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Lifetime Access to Rosetta Stone (25 languages) for $150 one-time payment [BF ONLY]

Photography means a lot of travel, planned and unplanned. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have a way to learn a language as needed, depending on your travels?

For Black Friday ONLY (11/24/23) Rosetta Stone is offering a Lifetime Membership for $150. You pay once, and you have access to 25 languages for a lifetime! No renewals! The list of languages is shown over there when you click on the little question-mark on the yellow “Includes 25 languages” button.

PS: the list of 25 includes two Englishes (UK and USA) and two Spanishes (Spain and Latin America). Chinese is offered in Mandarin only and Portuguese in the Brazilian flava.

November 24, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials

Friday FREE-Streaming Classes (start 12pm ET): Craft Photography and Newborn Posing

To celebrate Friday, the Creative LIVE ON AIR free-streaming that starts at 12pm ET has TWO photography-related long classes!

+ Craft Photography Fundamentals with Candice Stringham
+ 9.5 hours long
+ Lesson #8 (20 min) is the “Kindle sample”, top down shooting with an iPhone

+ Newborn Posing with Kelly Brown, 13.5 hours long
+ Lesson #4 (36 min) is the “Kindle sample”, so you can watch it ahead of time to see if this is something of interest

+ Fat Burning Tips with Abel James, 8.5 hours long
+ Lessons #1 (Introduction) and #5 (Foods to Avoid) are the “Kindle samples”, total sample runtime 76 minutes, so you can check them out ahead of time if interested
+ this is in the paleo/lower-carb spectrum, no calorie counting, eating real tasty foods, avoiding processed foods

October 12, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Starts Tue 12pm ET [FREE to Watch]: Portrait Lighting Challenge: Natural vs Studio [10 hours]

Not interested in Prime Dayz? We got you covered too thanks to the Tuesday Creative LIVE ON-AIR free-streaming starting on Tuesday at 12pm ET, you can watch for FREE the 10 hour class “The Portrait Lighting Challenge: Natural vs Studio” with Sue Bryce and Felix Kunze. The same models are shot under natural and studio lights. Lesson #20, “Post-Process Q&A” is the “Kindle sample”, so you can watch it ahead of time to see if the class is something you may be interested in. Given the duration, it will air twice in full during the free-streaming window.

October 10, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Saturday FREE to Watch: 15-hour class on FilmMaking & Editing

If you are interested in film-making and editing, the headliner class at the Creative LIVE ON-AiR free-streaming for Saturday 10/7/23 starting at 12pm ET is the 15 hour class “THE ART OF FILMMAKING AND EDITING” with Jeff Medford, Ross Hockrow. Given the runtime, it will only air once in its entirety during the free-streaming window. The classes air like old-school over-the-air TV, they don’t have Netflix-style DVR features. The first two lessons are the “Kindle samples”, total runtime over 45 minutes, so you can get a feel for the class before you commit to watching the whole 15 hour thing 🙂

Of …”Bag the Bags” interest, they’ll have a “build your own tote bag” class as well!

IN OTHER action, the REI Outlet just added 650+ items to their Outlet store sale, while members of the Lucky’s rewards program can score a free “Weird Tea” 16oz tin. “Weird Tea” is the product name, not my nickname for it 🙂 NOTE that the Yerba variant has caffeine as it is based on Argentina’s favorite “Yerba Mate” tea.

October 7, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials, daily deals Tagged With:

Starts Friday 12pm ET (FREE to watch): 17-hour Posing and Lighting Class with Bambi Cantrell

Set your calendars! Starting at 12pm ET on Friday 9/29/23, the headliner of the FREE-streaming Creative LIVE On-AIR classes is a 17 hour and 8 minute, “Posing and Lighting” class with Bambi Cantrell. Given the airtime, it will only air once in its entirety during the free-streaming window.

If you are reading this later and are interested in the class, the first lesson is the “Kindle sample” (free to watch for anyone at any time) and it’s a pretty good indicator, it’s 90 minutes long!

September 29, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials, lighting deals Tagged With:

Starts Thursday 11am: LIVE Q&A YouTube demo of NEW Nikon Z 135mm f1.8 Plena lens

We have LENS LEARNINGS! On Thursday 9/28/23 at 11am ET, Adorama is hosting a YouTube live-stream launching the brand new Nikon Z 135mm f1.8 Plena lens, slated for an October 30 release, and a pre-order price of $2500.

The live-stream will feature Nikon’s very own Mark Cruz (Senior Marketing Manager) and hosted by Seth Miranda. This is a YouTube live-stream, so you will be able to ask your live questions in the YouTube live chat. A YouTube/Google account is needed to participate in the live chat, but everyone can watch it.

