Photo Adventures

Photo Adventures is an activity book by photographer and professional fun-maker Jan von Holleben, who reveals his secrets to making magic with no more than a camera or smartphone and a playful approach. With the aid of props lying about the house, and a generous dose of imagination, children will discover how to pretend to fly like a superhero by turning the ground into the sky; use photo collages to create a “brain x-ray” of what’s hiding in their heads; teeter their parents on top of a tower using tricks of perspective; devise an impossible machine by combining junk with a tight picture crop; and transform siblings into one-eyed, three-legged monsters using a mirror and a sharp camera angle.


Featuring pro tips and secret tricks, Photo Adventures shows that there’s more to photography than tech wizardry or applying a filter. Using just a basic digital camera or camera phone, these addictively playful projects are readily accessible, not to mention enormous fun, for the whole family.

Aventurile fotografice este o carte de activitati a fotografului si producatorului de distractii profesionist Jan von Holleben, care isi dezvaluie secretele pentru a face magie nu mai mult decat o camera sau un smartphone si o abordare ludica. Cu ajutorul unor recuzite situate in jurul casei si cu o doza generoasa de imaginatie, copiii vor descoperi cum sa se prefaca ca zboara ca un super-erou transformand pamantul in cer; folositi colaje foto pentru a crea o „radiografie cerebrala” a ceea ce se ascunde in capul lor; isi impartasesc parintii deasupra unui turn folosind trucuri de perspectiva; concepeti o masina imposibila combinand junk-urile cu o recolta stransa; si transforma fratii in monstri cu un singur ochi, cu trei picioare, folosind o oglinda si un unghi ascutit al camerei. Prezentand sfaturi profesionale si trucuri secrete, Photo Adventures arata ca fotografia are mai mult decat vrajitorie tehnica sau aplicarea unui filtru.