Archives for January 2024

A new day dawns with a fresh 4-pack of offerings at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 1/7/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Manfrotto Pro Light Reloader Tough-55 Low Lid Carry-On Camera Rollerbag (Black) for $180 after in-cart coupon
+ now that’s a serious BAG the rolling BAG

+ Treefort Lookout Camera Strap for $20 in three color options

+ Magnus TinyGrip Flexible Tripod (Black) for $7
+ you know you can’t resist it at this price 😉

+ AuRaY audio type filter type thing type thing for $40

While I’m busy working on my “Divorce Photography” Masterclass, Weddings continue to be the theme at the Creative LIVE ON-Air free-streaming starting at 12pm ET:

+ The Wedding Story: Capture Creative and Authentic Photos with Davina and Daniel Kudish, 10.5 hours long

+ Create Wedding Flower Centerpieces and Bouquets with Kiana Underwood (8 hrs)
+ PRO TIP: if you are shooting weddings anyway, why not expand your business to other areas of a wedding
+ after all, who is best suited to Photograph the flowers than a photographer!

IN RUSSIA, magazines read YOU! But in the rest of the universe, you can read printed magazines if you wish, and if so, DiscountMAGs has a Top 100 sale which typically runs through Monday night…

Saturday is here, and as usual, the B&H dailies are the same as yesterday, while Adorama continues to be in Top Deals Mode.

Amazon on the other hand cares about your air quality with this Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor for $55.

On the free e-learning front, there’s a superclass starting at 12pm ET a t Creative LIVE ON AIR, “Modern Women’s Portraiture” with Sue Bryce, Lou Freeman, Lara Jade, Emily Soto, total runtime 17 hours! The “Kindle sample” for this class is Lesson #14 (Day #2, 30 min), “Ten Steps to Success”. And if you happen to like what you see, what a coincidence, it’s on sale for $49 🙂

If you are audio-minded, also free-streaming is a 5-hour class “EQ Master Class” with Graham Cochrane. Lessons #6 (32 mins) “EQ mistakes” is the “Kindle sample” of this e-class.

Friday is here and as usual the B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET:

+ Tenba Cable Duo 4 Cable Pouch (Black Camouflage/Lime) for $15
+ yes, we have a BAG the BAGS for the cables 🙂

+ Impact Fresnel Spot S-Mount Attachment (10-40°) for $38
+ out of the box idea: you can use this as a dummy lens bait so thieves can grab this instead of your usual lenses 🙂

+ LensPen SensorKlear II with Articulated Tip for $8

+ 2x GVM NP-F970 6600mAh Batteries with Dual Charger and V-Mount Adapter for $79

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, exercise time for all, and Amazon is offering the new condition ASICS Men’s Gel-Venture 8 Running Shoes for $50. “8” is the model name, not the number of shoes 🙂 Size options in the listing, along with twenty (!!!) color scheme options. NOTE that shoe prices at Amazon vary depending on size and color, so be sure to check out all size and color options of interest!

AND ON the e-LEARNINGs front, starting at 12pm ET on Friday at Creative LIVE ON AIR they have Masking for Composite Photography with Lisa Carney (1hr) and Restart with Jasmine Star (14 hours)…

UPDATE: Top Deals Mode continues at the Adorama dailies for Friday as well…

Yes, Thirsty Thursday is here, and after all that holiday eating, we are certainly thirsty for some electrolytes!

We have another 4-pack of B&H Photo dailies good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Vello COOLTOOL Camera Plate Combo Tool
+ yes, it’s Tool Time!