YouTube-embedded below as well for your convenience…

September 27, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials, nikon Tagged With: ,

Starts Wedn 12pm ET (FREE to Watch): Lighting Class

It is back on the free-streaming train! Starting on Wednesday at 12pm ET at the Creative LIVE ON-AIR you can watch the 8-hour and 22-minute “Lighting 301” class with Pye Jirsa and the SLR Lounge Experience. The Class Introduction is FREE to watch (aka “the Kindle sample”). The titles of the 26 lessons are a good indicator of what is covered.

Given the airtime, it will air twice a in full, and once partially – during the 24-hour-ish free-streaming window…

September 27, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials, lighting deals Tagged With:

Starts Tue 12pm ET (FREE to Watch): Lighting 301 class

Another long class is coming at the Creative LIVE ON-AIR free-streaming, starting at 12pm eastern on Tueday 9/12/23, you can watch the 8-hour and 22-minute class with Pye Jirsa and the SLR Lounge Experience “Lighting 301”. The Class Introduction is FREE to watch (aka “the Kindle sample”). The titles of the 26 lessons can also be a good indicator of the types of things that will get covered.

September 11, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Starts Monday 12pm ET (FREE to Watch): “Creating a Fine Art Series” with Brooke Shaden

Mark your calendars. There are two potentially-interesting marathon classes at Creative LIVE ON-AiR with the free streams starting on Monday 9/11/23 at 12pm eastern time:

+ 8 hours and 37 minutes “Creating a Fine Art Series with photographer Brooke Shaden
+ it has 70 chapters which can give you a pretty pretty good idea on what will get covered in the class

+ 13 hour and 48 minutes “Become Fluent in Any Language” with opera singer (!!!) Gabriel Wyner
+ the first two lessons are “Kindle samples” so you can watch them ahead of time to see if it’s something you’d be interested in watching
+ CAUTION: side-effects of the class may include spontaneously speaking in tongues 😉

September 10, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Starts Sat 12pm ET (FREE to Watch): 17-hour Modern Women’s Portraiture Class

And on the FREE-to-Watch front, the Saturday headliner at the Creative LIVE On-AIR is a marathon super-class of 17 hours, “Modern Women’s Portraiture headlined by Sue Bryce!

Due to its length, this will only stream once, starting at 12pm eastern on 9/9/23!

As usual with CreativeLIVE, the free-to-stream classes are also put on sale ~ in case you like them, you can purchase them and watch them later as many times as you want. In this particular case, the sale price is $49. That’s just $2.88 per hour 🙂

September 9, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

BILD Expo Day #2 Streams LIVE on Thursday at 9am ET

Today is Day #2 of the “BILD Expo”, the 50 year B&H Photo Anniversary, and you can watch the Main Stage streaming LIVE at the B&H YouTube channel starting at 9am eastern time. The live stream of the day #2 main stage is also YouTube-embedded below for your convenience. Day #1 (and Day #2 in the future) can be (re)watched at the aforelinked B&H YouTube channel.

And as always, a celebration goes hand in hand with a sale-a-bration as we mentioned earlier. There are plenty of BILD show specials but that’s not all. The B&H daily deals have transformed into a Super Sized Deal Zone with 280+ products instead of the usual 4-8 per day! Including three name-brand lenses…

September 7, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

FREE to Watch (starts Thur 12pm ET): 14-hour Food Photography Class

If your interests intersect at food x photography, you are in luck, because the headliner class at the Crative LIVE On-AIR, starting at 12pm ET on Thursday September 7 in 2023 is the “Food Photography” class with Andrew Scrivani with a total runtime of 13 hours and 44 minutes, which means it will only free-stream once in full length since the free-streaming window is 24 hours. So set your alarm clocks and reminders!

Chapter #7 of the class is already free to watch, think of it as the “Kindle sample” equivalent, if you want to see whether the instructor’s style and presentation and such are a good match for you!

September 7, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

BILD Expo Day #1 Streams LIVE on Wednesday at 9am ET

If you are not in New York, but you want to enjoy the festivities of the 50 year B&H Photo Anniversary, you can watch them streaming LIVE at the B&H YouTube channel. The live stream of the day #1 main stage is also YouTube-embedded below for your convenience – eg if you want to sample it.

And as always, a celebration goes hand in hand with a sale-a-bration as we mentioned earlier. There are plenty of BILD show specials but that’s not all. The B&H daily deals have transformed into a Super Sized Deal Zone with 280+ products instead of the usual 4-8 per day! Including three name-brand lenses…

September 6, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Starts Tuesday 12pm ET (FREE to Stream): 13-hour Wedding Photography class

TIMELINE CORRECTION: the date is 5, not 6!

