To celebrate the new Cinetics additions to JOBY.com, we’re having a GIVEAWAY! Enter to win 1 of 5 awesome prizes featuring both JOBY and Cinetics gear. Check out all the details and enter on the contest page!
Ever since our friend Justin launched a Kickstarter campaign a few years ago attaching skateboard wheels to the feet of our GorillaPod Focus, we’ve been hooked. In the intervening years, Cinetics grew and added even more awesome products to their product line. Today we’re happy to say that we’ll be featuring their gear for GorillaPod SLR-Zoom and GorillaPod Focus on our site.
We’re so happy to sell their gear because Cinetics just like JOBY strives to help their customers do more with less. Our goal has always been to create adaptable products that empower your creativity, not constrain it, and Cinetics embraces that vision too. Their products allow you to maximize the resources you’ve got and combined with a little creativity, help you capture epic footage you’d only thought possible with pro gear and a pro crew. Cinetics also holds their products to the same high quality and performance standards we do at JOBY. We’re stoked to have them as (an official!) part of the JOBY family!
Now, without further ado, the Cinetics gear that will turn your GorillaPod Focus or GorillaPod SLR-Zoom into an amazing video-making machine!
CineSkates for GorillaPod Focus
Skateboard style wheels to capture seamless sliding, rolling and rotating shots. Perfect for dynamic moving timelapse videos too! >>Learn More!
CineSquid for GorillaPod Focus
Suction cup feet to attach your camera to planes, trains and automobiles! Capture the unique perspective you’ve always dreamed of! >>Learn More!
Vise grip clamps turn your DSLR into a pro-style rig, allowing you to clamp down securely where a normal tripod just won’t do the trick. >>Learn More!
SkatePlate for GorillaPod Focus, GorillaPod SLR-Zoom and All Cinetics Gear
Make your GorillaPod Focus, SLR-Zoom, ‘Skates and ’Squids even more versatile and easy to use with this rigid, adjustable plate. >>Learn More!
And the Cinetics gear that will transform your GorillaPod SLR-Zoom!
MiniSkates for GorillaPod SLR-Zoom
Skateboard style wheels to capture seamless sliding, rolling and rotating shots. Perfect for dynamic moving timelapse videos too! >>Learn More!
MiniSquid for GorillaPod SLR-Zoom
Suction cup feet to attach your DSLR, GoPro or iPhone to planes, trains and automobiles! Capture a truely unique perspective! >>Learn More!
Be sure to share your photo and video creations with us on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram!
Last weekend, our friends @brianmichael_ and @laughing_octopus hosted an Instameet in Orange County. Over 40 Instagrammers showed up to hang out and make awesome photos. We chose three of our favorite photos taken during the Instameet to win a GripTight tripod for their phone. Now, without further ado, our winners from #crescentbay_meet!
Photo by @known0thing
Photo by @chercapo
Photo by @its_pending
Hurray! We’re happy to announce that our UltraFit Sling Strap is a finalist in the IDSA Industrial Design Awards! It is a big honor to be featured and we think this proves that our sling strap is without a doubt the best one out there. 😉 A big congratulations to our awesome design and engineering team! You guys rock!
With Independence Day upon us, I thought it only proper to give a quick tutorial about the how to best capture the fireworks displays that will be shooting up all over the USA. You don’t want to miss the shot because you’re fumbling with your iPhone or Galaxy SIV, right?
So here we go …
1. Don’t forget a tripod!!! Bust out your iPhone or Android smartphone + GripTight phone tripod and position it appropriately to capture the action. Watch out for trees, buildings and other spectators who might block your shot.
2. Turn off the flash!
3. If you have an iPhone, use out our iPhone camera app GorillaCamPro. If you have an Android, check out Lapse It. Set yourself up for success, which means lots and lots of shots. Set up the apps to take photos at a 1, 5, 10 or 30 second intervals, sit back, enjoy the show and let your phone do all the work for you!
4. Use a self-timer to avoid camera shake when you hit the shutter button.
5. Test out long exposures. An app like SlowShutter or Dr. Light will do the trick.
What are your fireworks photo tips? Have a favorite fireworks photo? Share it with us on Instagram. We’re @jobyinc! Happy 4th!
We sent our GorillaPod Focus with Ballhead X to photographer Ander Haramboure just before he embarked on a photo expedition to Africa. Below he shares his experience and his tips for how get great photographs with zoom lenses in even the most extreme environments!
First, can you tell us a little bit about how you got into photography?
Most of the time, I go into photography during my travels. I’m lucky enough to go out several times a year… Photography is part of the travel itself as taking the good pic needs you to sharpen your eyes. Then you discover so many details you would have never seen without your camera. I’ve also met so beautiful people I wanted to shoot! I couldn’t travel without my camera!
What projects you currently working on? Can you tell us about the project these photos are from?
This year, I going on the extremities… I just came back for Zimbabwe and am heading to Spitzberg Island… 60°c gap!
I was in Africa to support a local NGO. It was the dry season and animals needed to be counted at the waterholes. Many of them were dying of thirst and it was urgent to have a good “picture” of the situation. I was on the “fire line” and could be very close to the animals! Great views!
How has the GorillaPod changed the way you shoot?
