Subscribe by email
Subscribe by RSS feed
Pogo Printer Giveaway Contest
October 31st, 2008
Ok y’all, I’ve raved until I am blue in the face about how much I love my Pogo printer. But words can only go so far, so in the spirit of generosity I’m giving away a Pogo printer to one lucky reader. Actually, that’s only partly true. I’m giving away the shipping, ZINK, the geniuses behind the Polaroid Pogo, are the ones giving it away. They’re crazy-generous that way. And now my readers are getting in on the lovin’.
My FedEx guy dropped off a box today containing a printer with your name on it. All you have to do is tell me (1) who you are and (2) why you want a Pogo printer. Marks will be given for creativity, but in the end the draw will be random. Can’t have you thinking I’m playing favourites, now can I?
Leave your entry in the comments on this post. PLEASE make sure you give me your email when you leave your comment/entry. I need to ship this before I head to Nairobi on the 14th, so let’s make the deadline for entries NEXT FRIDAY, the 7th of November.
First! (?)
My name is Brett, a photographer in Lansing, MI. I would love a little printer like this so I could print “photobooth” shots out immediately, and maybe some fun other ones.
hey david,
i’m mike lao. I usually do travel photography because i like to travel. I like to capture the culture and portraits of the people in different locations.
why i want a pogo printer? well, (1) it’s free if i win here and (2) i’d love to be able to share my prints while i’m traveling. =)
thanks!
Hi David. My name is Roger Madsen, a photographer based in Sweden but I travel as much as I can. My goal is to one day become a full time travelling photographer.
My next trip is to India. I’m leaving in the end of december and I would love to bring this small printer along with me to be able to give away prints to people I shoot. I’ve read on both your blog and on Matt Brandons blog (The digital trekker) how you use this printer and I’ve really wanted to get this prinmter for a while now.
I put all my money on travels, cameras, lenses and unfortunately there are no money left for fun gear stuff like this printer. If I hade the money I would buy one right now but I have to put my hope in winning this one instead
Cheers!
Hi David..
I am Uday from Germany. I love to snap ‘n’ share. What better way to snap strangers at unknown places and let them keep that moment for life other than that moment in print.. well, thats why I want this little printer.
Nice competition.. thanks
Hi,
I’m Jack. I would like to leave something worth full behind while traveling, not only money.
Take care.
In cultures where a printed photograph is preciously rare, having a portable printer is like carrying a supply of good will.
My name is Trevor and I WANT A POGO!!
Thank you for this. My Name is Tom and my son is Jared. I am a photographer dealing with MS (Can be seen on Joe McNallys Blog) and this would be an awesome solution for us as I am now beginning to document, in an album, my journey with MS in pictures.
No matter Win/Lose, thank you for doing this.
Tom
My name is Robert, and I’m a wannabe Pogo addict. Love to have one to give the surf groms a snaphot after their session.
But…
Give it to Tom. Not because he has MS, but because his story is the kind that I wish I had the courage to document. Sounds like the Pogo will help him with that.
Hi David,
I’m Bernard from Lyon, France. Next trip is next January, in Tamil Nadu – my 8th trip to India. I simply love this country. It would be great to be able to give prints to the people I meet – I can just imagine what a nice gift it would have been when I was in Burma 2 years ago in Burma, if such a printer had existed.
Thanks !
My name is Magdalena, I am just starting out in the business as a child photographer but one of my passions is travel photography. When travelling I would love to print the images and give them away as a gratitude for allowing me to photograph them. In most cases my subjects have never even owned a photo of themselves to begin with. During my travel to India, people (especially children) loved looking back on the images on the screen but I would have made a better connection with them if I could have left something behind. The language barrier prohibited me from getting their addresses.
Happy shooting
Hi David, my name is Chris, and I’m a photoholic.