Starting at 12pm eastern time on Tuesday September 5 in 2023, at the CreativeLIVE ON-AIR, the headliner free to watch class is “Wedding Photography” with Joe Buissink. The runtime is 12 hours and 50 minutes, so the class will air in full only once. The second airing will be incomplete as the 24-hour window will close.

Lesson #3 of the class is already free to stream if you want to watch ahead of time to see if the instructor’s style and level is something that interests you in watching the whole thing. Think of it as the “Kindle sample” equivalent 🙂

September 5, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

B&H celebrates 50 Years with BILD Expo [Sept 6-7]

B&H Photo is celebrating 50 years and to celebrate this, they are planning The BILD Expo in New York City, on September 6-7 in 2023!

They have some videos on this matter as well, YouTube-embedded below…

August 28, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

CreativeLIVE $40 and $50 off coupons (AND Free-to-Watch Classes of the Week)

It’s coupon time at the Creative LIVE website!

If you want to start a Netflix-style subscription, coupon WELCOME99 gets you $50 off, making a 12-month paid subscription drop to $99 for the first year.

If you want to buy any of the many classes offered at the Creative Live website, coupon code JULYSAVINGS40 gets you $40 off your purchase.

If you don’t want to pay anything, Creative LIVE has you covered too. They have free-to-watch classes on an on-going basis, you watch them while they are free-streaming, but after that window closes, you cannot watch them anymore.

You can find the free-to-watch classes at the ON-AIR TODAY page. Upcoming classes include Macro (Chris McGinnis), Olympus Lens Guide (with John Greengo of course), Photoshop CC, portraiture, street photography, and various other creative and meta-creative topics.

July 6, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Starts Thur 1pm ET: Nikon Z8 Live Panel Q&A Stream

If you are curious about the Nikon Z8, you are in luck because today there are TWO live-streams about the camera at two of the major camera-centric retailers!

Starting on Thursday 5/11/23 at 4pm ET, B&H Photo will be hosting a Nikon Z8 Live Panel Q&A Stream with Nikon Ambassadors Jerry Ghionis & Sharrone Calafiore.

This being a YouTube live stream, you can also ask your questions in the YouTube Live Chat!

The Nikon Z8 is available for pre-ordering at B&H starting at $4000. They also have three SmallRig cages available for pre-ordering.

May 11, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials, mirrorless deals, nikon Tagged With: , ,

Starts Thur 4pm ET: Nikon Z8 Live Panel Q&A Stream II

NO, you are not seeing twice. NO, I didn’t post the same thing twice. This is a separate and independent Nikon Z8 live stream 🙂

Starting at 4pm ET on Thursday 5/11/23, Adorama is hosting a Nikon Z8 launch live Q&A panel live-stream with four photographers, Jide Alakija, Kristi Odom, Mark Cruz and Seth Miranda! This being a YouTube live stream you can also ask questions during the live event in the YouTube Live Chat!

IF you miss it live, fear not, it will remain on YouTube for eternity or until Google goes bankrupt, whichever happens first 😉

The Nikon Z8 is available for pre-ordering at Adorama starting at $4000…

May 11, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials, mirrorless deals, nikon Tagged With: , ,

CreativeLIVE coupon: $20 off a $40+ order

If you want learnings of the photographic and creative kind, and prefer digital ownership instead of Netflix-style subscriptions, for a limited time coupon code BONUS20 gets you $20 off a digital purchase of $40+ at the Creative LIVE website. Terms, conditions, restrictions, etc, etc, etc, apply!

April 14, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

12-month prepaid CreativeLIVE membership for $99AC

Bring out the Birthday Cakes! CreativeLIVE is sale-a-brating their 13 years, and they offering their 12-month prepaid subscription for $99 when you use coupon code CLTURNS13 (code means CL turns 13) over there. This is a limited time offer.

The B&H and Adorama dailies remain as yesterday but there’s a fun Meh daily deal for Thursday 4/6/23, a 4-pack of Boogie Board VersaTiles for $39 plus shipping. These are LCD writing “tablets” powered by one CR2 battery each. As the name hints (tiles) these are 8.25-inch squares. Each one comes with its own stylus and hanging strips. Fun (and practical) things for kids of all ages!

If you are a registered hippie, aka a member of the REI Collective, you have a first shot at getting their new product collection until May 1st. Then the unwashed masses can buy them too 🙂

And we close today’s roundup with some Kindle action, Amazon is having a sale on their latest Kindle e-readers except for the flagship Kindle Scribe…

April 6, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials, daily deals Tagged With:

CreativeLIVE coupons: $20/$39+ and $99 1-Year Sub

A couple of limited-time coupon offerings are currently live at the CreativeLIVE website!

