diff --git a/pages/index.js b/pages/index.js
index b1cca3e..11ef470 100644
--- a/pages/index.js
+++ b/pages/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import Script from "next/script";
 import seeds from "lib/seeds";
 import pkg from "../package.json";
 import sleep from "lib/sleep";
+import { waitUntilSymbol } from "next/dist/server/web/spec-extension/fetch-event";
 
 const HOST = process.env.VERCEL_URL
   ? `https://${process.env.VERCEL_URL}`
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ export default function Home() {
   const [predictions, setPredictions] = useState({});
   const [isProcessing, setIsProcessing] = useState(false);
   const [scribbleExists, setScribbleExists] = useState(false);
+  const [photoMode, setPhotoMode] = useState(false);
+  const [photoTaken, setPhotoTaken] = useState(false);
   const [seed] = useState(seeds[Math.floor(Math.random() * seeds.length)]);
   const [initialPrompt] = useState(seed.prompt);
   const [scribble, setScribble] = useState(null);
@@ -39,7 +42,14 @@ export default function Home() {
     setError(null);
     setIsProcessing(true);
 
-    const fileUrl = await uploadFile(scribble);
+    let imageContents = '';
+    if(photoMode) {
+      let dataurl = document.querySelector("#dataurl");
+      imageContents = dataurl.value;
+    }else{
+      imageContents = scribble
+    }
+    const fileUrl = await uploadFile(imageContents);
 
     const body = {
       prompt,
@@ -82,8 +92,106 @@ export default function Home() {
       }
     }
 
+    
+
     setIsProcessing(false);
   };
+  
+function treshold(canvas, level) {
+  const pixels = _toPixels(canvas);
+
+  if (level === undefined) {
+    level = 0.5;
+  }
+  const thresh = Math.floor(level * 255);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < pixels.length; i += 4) {
+    const r = pixels[i];
+    const g = pixels[i + 1];
+    const b = pixels[i + 2];
+    const gray = 0.2126 * r + 0.7152 * g + 0.0722 * b;
+    let val;
+    if (gray >= thresh) {
+      val = 255;
+    } else {
+      val = 0;
+    }
+    pixels[i] = pixels[i + 1] = pixels[i + 2] = val;
+  }
+};
+function _toPixels (canvas) {
+  if (canvas instanceof ImageData) {
+    return canvas.data;
+  } else {
+    if (canvas.getContext('2d')) {
+      return canvas
+        .getContext('2d')
+        .getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height).data;
+    } else if (canvas.getContext('webgl')) {
+      const gl = canvas.getContext('webgl');
+      const len = gl.drawingBufferWidth * gl.drawingBufferHeight * 4;
+      const data = new Uint8Array(len);
+      gl.readPixels(
+        0,
+        0,
+        canvas.width,
+        canvas.height,
+        gl.RGBA,
+        gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE,
+        data
+      );
+      return data;
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+  const takePicture = async() => {
+    setPhotoTaken(true);
+    let click_button = document.querySelector("#click-photo");
+    let dataurl = document.querySelector("#dataurl");
+    let contrastcanvas = document.querySelector("#contrastcanvas");
+    let dataurl_container = document.querySelector("#dataurl-container");
+    
+    console.log('take pic');
+    canvas.getContext('2d').drawImage(video, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+    
+    // start transform
+    var ctxOrig = canvas.getContext("2d");
+    var ctxOrigcontrasted = contrastcanvas.getContext("2d");
+    var origBits = ctxOrig.getImageData(0, 0,canvas.width, canvas.height);
+    //treshold(origBits, 0.77);
+    ctxOrigcontrasted.putImageData(origBits, 0, 0);
+    // end contrast
+
+    let image_data_url = contrastcanvas.toDataURL('image/jpeg');
+    console.log('image_data_url');
+
+    dataurl.value = image_data_url;
+    dataurl_container.style.display = 'block';
+    video.style.display = 'none';
+    contrastcanvas.style.display = 'block';
+    //click_button.style.display = 'none';
+  }
+  const closeCamera = () => {
+    setPhotoMode(false);
+  }
+  const openCamera = async () =>  {
+    setPhotoMode(true);
+    let stream = null;
+    try {
+    	stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ video: true, audio: false });
+    }
+    catch(error) {
+    	alert(error.message);
+    	return;
+    }
+    setTimeout(() => {  
+      let video =  document.querySelector("#video");
+      video.srcObject = stream; }, 500);    
+  };
+
+
+
 
   return (
     <div>
@@ -95,6 +203,7 @@ export default function Home() {
           property="og:image"
           content={`${HOST}/og-b7xwc4g4wrdrtneilxnbngzvti.png`}
         />
+ 
         <title>{pkg.appName}</title>s
       </Head>
       <main className="container max-w-[1024px] mx-auto p-5 ">
@@ -108,18 +217,41 @@ export default function Home() {
             </p>
           </hgroup>
 
-          <Canvas
-            startingPaths={seed.paths}
-            onScribble={setScribble}
-            scribbleExists={scribbleExists}
-            setScribbleExists={setScribbleExists}
-          />
+          {photoMode == true && 
+            <div>
+              <video id="video" width="320" height="240" autoPlay></video>
+              <button id="click-photo" onClick={takePicture} >Take Photo</button>
+              <div id="dataurl-container">
+                <canvas id="canvas" width="320" height="240"></canvas>
+                <canvas id="contrastcanvas" width="320" height="240"></canvas>
+                <div id="dataurl-header">Image Data URL</div>
+                <textarea id="dataurl" readOnly></textarea>
+              </div>
+              <div id="contrast-container"></div>
+              <button onClick={closeCamera}>Reset</button>
+            </div>
+            
+          }
+
+          {photoMode == false && 
+            <div  >
+              <Canvas
+              startingPaths={seed.paths}
+              onScribble={setScribble}
+              scribbleExists={scribbleExists}
+              setScribbleExists={setScribbleExists}
+              />   
+              <button onClick={openCamera}>Open camera</button>
+            </div>
+          }
+          
+          
 
           <PromptForm
             initialPrompt={initialPrompt}
             onSubmit={handleSubmit}
             isProcessing={isProcessing}
-            scribbleExists={scribbleExists}
+            scribbleExists={photoTaken || scribbleExists}
           />
 
           <Error error={error} />
@@ -131,7 +263,6 @@ export default function Home() {
           submissionCount={submissionCount}
         />
       </main>
-
       <Script src="https://js.upload.io/upload-js-full/v1" />
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/styles/globals.css b/styles/globals.css
index 3f7a066..54e5600 100644
--- a/styles/globals.css
+++ b/styles/globals.css
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ input {
   @apply text-gray-600;
   @apply underline;
 }
+
+#canvas, #dataurl-container , #dataurl-header, #dataurl{
+  display: none;
+}
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