I’ve already missed a great opportunity for this, but will have many upcoming events. It would have been great to have had this for my daughters soccer (age 3-4). I tried to take pictures of each kid on her team, and now I don’t have contact info for their parents. I could have just given them a picture that day. I would love to do this other times, such as for her ballet class performance in a couple of months. I could hand out a picture to each parent that day. I would also love to take my camera and the pogo into her pre school class sometime. As you know, kids love to have their picture taken, and getting a picture/sticker of themselves with a funny face would absolutely make their day.
Thanks
I’m Pete.
I’d like the pogo to bounce around town! ….oh what, it’s not that type of pogo? Oh. I’d like to have it to print nice pictures.
Hi David,
I am Carsten and a fellow Canadian.
I just started photography 2 weeks and bought my first DSLR. I am going to see my family in Germany over christmas and want to surprise my nieces and nephews with immediate pictures and see them smile with their cookies in their hands.
Thank you.
Howdy David,
I’m Marcus Taylor, and I’ve recently started doing more street photography. I think being able to offer strangers a print on the spot, would go a long way to getting them to agree to let me photograph them.
And if that wasn’t reason enough, my birthday is this Tuesday (Nov. 4) and as things look now, I’ll be spending most of it standing in line to vote.
Hi David, I’m Heber from Chile!!!
I’m a NGO worker (photographer as well) based in Iraq. I think a POGO Printer will a nice addition to my new Nikon D700!!! (I know “Dark Side”).
If I get it I will invite you to shoot here in Iraq…
Hi, David,
Sign me up for one of these…perhaps it will help me overcome some reticence as a street photographer. I’m no one special, just a photo addict. Thanks for the consideration.
David – thanks a lot for doing this! I would love to have a Pogo. I am out shooting whenever I can, and the Pogo is perfect for sharing those pictures. Plus, I have the technology and want to spread the word. Thanks again.
Hi David. I’d like to be as cool as you and Matt when you travel with your Pogo printers.
It’s very very sad not being as cool and having nothing but a smile to give back. (well, I realize it’s a wonderful smile but still…).
Sorry – I mean “I LOVE the technology…”
Hello Dave,
The name’s Derek and I’ve been visiting your blog for a while, mostly due to the fact that I’m an aspiring humanitarian photographer.
I’ve spent some time in January in El Salvador (photos on my flickr page) and this time shaped and changed my direction in life, and set me on this course. I recall you reviewing the pogo, and then seeing your real-world use for it, I was sold. One problem I had while I was in El Salvador is once I left I had no way of sending family photos back to my subjects.
Well, I’ll be returning to El Salvador in December, and I think the Pogo would be a great tool, helping me to use my camera for good.
Thanks Dave, and keep up the GOOD work.
-Derek
David:
Wonderful move. You are absolutely right, the folks at Zink are wonderful. They make an incredible product and it really opens doors. I absolutely love mine!
I really recommend one to everyone!
Willy.
Hi David,
I’m Billy Pope, and have been reading your blog for awhile and love it when you bring the heat on the vision and art side of photography.
I have been traveling to Peru for the past three years photographing in orphanages and plan to return early next year to shoot some more. The pogo would be great because I could give the kids something of themselves before I leave. Each time I have to bring all the images back and develop them and take them back the next time I return. It would be a great thing to have!
This past February I went to Rwanda with a church mission and will be heading back in November 2009. We spent time with orphans, HIV patients and child run households and a school. After we returned home I sent back a package of photographs to be distributed to those who had their pictures taken, however, after numerous emails I still haven’t heard whether or not the photos actually arrived. I would like to ensure photos get to the people in Rwanda before I leave. That being said however, many of the entries here are so worthwhile and would all benefit from a system like this.
David,
What’s up? You know how and what I shoot, and the advantages of having a tiny printer on hand. Thanks for the give away!
Hey David
I just got back from 3 months in morocco – and this would have been a handy little piece of equipment to have! Getting a free one sure fits into my graduate student budget!!
Thanks for a great blog.