The GorillaPod is light and discreet. You can bring it with you all the time even in a small bag! It can solve many of the problems that get in your way of shooting anywhere and everywhere, like low light and need for stability stability with zoom lenses.
What is your best tip for using the GorillaPod?
Without the Gorillapod, you will be limited to “common altitudes”. With it, you can let your imagination express itself! Find the craziest viewpoint of the scene you want to shoot, prepare your camera and only then use the GorrilaPod! Twist it’s 3 legs in many different ways so to find the best stability you can. Mount your camera on the GorillaPod, point, and shoot!
Can you share a story of a time that your GorillaPod really came in handy from your past trip?
In Zimbabwe, sometimes shooting conditions were really extreme! My zoom lens was heavy and I needed stability to get a clear pics! As you could see on one of the pictures, I was able to block my camera on the bull bar thanks to my gorillaPod ! It helped me to shoot a beautiful group of elephants that were showering the babies at the waterhole.
What is your best advice for aspiring photographers?
Even if you need it, photography is no question of technique… Photography is question of imagination and sensibility!
Go out and shoot with your feelings, you get great shots!
Thanks Ander for sharing your amazing photographs and your trip! See more of Ander’s work from all over the world on his website.
We know how tough it can be find a great gift for dad for Father’s Day. Dress shirts are boring, ties are passé, socks are well, socks. This year get your dad a gift that he’ll really put to good use! Plus, from June 1st through June 16th, we’re offering 20% off our favorite gifts for Dad!
Need help finding a gift? Check out our Father’s Day Gift Guide below!
Does your dad like photography? Try our GorillaPod SLR-Zoom. A super lightweight and super flexible tripod he can take anywhere to capture unique photos wherever his adventures take him.
Is Dad a pro photographer or videographer? Check out our GorillaPod Focus. A professional grade tripod with a ton more flexibility than most, it’s perfect for a dad who’s looking to get creative with his photography.
Maybe Dad is the type to hike a mountain, ride a bike or run through city streets—all to get the perfect shot. He’ll love our UltraFit Sling Strap! Designed to allow you to cinch your camera tight against your body but still have for quick and easy camera access, it is perfect for the adventurous and active photographer.
Or perhaps Dad really enjoys DIY projects around the house or tinkering with his classic car? GorillaTorch Flare has six light settings, magnetic feet and is water resistant, making it the best way to light just about any task handsfree!
Is Dad the outdoorsy type who loves to spend his time camping in the great outdoors? Then GorillaTorch Switchback is for him! A 2-in-1 lantern that can convert into a headlamp, he can use it grilling, setting up a tent, or even on a night hike up Half Dome.
Use code DADROCKS at checkout to receive 20% off these great gifts for the dads in your life!
After our UltraFit Sling Strap launch, a good number of customers told us that they also wanted to use their camera strap with their tripod without having to unscrew the strap. So, we started looking for universal quick release tripod plates on the market to point our customers to. But we were surprised at how expensive and complicated they were. $50 – $100? That’s more than our sling strap!
So, our designers and engineers got to work.
We aim for simple but adaptable designs that put a lot of functionality in the hands of our users.
So, let’s start with a universal camera baseplate that’s made of hard-anodized machined-aluminum with a unibody design. That makes it tough, sleek, and small.
We’ll include two ¼-20” female mounting holes for your accessories like camera straps or flash brackets. We’ll include a slot for your hand and wrist strap.
Let’s give it an extra long mounting slot so you can position the base plate where it makes the most sense to you. Now, you have a total camera platform!
Let’s make it an Arca-Swiss compatible tripod plate so you can just slide your camera into the most common mounting system for tripods. But if you’re using something like a Manfrotto® RC2 ballhead, you can attach the UltraPlate to the ¼-20” screw of an RC2 quick-release plate.
We don’t like tools that get in our way so let’s make it small at 2.8” x 1.7” (Arca-Swiss dovetail is 1.5″ wide) x 0.5” (7.2 x 4.3/3.85 x 1.25 cm) and weighing only 1.65 oz (47g) so that it fits nicely underneath your DSLR camera or compact system camera.
And finally, let’s make it $19.95 so it’s a no-brainer for everybody to have one for their camera.
Check out our video below on the UltraPlate and buy one for your camera today!
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Our second annual JOBY Phone Photo Contest was a huge success! We were blown away by the number of entries (763!) and the amazing photographs submitted! You guys sure are a phenomenally talented group! Now without further ado, our winners!
First Place: Mt. Fuji by Masakazu Ejiri
Second Place: Lines by Altaf Aiali
Third Place: Spring Blossom by Steven Sandner
Honorable Mentions
A Boy, a Cave, Some Wires by Fernando Prats
Vanishing Trees by Robert Paul Jansen
Waiting for you…by Andini Patricia
Taking a Break by Jacob Santiago
Dandelion on Fire by Linda Owens
Different is Okay by Glen Coyle
And because we got so many awesome animal shots for this contests, we’ve added an Cool Canines category! These Cool Canine photos win a GripTight GorillaPod Stand.
Waiting by Art Lim
Courage by Richard Lawson
Pugcycle by Mary McGuire
There were so many wonderful photos it was almost impossible to narrow it down to just this group. Check out this gallery to see more beautiful and inspiring phone photos.
Thanks to everyone who participated and a special thanks to our judges, Martin Reisch, Amanda Jasnowski and Colby Brown!