For an anniversary, for a fiftieth: one picture, made by two people.
Both In Time for an anniversary, a milestone birthday, a retirement. The person being celebrated exposes one half, someone who matters exposes the other. What ends up on the paper is not a card, not a speech, not a buffet photo, but an image that would not exist without this occasion.
What is a good anniversary gift for a couple?
For an anniversary, give something the two of you make together, something that is not over by the end of the evening. Both In Time, a handmade pinhole camera from Stuttgart for €79, is that kind of gift: you expose the first half of one negative today and the second half on a later anniversary, and only then do you see what you made together.
The usual anniversary gifts are finished the moment you hand them over: the photo cushion, the engraved necklace, the photo book full of pictures you have both already seen. Or they are over by the same evening, like the dinner and the balloon ride. Both In Time is only half there that evening. The rest comes from a day that has not happened yet.
The quick way: you expose on the day itself, pass the camera around over the following weeks, and develop it together at the next family gathering. From four seconds of exposure, two halves, one image to remember by.
The long way: expose the first half on your fifth anniversary, close the camera with the seal sticker and a date, and keep it for the tenth. A sixtieth birthday works the same way, with the seventieth as the date. The years of waiting become part of the gift. The same camera. You simply decide how long it stays silent.
How it works
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Choose the wait
One camera, two ways: develop the image within a year, or seal it and wait for the next milestone. Same negative format, same optics, same Caffenol development; only the patience is yours to choose.
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Hand over with a card
The camera comes with a card for you to write yourselves, plus instructions in three languages. Write down who should expose the second half and when you develop together.
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Develop at the next gathering
Five minutes in a kitchen, instant coffee, vitamin C, baking soda. Somebody was there, and you can see it.
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Rather give a voucher?
Sometimes the choice should stay with the person you are giving to. A voucher arrives by email within a few minutes, with a card to print, and is valid for three calendar years.
Common questions
What is a good anniversary gift for a couple?
Something the two of you make together that is not over by the end of the evening. Both In Time is a handmade pinhole camera for €79: you expose the first half of the negative on this anniversary and the second on a later one, and only then does your shared picture exist.
Who exposes which half on an anniversary?
That is up to you. Often you expose the first half together on the day itself and the second on the anniversary you wrote on the camera. There are still only two exposures, one per half.
Is Both In Time a good fit for a kid’s birthday?
Honest answer: no. Kids’ birthdays are loud, fast, forgotten, and rightly so. Both In Time needs four seconds of steady hand and a few weeks of patience before development. For milestone birthdays from forty, fifty, sixty onwards, it fits well.
Can the same camera do a quick image and an image in ten years?
Yes, it is one and the same camera. You either develop it after a few weeks, or close it with the seal sticker and a date and open it only at the next milestone birthday. The optics, negative, and Caffenol development stay the same; only the waiting time is yours to decide.
Can we have the camera hand-lettered?
Yes, we hand-letter the camera, up to two lines (name, date, one short sentence). Please order at least three weeks before the occasion, because it is done by hand.