John
MFA Candidate – Savannah College of Art & Design
Hi, my name is Bernard, an amateur photographer from San Diego. I think the ultimate use of this modern day Polaroid is as you have found, to be used in connecting with people and cultures, especially those outside your own country and personal comfort zone. I wish I had something like this on my 3 month stay in India this last spring. My next long term trip will be back to China and I have a ton of ideas for photo related projects and humanitarianism.
When I’m doing self assigned street photography it is with people who can’t log onto a web site to see my shots. With this tool they would be more receptive of giving me ‘another shot’ as well as me being able to give them something for their trouble.
xlphotog
I’m a kayak guide and instructor who also dabbles in photography. I’d love to be able to give clients photos of their trip right there at the take out.
PS. Love reading your blog.
I’d love to be able to hand out portraits after I take them – especially when abroad on missions trips. I love hearing all of your stories of how you’re able to share people’s pictures with them with the Pogo.
My name’s Ben Vogan and I’m a software developer who moonlights as a photographer. I moved from Canada to Costa Rica last year and I have been traveling central america quite a bit and I would love to have a Pogo printer to hand out prints to all the interesting people I meet.
Hi David,
I’m heading the Mexico, Central America and South America for a 7 month trip next year and to me this seems like the perfect medium to show people the images you are taking and communicate with them your love for photography. I always feel that slight twinge of guilt that I have so little to give back after someone has so courteously posed for me.
Can you buy them anywhere in Canada? Because I haven’t had much luck when I’ve been looking for them.
Anyway, thanks for the opportunity to at least have a chance at winning one!
Bay
Hi David, thanks for organizing the giveaway! I’m teaching english in Japan at a middle school, but I’m also the unofficial school photographer. My students love having their pictures taken and enjoy seeing prints up on the school bulletin board. But, traveling between schools – all with really bad printers – makes it a pain to create good prints to show them. A small printer i could bring with me would allow much faster feedback with my students. Looking at photos is a great way to start a conversation with the kids, and a chance for them to practice speaking english.
Joe
David,
My name is Jarret and I live in Florida. I love making photographs, especially of my two children. I would really enjoy this printer so I can share the photographs I take with family and friends while we are on the go.
The kids love seeing themselves when ever I take their picture.
Hi,
I am a student applying for a summer fellowship to return to Italy to complete a photographic project on craftsman. The entire project is coming from an single image I took two years ago of a older man whose entire life has been carving alabaster stone. I want to complete a series of photographs of different craftsman, with their work. It would a series of frontal portraits, at work images, and a close of of each individual’s hands.
My Name is Dustin, I’m going to India in February and would love to used the POGO to give something back to the people and places I photograph.
Hi, I’m Enrico from Italy.
I like to take pictures of friends and family. With a Pogo I could give away pictures to people I love as soon as I take them, because I admit, I’m too lazy to go home to print the pictures I took and then give them back to whom I photographed.
(Sorry for my poor English).
Bye
Howdy,
Alex from Colorado, originally from Port Moody, B.C.
I’ve been travelling to Madagascar for the past 12 years participating in freshwater fish conservation. Part of this effort involves trying to connect with villages and start a dialog about sustainable practices (agriculture, fishing, livestock, etc, etc). I’ve been using photography as another tool to build rapport with people, and to document the environmental problems the island faces.
Some of my most rewarding moments have come when I return to a village after a number of years and can hand deliver the images I took. In some rural areas a photograph is the only “luxury” item these people possess. It is especially touching when the people in the photograph have grown and moved on as often times it is the only image a family has of their loved ones.
I would have loved to bring a Pogo with me on this year’s field season but my budget wouldn’t allow it. Being able to instantly give people an image, as opposed to it taking years, would be very rewarding both to the people I’m working with and, selfishly, to myself.
Cheers,
Alex
Hi, I’m Agustin from South Africa. We live at a stone throw distance away from townships of very poor people and often go help out and play with the children. Of course I love to take my camera along and when I saw your post about the printer, I thought… What a great tool! They climb all over me to see the back of my camera so how amazing would it be to make prints and give it to them!