+ coupon BONUS20 gets you $20 off a purchase of $39+ at the CreativeLIVE website

+ coupon FEB50 gets you $50 off the first year of their prepaid Netflix-style 12-month CreativeLIVE subscription, dropping it from $149 to $99

February 21, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Day #2 of B&H Depth of Field is LIVE!

Day #2 of the B&H Photo Depth of Field Conference is now live on the Youtubes! You can find them all, past, present and future at the B&H YouTube channel. Note that as of late YouTube is putting live streams under the “LIVE” sub-tab over there, not the “Videos” sub-tab as before. You can also find today’s live stream YouTube-embedded below…

And speaking of the conference, B&H is also running accompanying Trade Show specials…

February 8, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

LIVE NOW (and FREE to Watch): B&H Depth of Field Day #1

Time for some e-learnings! Today is DAY #1 of the B&H Photo Depth of Field Conference. It runs for two days, day #2 is February 8!

You can watch it LIVE or tape-delayed, there are two stages, and they are both streaming and getting archived on YouTube! You can also find them YouTube-embedded below:

MAIN STAGE

EXPOSURE STAGE

February 7, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

$20 off a $39+ order w/CreativeLIVE coupon

Thanks to technology you can make your own kind of music, but thanks to coupon technology you can make your own kind of deal at the Creative Live website where coupon code CREATE2023 gets you $20 off any order of $39 or more. The offer is good for the whole of January 2023!

January 20, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Save the Date: B&H Depth of Field is February 7-8 in 2023

Save the date! Now you have a choice! You can attend in-person or through the interwebs! It is the B&H Photo Depth of Field conference scheduled for February 7-8 in 2023!

You can tab on the “Archives” tab over there and view the content of previous year conferences to get a feel for what to expect…

January 11, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

1-Year Prepaid CreativeLIVE Sub for $99 AC

Coupon code FRIDAY50 gets you $50 off an annual CreativeLIVE subscription, dropping it from $149 to $99! This is for the first year of the subscription, that is, the first 12 months, aka the first 365 days. Some exclusions and restrictions apply…

November 24, 2022 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

CreativeLive Coupon: $20 off a $40+ purchase

You can make your own kind of music but you can also make your own kind of deal! For a limited time (until the end of October 2022), coupon code OCT20 gets you $20 off a purchase of $40+ on any class at the Creative Live website.

October 26, 2022 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

1-Year Prepaid CreativeLIVE for $99 after coupon

If for the next 12 months you are going to have available time to watch classes on various photo-related and creative/business-related subjects, CreativeLIVE is back with a coupon code for their CreativeLIVE Subscription plan. Coupon code SAVE50 drops the price of the 1-year prepaid plan from $149 to $99. This is the equivalent of paying $8.25 per month but you pay it annually.

Most but not all classes and instructors are included. This is a Netflix-style plan, you can watch as much as you want as long as you are a paying subscriber. When the paying subscription ends, you can no longer watch (unless you had previously purchased a class)…

July 30, 2022 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Prime Dayz 2022 Day 1 is HERE!

The day is here! Prime Dayz 2022 is here! Day 1 has officially just began at 12:01am pacific time at the Amazon website. Most of the offers are for Prime members only. They are marked with the “Prime Day Deal” in the multiple-product page listings, and on the individual product page it tells you you must needs be a Prime member to buy!

IF you are a Prime member, dive in!

If you are not a Prime member, and you want to participate in the festivities, you can start a 30-Day FREE TRIAL. If you previously had free trials, the Amazon computers decide that your account is eligible again and tell you so.

If the Amazon AI bots determine you are not eligible for the 30-day free trial but you want to buy some of the offers, you can start a month-to-month paying Prime membership and cancel it after the 1st month (or whenever you no longer need it). Or prepay the 1-year membership at $139.

Either way, if you are going to make a Prime Day purchase until Wednesday night, make sure you fill up the Stampcard promotion to score a $10 Amazon credit.

Lots of laptops and computers and kitchen ware and Amazon’s own devices and Amazon’s own brands are participating!

More posts as I digest the offerings!

July 12, 2022 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Reminder: B&H’s OPTIC 2022 is June 12-15

Our last reminder, the 2022 B&H Photo OPTIC 2022 Trade-Show/Conference event is taking place June 12-15 in 2022 in The Big Apple! This is a hybrid in-person and virtual event! Registration is FREE! You can find, at the aforelinked page, the schedule and details and also check which events are in-person (eg photo-walks) and which are virtual and which are both.

June 9, 2022 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: