Meet The Octographer: The World's First Octopus Photographer

As if you didn't already have enough competition as a photographer it now seems the animal kingdom is trying to get a piece of our pie. In New Zealand there is an Octopus named Rambo, trained and equipped by Sony, to do your job. World, meet the first Octographer.

I can't make this one up. Sony has partnered with The Sea Life Aquarium in New Zealand to train an octopus to take photos. Mark Vette, the trainer, had this to say:

When we first tried to get her to take a photo, it only took three attempts for her to understand the process. That’s faster than a dog. Actually it’s faster than a human in some instances.

The aquarium has set up a backdrop where visitors can sit and have their pictures taken by the "Octographer". Sony hopes to promote the durability of their new DSC-TX30, the camera used by Rambo to take the photos, and the intelligence of octopuses.

One other interesting thing to note? The Octographer charges $2 for a photo. While all the proceeds go to charity, I am pretty sure that this octopus has already made more money as a photographer than most of us. Kudos to the little guy.

[via CultOfMac]

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Peter House is a commercial fashion photographer from Toronto, Canada. He shoots over 10,000 pieces of clothing every year for a variety of lookbooks. Clients range from small local boutiques to international brands such as Target, Winners, and Sears. In addition to that Peter runs one of the most popular rental studio's in the Toronto area.

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The Sony DSC-TX30 - so easy an octopus can use it!

They can predict games AND take photos! What can't an octopus do? Post to Instagram?

Seriously though, it's kinda cool.