Very cool toy!
WOW!!! I’m Pete from New Jersey. I would love to print out a picture at a moments notice for friends and family. What a great tool. Thanks for the chance.
I take about 4000 sports photos per game (slight exageration) for my kids soccer teams and share the photos with the other parents on a team website…would love to be able to print out the most super awesome pulitzer prize winners right there and give it to the kid or parent at the end of the game. I LOVE those types of gadgets……
Great offer! Dave from Virginia here. I work for a non-profit and was considering buying one of these based on your recommendation for a recent trip to El Salvador/Honduras. Didn’t pull the trigger though and I found myself wishing I had one with me the whole time.
Keep up the great work!
Dave
My Name is Cody Hall, and I want a Pogo Printer because no one will believe me when I tell them that Zombies attack my family.
I’ve photographed the zombies multiple times, but when I go to get them printed the next morning the card in my camera has reformatted itself. Upon further research I have found that unless you are capable of printing them off as a small print immediately after taking them, you lose all of the images due to zombie camera magic.
That Mr. duChemin is why I not only want, but desperately need a Pogo printer.
It’s for the sake of my family.
Cody
hi David, Nadine here, an Aussie living in Turkey.
Having once photographed a friend on his 28th birthday, he told me that that was the first time he’d celebrated his birthday, let alone had a photo taken of the occassion. Having a Pogo would allow me to give people a memory they can hold in their hands, not just their heads.
As other’s have said- awesome comp. Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
Nadine
my name is marlof, and i’m from the netherlands. i’d love to add a pogo to my camera bag, ever since i read about it on your site. sometimes you need some gear to enable you to share your vision.
Hey David and the Pogo poeple,
My name is Tim, I am a photojournalist based in the beautiful city of Montreal.
I have 2 reason’s for wanting a POGO:
1) The same as everyone else, I want to be able to give mementos to those whom I photograph…
2) Growing up as a kid, it was a ritual that after every hockey game I got a pogo at the arena. I went vegetarien about 10 years ago, and I must say, it’s aboutt he only thing I miss.
Sad but true…
Anyways, best of luck to all and I hope the winner puts it to good use.
Cheers,
Tim in Montreal!
My name is Abby Ross, Im a photographer. Most towns I am working in do not have labs, I want a pogo printer to be able to give my subjects a slice of the beauty I see. I want to share with them before I share with the rest of the world!
Hey David,
Well, you’ve raved SO much about it that now I just have got to try it! (smile)
KC in CA
Hi David,
Having just read the comments above I reckon I don’t stand a chance in giving you a good reason to send a Pogo all the way to Scotland.
I suppose it’s a bit much to ask anyway.
However you did say it will be a random draw so I guess my odds are the same as everyone else?
HI Dave, my name is Jordan Shaw, and I’m a photographer/bible school student. I would love something like this because a lot of the photography I’ve been doing lately has been concerts, and I would love to give away shots to artists as business cards right after the show.
48 comments?! Dude you rock!
I’m Ian, you can tell by that little bit above that says ‘Ian’
Count me out of the draw as i’ll be buying one anyway (if my name comes up, do a redraw) in a couple of months, right after that nice little lensbaby i’ve got my eye on. I post just to say “thank-you” for the competition, and because it always gladdens my heart that when there is so much negativity around, to see that there are still good people in the world.
As we would say over here, nice one m8
I just love this.
Reading through all the comments… this is a global party you’ve got going on here! Wooot! 
After reading your posts about them, Dani and I have already decided that we’re buying Pogos for our trip to Swaziland. Many of the orphans at the care points we visit have never seen themselves before. While it’s cool to show them their image in the back of the camera, it will be even cooler to give them a hard copy. Yay… can’t wait
I hope the fact that you’re posting means that you’re feeling better!!
