Check out this picture. What does it look like to you? If you guessed ballpoint pen, you’re correct. You win absolutely nothing because it wasn’t that difficult of a question to begin with and I’m not writing about a contest. However, if you’re into photography and want to be able to take macro photographs like the one shown above, there’s no need to pour your life savings into your camera just to do it.

Photocritic.org posted this awesomely creative approach of lengthening the 50mm lens of the Canon 20D by means of a Pringles bottle.  With the mod, the user is able to take all kinds of zoomed in photos of everyday things.  I wonder what Sarah Palin’s face really looks like, up close and personal. Come to think of it, I’m better off not knowing.

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Celebrities who are followed by the paparazzi know best. You can’t always look your greatest when someone takes a candid snapshot of you and then darts away. The Snapshot Mirror at least gives you a little heads up on what you might look like if you were to be photographed.

Resembling a typical Polaroid-style picture, the framing of the mirror lets you admire your facial physique even when you don’t have a camera handy. You can pick up your own for $14. No refund if the mirror cracks when you take a look in the morning. — Andrew Dobrow

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Don’t you hate that cellphone cameras always have a way of not capturing what you want them too? This WYSIWYG design concept phone might just be the key to ending camera phone woes. Sporting a totally translucent body, the WYSIWYG phone’s viewfinder is completely see-through, producing a no-hassle snapshot capability.

Whatever is in the frame of the viewfinder is what will show up on your screen. The phone is also ridiculously thin and would come in a variety of colors. If only companies would pick up on some of these user-made designs. — Andrew Dobrow

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs was spotted in the wild using the still unreleased iPhone. Reports say that Jobs was seen yammering on the phone and listening to music at his kid’s soccer game. Flickr user, Thane, says this about his snapshot:

Yes, the photo is for real, and yes it is an iPhone that he was talking on, or at least it was the same size and shape. He took it out of his pocket to make calls using the touchscreen.

I thought it was interesting, so I took the photo.

I can’t believe this photo has over 1100 views.

Maybe I’ll become a professional paparazzo and save up the $500 to buy one for myself when it’s available.

Very interesting indeed. If he is in fact using the iPhone, this would be the first real spotting of one in everyday use. And who other could be the user, than Steve Jobs? — Andrew Dobrow

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