Category Archives: Photography

Amazing skyliners! Plus how to film them

Here at JOBY, we are all about doing more with less. In our minds, something that is compact and versatile wins out over something that is bulky and rigid every day of the week (even if that something is considered the industry standard). Our product designers are inspired by the can-do attitude of guys like [...]

Seeing Red Photo Contest

Last week, we hosted a Seeing Red Photo Contest in honor of our new products GorillaPod Hybrid Red and GorillaPod SLR Zoom Red. We had so many great submissions and are so impressed! Here are the winners and some of our favorite entries. It was incredibly tough to narrow it down to even this selection. Thanks [...]

Enter our Seeing Red Photo Contest!

We’re happy to introduce GorillaPod Hybrid Red and GorillaPod SLR Zoom Red! To celebrate, we’re having a photo contest! Enter your photo today! Contest ends 1/23/12.  

Depression Era Color Photography

Just the other day on my walk home from the office, I was listening to an old episode of This American Life. The theme of the episode was “Who do you think you are” and discussed the ever-present conflict between those who have and those who have not. Act One featured snippets of interviews by [...]

December Staff Photo Contest

We’ve got quite the talented team here at JOBY and a few months ago I decided to test their skills with a monthly photography contest.  Each month features a new theme,  folks submit their best work, then we vote for our favorites. Here’s a peak into the photographic imaginations of the JOBY team with December’s [...]

JOBY Winter Photo Contest 2011

Here are the beautiful photos for our Winter Photo Contest 2011! We had so many great submissions and are so impressed! Thanks to everyone who entered! And the winners of a JOBY GorillaPod Focus and a Lowepro DLSR Fastpack are … … Teresa Reid and Craig Holquist of Penn Wood’s Photography And now for the [...]

Tips from a Pro: Sports Photography Secrets

Robert Beck is a staff photographer for Sports Illustrated magazine. For over 20 years, he has been behind the lens shooting sporting events all over the world. From golf to baseball, surfing to skiing, Robert captures athletes in action. He shared his secrets to great sports photography with us yesterday in a webinar hosted by [...]

Fall Photo Contest 2011!

Here are the beautiful entries to our Fall Photo Contest 2011. We had so many great submissions that we decided to award additional prizes! Congratulations to our Fall Photo Contest winners! Fan Favorite: Rebeka Drahos! Wins a GorillaPod Focus! JOBY Favorite: Kerry Griechen! Wins a GorillaPod Focus! Voters: Janca Dániel, John McCoy, Ryan Breeden and Meredith [...]

Tips from a Pro: On Location Portraiture

The holidays are nigh and for many of us this means plenty of time spent celebrating with friends and family. For the photography-minded among us, it also means that we’ll want to capture friends and family in the best light so we can cherish our photos long after the holidays have passed. Lucky for us, [...]

Artist Eric B. Wood

Not every company has a brag-worthy customer base, but JOBY sure does. We are lucky to have a ton of amazing, creative people that also happen to love our products. I chatted with photographer and JOBY-enthusiast Eric B. Wood about his start in photography, sneaking around library security guards to get the perfect shot and [...]