I’m about to move to New Delhi to live with a friend who shoots for the Times. It’s a dream of mine but to become a photojournlist but I’m poor and nervous. When I get there I will be broke. It would be nice to have something to print out shots and send them home so the friends I leave behind won’t feel so lonely without me…
cause my name Pooya rhymes with Pogo! (lame joke). plus I’m in vancouver so easy shipping
keep up the awesome job david.
–pooya
I’m no world traveler, just a photo junkie who would love to share the love with friends, family and anyone else who’d like one of my shots on the spot. To be honest based on your praise of this tool, if I don’t win one I’ll probably have to buy one anyways.
[...] duChemin wants to give you a free Polaroid Pogo Printer at Pixalated [...]
My name is Fernando Franco.
I live in Aguascalientes, México a small town in the center of the country.
We are what we remember we are. If you loose your memory you no longer know who you are.
Well photography helps us to remember, a great sunset, a marvelous landscape, a smile in a child face, a beautiful eyes of a woman.
A Pogo printer in mine or any body’s hands will help to share those moments we build our life with.
Thanks in advance whether I get the Pogo or some one else.
Fernando Franco
My only justification is mathematical. You have two. I have none. Maybe this transfer would provide the world with a little balance.
David,
I absolutely love your combinations of color and people. I have begun to take far more photographs with people in them, something I shied from doing before, thanks to your inspiration. Thanks for the boost!
Steve
[...] Well, here is your chance to get you hands on one. Pop on over to David DuChemin’s blog HERE and let him know why you want one. Tell him I sent you over, maybe that will help….I doubt it [...]
Hi David! I’m Dhadha Garcia of the Phil. I am currently a stay-at-home-mom who earns through blogging. Btw, I really love to have the Pogo Printer since it will be easy for me
to share photos whether my family and I are on vacation or I am just hanging out with your friends. I really admire the Pogo Printer since it provides a new, innovative way to share digital photos directly from my mobile phone camera or digital camera, instantly! So amazing!
Pick me! Pick me! David great promotion. I’m travelling to Africa next year and this would be ideal for giving something back to those that light up the viewfinder.
Hi David,
This is Toni, the one that did the pdf file for you. I’d love to have a printer, but I’m the least deserving of the ones posted. If you do happen to draw me, put me back and pick someone else. My vote, if I had a vote, would be for Cody – such creativity should not go unrewarded!
Hi, David.
I like the novelty of it. I expect that if it can make enough of an economic impact for Polariod, then it others will try to make a buck off of the technology and it won’t be so novel anymore as it will be useful. For me, I can see it being a useful advertising tool for me as I try to market my limited business by being able to capture a moment, and then print it for a potential client to see that what I do is artful and not just snapshots. Thanks for the giveaway and best of luck to everyone.
Comment #65? Wow, David, this is so cool!
As Erin already said, we’re planning to purchase PoGos to Swaziland anyway, nevertheless it would be great to win one… leaves more funds for the kids!
Thanks for this wonderful competition. And whoever wins this amazing little piece of gear, I’m sure she/he will put a smile in someone’s face with it
Your generosity is overwhelming! I shoot a bunch of kid functions at my church. To see the little faces light up at being able to take home a picture right away… priceless. Did I mention I you’re your blog each day and was also sent by Matt! Pick me!!!
Lots of comments and great intentions here. I suppose I’ll toss my name in the hat too.
In July of this year while working with a large group of kids over several days in Cambodia, I saw the power of a photo in ways that I never really imagined. I was documenting a mission trip in several regions, and I did bring along a sony dye-sub printer. The joy, especially from the kids, but everyone else too was was incredible. I was floored by this. The fun part was they really could care less if it was a picture of them, but if it was they wanted all of their friends with them and just as importantly, someone with light skin. A westerner. I’m quite sure these kids will treasure this small token for many years.
My only limitation wit this process was the requirement of AC power. I had to get back to my guesthouse in the evening and print for the next day. The flexibility of a solution not requiring dedicated AC would have been fantastic. I would love to take this type of unit back with me to the Childrens’ hospital in the spring, or the remote floating villages of Tonle Sap in July.
