Not sure if this Business Of The Week is going to make The Wall Street Journal, but I admire the enterprising nature of this guy.
Since the demise of the Polaroid Camera, I thought that the days of people coming up to you in the street saying that they could take an instant photo of you near some tourist landmark were over.
Boy, was I mistaken.
On my recent trip to Indonesia, I came across the Instant Digital Photo Man – and he instantly had my nomination for Business Of The Week.
He offers to take your picture near the Ampera Bridge in Palembang. But with a digital camera, not a Polaroid.
He also carries around a printer that he plugs the camera into, and then prints of the photo in a couple of minutes.
The tools of his trade are below:
Ironically, he was happy for me to take a photo of him doing his job after he had taken a photo of me and members of the Wongkito Blogging Community.
Maybe he got his ideas from Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Boxed Set, Volumes 1, 2, and 3.
Considering there are few jobs in Indonesia, I thought this guy had great initiative, and hence, deserves the Business Of The Week Nomination!
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January 25th, 2010 at 11:31 am
Sometimes when I travel, I meet a man like this too.
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April 23rd, 2010 at 3:00 am
This is an extraordinary blog….from where do you get your content? I`m thinking to start one of my own.
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April 27th, 2010 at 6:08 am
Thats brilliant – sure beats the old polaroid.
I’ve been thinking about getting one of those for events.
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May 23rd, 2010 at 5:45 am
Pretty genius. I’ve always been sad when they discontinued the polaroids. I read though that they’re bringing them back. I don’t know when but I sense a resurgence of polaroids. They’re just too fun and there can be an artistic side to them
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June 4th, 2010 at 11:05 am
This guy is great, he should start doing video next
Could have a laptop, edit the video with captions, all in 1/2 hour.
OK, yeah, I’m a geek
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August 7th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Brilliant idea, much better print than polaroids, for sure he would also have a laptop with him if he have enough saving to own one.
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