10 Great Grad Gifts For Budding Photographers

Help her spruce up her all-black camera with bold, bright camera straps ($37) like these. We've found plenty of other cheery designs that are perfect for the Spring and Summer.

Any photog knows that lighting is key to a great picture. A handy pocket spotlight ($30) provides a bright light source on the go, so she'll never have to use flash again.

How cool! Give her a reason to actually print out photos with a 16-frame photo display ($138, originally $150) that creates a large-scale art installation from your own digital image.

It's a tripod, it's a mount, it's an extra set of hands all rolled into one. A GorillaPod ($40) should be in every photographer's tool kit, whether she shoots with a phone or DSRL, so she can hold her camera steady, take self-timer shots, create time lapses, and more.

The wonderful thing about Extraordinary Everyday Photography ($17, originally $25) by Brenda Tharp is that it's a reminder that you don't have to go far to take extraordinary shots. It'll help the new grad see the things around her in ways that are totally snap-worthy.

A big part of the fun of taking photos is trying out new lenses. Gift her with a whole set of phone lenses ($20-$30 each) for iPhone and Android phones that comes with fish-eye, telephoto, wide-angle, and polarizer options for endless entertainment.

Nylon bags be gone. With its quilted faux-leather exterior and detachable crossbody gold chain strap, this Bossi bag ($159) is one of several chic camera totes that would make a standout gift.

Warning: you'll want to keep this for yourself. This print from Pop Chart Lab ($29) depicts 100 classic cameras from over a century of photo history . . . perfect for newbies and veterans alike.

Instagram filters are so amateur. This four-piece filter set ($50-$68) will let her control her shots right on the spot.

It's fun and it's functional: we love that this retro camera iPhone case ($18-$22) is the best of both worlds.