Cheers and thanks!
I am Cooper Strange. I live in China and as such do most of my shooting there. I cannot begin to count the number of times I have had people ask me to send them a photo. In their mind, “a good friend would give me a photo so I could hang it up on my wall and show all my friends”; from my side of things, it sure is hard to keep up with what photo goes with what scribbled Chinese address. So I usually end up trying to find some way out of it. This is the one way I could make so many people happy, but I had only just recently heard of this. Actually, it would open up a new realm of portrait shooting, because I could take portraits more openly since I had some way to “trade” for the opportunity to shoot.
My name is Kris and photography is my main hobby. I’m heading out to a remote island in French Polynesia to document an endangered specie and would love to share my pictures with the 150 indigenous people living on the island during my 3 week stay.
My name is Tim. My birthday is November 8th and this would be an awesome present.
What a cool prize
Being a Germany-based shooter traveling to Africa, the USofA and through Europe this cool printer would be a lot of fun
Thanks for this competition!
Hi David,
Thanks for the blog and your generosity. I, like everyone else here, would love to have a Pogo printer. I am a relief worker with a Swiss humanitarian organisation, and I enjoy taking photos in the field when I work. The Pogo printer would be great to have in the field to share photos around.
Cheers,
Jakob
Hi David,
Great idea for a giveaway! I would like to have a Pogo printer to share instant photos with the kids who are in my sons’ classes. I am a “Tech Mom” and I am always assigned to take pictures, etc. I would LOVE to see the faces of the Kindergarteners when you hand them an instant photo of their cute faces. I would become the coolest Mom ever in their eyes and isn’t that best reason to make me the winner??
Hi David!
That Pogo printer would be a great complement to my work as a travel journalist. Id love to give mothers i meet on my travels mementos of their kids captured in a moment in time. Some of these moms may never afford a print and Pogo picture would bring a lot of joy.
Hi David,
great timing for a Pogo giveaway! I am currently based in India and take the opportunity to travel quite a bit in SE Asia. More often than not, I am ending up shooting people in markets, temples etc. Sometimes communication works well enough to take down their addresses and send some prints, but it would be just wonderful to be able to hand out a print on site immediately. Hope I am lucky enough to snatch the Pogo.
Regards, Thorsten
PS: Thanks for a great blog!
Hi David I am a avid reader of your site and the first time I saw the POGO was on your site and I remember the story about being able to give prints to people around the world who have not even seen their image before. I was recently (1 week ago) on a trip my church does every year to capetown south africa, and we went into what they call squatter homes, those little shacks you see on TV and when we saw all of the kids we gave out what we could. They had no socks or shoes just their feet on the ground and since I was there to document this for my church and the world at large the only thing I could do was get shots of the children and show them the back of the camera and watch the faces light up. I said dang next time I will have the little printer with the images for them. The funny thing is once I got back to the states and looked at your blog I saw this a few entries down.
It would serve a greater purpose in the hearts of youth domestically and internationally. Thanks for reading my story
This would be crazy fun when shooting my kids and their sports. It would also be a great tool when I have opportunities to photograph poverty stricken children and leave them with a picture or two. This would be a great thing to have on Mission Trips.
Kent
I shoot photos for C.A.S.T. for Kids here in No. VA as a volunteer. CAST offers handicapped, disabled, and disadvantaged kids the opportunity to going fishing for an hour or so, play around on shore, and generally have a good time. I’ve had no way to give families pictures of their kids during the event. Since we do the event near the water, there’s no power for a printer. I can’t stay connected to a printer because then I can’t shoot . So, I’d like the Pogo so I can give familes pictures of their kids on the spot. Thanks. You can reach me at cpbeyers@gmail.com.