+ Magnus Aluminum Travel Tripod with Monopod and Arca-Type Ball Head for $60
+ a day without tripods is no day at all!
+ — Anonymous

+ Raya EFS-16 Easy Fold Softbox Set (16 x 16″) for $40
+ 24×24″ variant for $43

+ VAXis ATOM 500 SDI Wireless Video Transmitter and Receiver Kit (SDI/HDMI) for $329
+ no relation to the VAX mini-computers of yester-year 😉

IF YOU ARE committed to life-long learning and FREE, there’s another set of free-streaming classes starting at 9am ET on Wednesday at Creative LIVE onAIR headlined by “Food Photography” with Andrew Scrivani (nearly 14 hours long, so one broadcast in full). There’s also the Premiere of “Born Creative” with James Victore (over 5 hours long). And if you had received a lot of wine bottles as gifts during the holidays or mayhaps you received a wine tasting subscription for the year, you may find the “Become a Great Wine Taster” by Richard Betts (8 hours) of interest.

Memo to self: be sure to double-check the spelling and it says “wine” and not “wife” – because then it becomes a totally different type of a class 😉

UPDATE: “Top Deals” mode continues to be the order of the day at the Adorama daily deals, while the Amazon Gold Box has added a ten-page sale of various nutritional and wellness supplements…

Yes, Wednesday is here dear readers, dazed and confused we are barreling down into the madness of 2024!

We begin with the most important news of the year so far, voting is open for the Trader Joe Customer Choice Awards. Voting ends 1/9/24 at 11:59pm Pacific. Five products are excluded because they are in the Hall of Fame (Mandarin orange chicken [of course!], soy chorizo, etc].

WE HAVE OUR first LENZE DAYE of the year at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 65mm f/1.4 for $479 in Fuji G medium format mirrorless system, making it a “50mm equivalent”

+ LuxLI Timpani² 1×1 RGB LED Light Panel for $799

+ NanUK 918 Case with Foam Insert for Set of Six Lenses (Black, Special 50th Anniversary Edition for $100
+ despite the UK in the name, this has a Canadian symbol on it 🙂

+ Oben BC-166 Ball Head for $90

ON the free-streaming front, starting at 12pm ET on WEdnesday at Creative LIVE ON-AIR we have a 5.5 hour class by Lindsay Adler, “Posing 101: Couples, Weddings and Families”. Posing for photography that is, not how to become an instagram pose(u)r 😉

Also running in celebratory mode is Chase Jarvis’s very own “30 Days of Genius” featuring various rich and/or famous and/or creative people.

UPDATE: “Top Deals Mode” continues at the Adorama dailies, while nutritional and wellness and fitness supplements and assorted things rule the day at the Amazon USA Gold Box…

Wedding Bells at Creative LIVE ON-AIR, starting on Tuesday at 12pm ET you can free-stream the “Wedding Photography” class (Joe Buissink, almost 13 hours, Lesson #3 (32 min) is the “Kindle sample”).

Speaking of Creative LIVE, for a limited time only, coupon code CREATE2024 gets you $20 off any order of $39+ over there.

IT’s a nutritional supplement invasion at the Amazon USA Gold Box – as expected at this time of the year as gyms break records in new sign-ups 🙂

“Top Deals mode” continues at the Adorama daily deals today as well, too many to list here individually…

And finally we have a fresh 4-pack of B&H Photo daily deals:

+ Manfrotto Pro Light Reloader Air-55 Carry-On Camera Roller Bag (Black) for $250 after in-cart coupon
+ yes, we are starting the new “Bag the Bags” year in-style!

+ Impact PowerSync Mini Transmitter and Receiver Kit for $50

+ ReVo ST-1000 Pro Video Stabilizer for $40

+ Wooden Camera Ultra Quick Release Articulating Monitor Mount (Baby Pin/C-Stand) for $159
+ no wood and no camera are included 😉

New Year, New You and the Adorama daily deals have returned to the “Top Deals” mode where a variety of on-going deals are featured – too many to list here individually…

MEANwhile at Amazon, it’s Tax Time already with Intuit Turbo TAX on sale from $45 to $114 depending on version (Deluxe to Business). New Year New You also means Health and Fitness which is why they have this Fitbit sale with prices ranging from $49 (Ace 3) to $200 (Sense 2)…