Camera Giftyness in the Age of the iPhone

Remember in olden times when taking great shots of flowers, your kids, your dogs, designer showcase houses, or your folks, required copious lugging and planning? I still have my gorgeous old cameras around – the ones that use the big format film that came on the gigantic rolls that had to be carefully loaded and re-spooled. I also remember missing tons of shots at conventions, parks, shopping, the streets of New York, store windows, because I didn’t want to carry a heavy camera bag with me.

New innovations have spawned an entire culture of photo hobbyists who thrive on grabbing unexpected photo opps on the fly and pushing them up to Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous, Facebook, Picasa, FriendFeed, and Twitter all in one action for their friends and family to enjoy.

I love this collection of goodies above – the Shootsac – a super cute message style camera and lens toter that molds to your body, weighs just a few ounces, and carries the goods you need to not miss a shot. Also has tons of covers so you can change the look with your mood or event.

The Telephoto Lens for iPhone is a true stroke of genius – slide your phone in and grab those shots from a distance (think birds!)

This Trick Camera lens for iPhone looks like a riot as well – wide angle, sparkle, kaleidoscope, heart or sunburst – take your pick at $8 how can you miss?

And how can we not celebrate our love of the old Polaroid Camera with this gorgeous ceramic piece from Yellow Owl Workshop? It’s creamy good natured feel will warm any room or office.