I would love the POGO printer! I wish I could say that I am currently doing some of the awesome volunteer work like the people in most of these comments…but I am a stay at home mom who just started my own photography business on the side. What would I use POGO for? I do love to travel and would love to practice some of the things I’ve learned in different blogs about being culturally sensitive. I would love to use the printer to give people a little token of my thanks when I am given permission to take their picture.
I would love to have a pogo printer to give pictures to people in Asia when I tour their next summer. Also, I think it would be fun to use at a party.
The pictures it produces are small, but I am sure, when given to someone, they will leave a big smile.
Another good reason is that I am from Poland and as far as I know this printer is still not available in here.
Anyway, thanks for this contest.
Maciek
Hi David,
I think the POGO printer is a great idea for when out on the road. I regularly visit Lesotho photographing a conservation agriculture project out there and to have the ability to provide people in remote villages with images almost immediately would be fantastic.
Barry
I would LOVE that POGO printer because I have been promised a dark room from my husband in our basement for the past 4 years…we moved 4 years ago shortly after he finished a beautiful dark room in our last house…we have nothing now…not even a printer.Every time I have to show someone a picture…I have to sift through my unorganised files on my computer…
please help me…WIN!!!
Hello David. My name is Johnathan and I’m a youth pastor in Washington state. We met once at a youth rally in Canada once… still love the green suit.
As I work with kids, it would be nice to leave a trail of memories behind. Traveling light is a must, Jesus did it. I think this could be a great tool for the ministry.
peace
David
I’ll take a shot at that POGO printer !
There is nothing like watching the faces of young children from other cultures (or even the village elders) as they gather around to watch the LCD on the back of the DSLR. On past trips to Kenya/Tanzania we have taken pictures from past trips to share with everyone and there is always a great push for them to identify themselves and rush to show their friends and parents. To be able to print on the spot and leave them with a momento goes a long way to breaking down the cultural differences and to make our presence more acceptable and less intrusive.
Harold
wow. So many interested people.
We plan to go to India in Jan and visit the family. I also take some time off to visit a local ‘orphanage’ and know quite a few kids there now. I may gift them the prints along with the usual chocolate+lots of time.
regards,
I love photography and obsessed with all things polaroid. I REALLY want this!!!
My name is Frank and the feeling of sadness is why I would like the POGO printer. Not my sadness but the sadness of a woman in Coorg, India. I was at a coffee and black pepper farm and the seasonal workers were there to pick coffee beans. While the adults were working, I came across the children of the workers. They were playing and became interested in me and what I was doing. My escort spoke with the children and translated for me and even a couple of the children knew English. After talking we continued to walk through the farms land and the children followed. Without speaking we enjoyed each others differences and personalities. I ended up taking some photos of the group of children and some individual shots. The one boys mother came out from the coffee work area and talked to her son. He lead her over to where I was standing and asked the escort for me to show his mother the picture I took of him. She started to cry and was truly moved by the photo. I asked why and she said that they have never been able to have her only sons picture taken and that she loved it. Unfortunately I was hours away from where I could get a print done. So I mailed a picture to the farm once I was in Bangalore but was never able to confirm that she received it. I would love to never leave someone empty handed again.
Matt sent me. Actually his blog did.
My name is Kristine. I live in New York working for a non profit who is putting together a book of all ethnic groups here. Huge project. I photograph people daily for this book from all over the world. It would be nice to get them a photo on the spot instead of collecting a million e-mail addresses. Thanks.
I’m Taylor. Hello!
Because the Pogo allows us to give something back, to develop a relationship with who we see, and because it’s better to give than to take: giving pictures, smiles and a sense of self is better than taking pictures and giving pens and pennies.
My name is Jeff and I’d love to have the Pogo. You’ve read this in the forums but the photographs I’m most drawn to are portraits. I’m starting to work at this type of photography and if I were able to leave a photo with the person I take a shot of, that would make it more of a give and take. And when I have the opportunity to travel, even more so.
[...] Pogo Printer Giveaway Contest [...]
