recently told me to check out the unique re:vision jewelry of Craig Arnold — one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted bracelets made from pieces of old lenses. Pretty cool, but too expensive for my tastes ($200+). Although, to be fair, my tastes are not jewelry-friendly at any price.
If you have a jewelry-loving, photography-loving Special Person in your life, check out Arnold’s re:vision vision.
If you are looking for (much) less expensive photo-friendly gifts, check out the Photojojo store.
Poking around the Web it turns out — no surprise — there are gobs of gifts promoted as “photographer-friendly.” To me it seems like these gifts are really geared for serious fans of photography, not serious image makers.
Thinking smartly about gifts for such serious image makers, in December 2009 Allen Murabayashi presented “11 Great Gifts for Photographers”, of which my favorite is the still-awesome gift recommendation of Photo Mechanic. But, keeping things light. . .
The Photojojo Store seems to be the single best destination for fun and inexpensive gift goodies for photography fans and serious photographers alike.
For example, for $24 or $30, respectively, you can gift a Canon or Nikon zoom lens coffee mug, which looks so real as to be disconcerting.
The Photojojo Store’s bracelets are not nearly as classy as Arnold’s handcrafted work but, at $10, their price is right. And like their lens mugs, many of Photojojo’s merchandise can be put to use — from The F-Stop Watch ($35) and the iPhone Telephoto Lens ($35) to Fotoclips ($10) and Magnetic Photo Rope ($12).
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