Hi David. Well, it’s really hard to compete with all of the great missions that little printer would be sailing to… so the truth is I live in Chile and I’m going through some financial trouble in my photography business. I’d like the Pogo because it could give me a little jump start by turning my workflow somehow. I hope.
David,
1.) My name is Stacy (Snapshots by Stacy)
2.) I’ve already seen David V. (eScapes Photo) Pogo Printer and I have to keep up with the Jones’ on this one. I have one crude snapshot of him printed from his Pogo that I took, but he’s snarky and I need to peel and stick photos of him everywhere at work. (that’s a good reason right?) Oh and this little baby will work perfectly on location with some senior photo shoots we plan to do next year.
Hey David:
My name is Mel, and I would love to own a Pogo “On the House” as nothing is cooler than taking a shot of the kids, plugging in the printer, and bam, here you go kids, take this to school and share….. WOW is all they can say.
Hi David,
I’m dano from Vancouver. I primarily shoot snowboarders going down big steep faces. We often spend time at the bottom looking at the lines prior to shooting to map out the danger zones and safe zones. At that point the athlete has to commit the line to memory. Unfortunately, the lines often look ver different from the top than from the bottom and riders sometimes get themselves into dangerous predicaments.
I would like to be able to print out a copy of the line at the bottom so that they would have an actual reference map for their line before the descent instead of just their memory.
Thanks, love the blog.
d.
Hi David,
I have worked the last 2 summers for the Salvation Army as a photography at their local summer camp. These kids come from inner city Cleveland, which ranks near the top of the list of “poorest big cities” in the US. I would love to be able to give them a quick print of the portraits I take to highlight their camp experience.
Thanks for everything you have done for the community
I think that this devise would be a great way to give something back to all of the beautiful friendly people who I have encountered around the world. We all need to find ways to share our humanity and thus, make the world a better place.
Larry Larsen
Hi David,
I am Dave, a person who loves photography, particularly in capturing the beauty of the world and it’s people.
On a trek in a remote part of Kangchenjunga, Nepal, I was approached by a villager who had seen the camera around my neck. Through one of our crew he asked me to take a shot of him and his family. There were no towns or places that he could get a photo done and this was his hope that I would be able to take a reasonable shot and send him an image.
There was such pride in his family as they posed for the shot, and complete faith in the villager that I would send him the image. I got him to write his address in Sanskrit on a piece of paper, which I pasted onto the envelope with his photo when I got home. I never knew if he recieved that photo, or indeed if all of his young family are still alive.
If I had a POGO I could have given him a photo on the spot and we both would have got so much more from the experience.
Thanks for the blog and safe travels.
Hi my name is Clavel, and I would love a pogo to take along on the next trip my brother and I will be going to Suriname in South America, we were thinking of bringing along polaroid cameras to hand of pictures to the locals whom we are going to visit in the inland, but this would be so much cooler…
Thanks for doing this and I hope whomever gets this please come back here to report how you used and liked this little gem, so that I can know if perhaps I should go out to buy one
When I was in India I took the names of a couple of people who let me take their picture and promised to send them copies. I followed through but I have one picture with a lost address. Kind of a bummer and I hate that I wasn’t able to get the guy his picture. A Pogo would solve that next time!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ctirpak/2421697803/in/set-72157604595515982/
My name is Jez and I’m a photo addict.
And it would nice to have something to help calm the craving of taking more and more pictures. I hear prints are an excellent way of weaning oneself off the craving to push that shuter button again and again and again and again an again and again and…
Actually, I bought a Pogo to evaluate. I teach at Univ. of Washington in Computer Science; this little device will be perfect for use in our Third-world computing project class, to print out information from cell-phones in projects under development for health-care field practitioners. The course is called “Technology for Low-Income Regions”.
I picked up photography a year and a half ago as a therapeutic way of dealing with a devastating divorce. My photo-therapy has moved beyond introspection to where I want to do more portraiture. The pogo-print is the perfect way to thank the people I come across who become spur of the moment models.