Christmas lights went up this weekend in our neighborhood. We even got our first Christmas card! Eeks! I’m still finishing off our pumpkin pie! I’m not ready for the holidays to be official! Are you? You know what, I don’t think it matters if we’re ready. I think the holidays are here whether we’re prepared or not. So let’s form a circle! Gather in! 🙂 We must support each other! I’ll support you tossing the leftover pumpkin pie as I make room for the eggnog. I’ll support you buying your own stocking stuffers b/c let’s face it, Santa doesn’t stuff our stockings the way mom did. So here we go ladies and gents; this is my Top Ten Stocking Stuffers for the Photo Enthusiast whether you are a beginner or pro!
I admit, you need a BIG stocking for #1. But it’s so worth it! The moment we’ve been waiting for is finally here!
#1 Me Ra’s Sexy Copper Brown, Sony a330 DSLR Camera and Lens!
Price: $549.99 BUY HERE!
Family Circle magazine highlighted this Copper Brown DSLR in their Favorite Holiday Electronic Picks! Check it out on the newsstands this month! And remember, the secret Sony trip we made this summer? We were filming a revised DVD for them called Kids in Focus. I’ll blog about that amazing experience more later. But here is the coolest news, when you purchase your new Sony Alpha DSLR, Sony will include a copy of our newly released Kids in Focus DVD! Exclusively available at Sony Style stores and Sony.com! If you get it, you must PROMISE to send me a photo of yourself with your sexy, new camera!
#2 The Buttery, Background 50mm f/1.8 lens.
Price: $149, BUY HERE!
I love this lens b/c it gives you the low fstop ability to create buttery, blurry backgrounds! FYI, all the images, shot live, for the Kids in Focus DVD were captured with the Sony a330 DSLR and 50mm lens! And believe me, I pushed the camera and lens abilities to the limits, and they both blew my expectations out of the water!
#3 NEW Refuse to Say Cheese Organic Cotton Baby Onesies w/ FOUR Colors to Choose from!
Price $24 Holiday Special $19.20 till 12/4!
Coupon: stockingstuffer BUY HERE!
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Style 2
I’ve been wanting to make Refuse to Say Cheese onesies forever! Aren’t they sweet! They are by far one of my favorite Stocking Stuffers! We even have two styles to choose from for the little ones. Sizes range from 6-18 months. And the boys versions are green onesies with the brown camera!
#4 Can’t forget about Mom! NEW Refuse to Say Cheese Women’s American Apparel T-shirts!
Price $29.99 Holiday Special $ till 12/4!
Coupon: stockingstuffer BUY HERE!
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You asked for them, and we got them just in time for the holidays! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!!!
#5 Our Award Winning Instructional DVD Set.
Price $ 49.99 Holiday Special $39.99 till 12/4!
Coupon: stockingstuffer BUY HERE!
Fox News recommended the DVD set on TV as a top Holiday pick! NAPPA gave the DVD set their prestigious Gold Award! Sony’s new Kids in Focus DVD was inspired from this DVD set. And thousands of customers have emailed us their praise for Refuse to Say Cheese and Beyond the Green Box! What are you waiting for!
#6 The Sony External Flash for a price that’s hard to BEAT!
Price $129.99 BUY HERE!
I love this little flash because it solves the red eye and black cave problem in seconds. With this flash, you can point it toward the ceiling and bounce the light. Bouncing the light gets rid of all the red eye, and your kids don’t look like they are climbing out of black caves. It’s light weight, easy to snap on, and the price is pretty amazing!
#7 The BEST Photo Editing Software EVER: Adobe’s Lightroom 2.
Price $169.99 BUY HERE!
We do ALL our photo editing with Adobe’s Lightroom. I could sing Lightroom praises for hours. This software has made photo editing ten times faster. When you have little ones running around, fast post process is a BIG deal. Lightroom is super intuitive and Dynamic with a capital D! Ask other users, they will confirm what I’m saying.
#8 Stop Reinventing the Wheel with our Popular 101 Kits!
Price: $99, Holiday Price $79.20 till 12/4!
Coupon: stockingstuffer BUY HERE!
Do you want to stay up all night trying to reinvent the wheel on starting a photography business? Or, do you wish that someone did the research for you and just shared it all with you? I SHARE IT ALL in our popular 101 Kits. You’ll receive photo release waivers, marketing tips, package pricing, and much more. Just read the reviews when you click to buy now! We’ve received hundreds of HAPPY emails from customers! And when you buy two 101 Kits, you get an even better deal. Our Portrait 101 and Wedding 101 Kits are the most popular!
#9 Chic jill-e Camera Bags that will make Her Giddy!
Price: $24.99 to $384.99 BUY HERE!
My girlfriend Carey bought me a Jill-e Camera Bag for my birthday a couple years ago. Love it! Love it! You can’t beat the classiness of these camera bags for women (and they’ve got some pretty hip ones for men too–Brian approves! :))
#10! Me Ra’s best resource for Artistic Inspiration: The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity-10th Anniversary Edition.
Price: $26.40 BUY HERE!
If your creativity needs to be inspired, this book is for you. There are endless exercises that jog your creativity, whether it’s tackling fears, beliefs we have regarding our worthiness to create, you name it, this book tackles it! It is my Bible when it comes to creative inspiration. You’ve heard me quote it several times, why not treat yourself or someone you love to their own copy!
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You have it friends! Our Top Ten Stocking Stuffers for the Photo Enthusiast! If your purchasing a product from our store (tshirts, onsies, DVDs, 101 kits) remember to use the Coupon: stockingstuffers. This Coupon will give you 20% off until this Friday, December 4th!
Happy Holidays!
xoxo,
Me Ra
Like those deals from the Me Ra library!
Wow Me Ra, some great stuff on your list this year. Is the “Kids in Focus” DVD going to be available on your website?
Thanks
Judith
as an owner of 5 out of 10 of these recommendations…i concur! do you concur? yes, i concur! seriously, sharon WAS giddy about her jill-E bag. no joke…
oh….also….a little blog love….for all 3 of my readers. 🙂
http://jeramysossaman.blogspot.com/2009/11/rejoicing-with-friends.html
I notice you mention the 50 mm 1.8 lense as your no. 2 item. I have been looking at the 50 mm 1.4. Is the 1.4 worth the extra money?
Love all your items. I am definitely going to check out the jill-e bags. 🙂
Me Ra,
Thank you for this post! I simply copy and pasted the entire link in an email to my husband with the subject line: “Stuff I want for xmas”
The body of the email read: “I want #8”
I just was randomly checking our bank account and saw that he listened to me! See you have the power to pursuade any husband. I am going to try the same thing on a workshop and see if he is quick to purchase! 🙂
Jessica, the 1.4 fstop is SO WORTH it! The buttery blurred backgrounds you get are just yummy. I can’t say enough about how much I love that lens. The kits lens that comes with your camera just doesn’t give the same to you.
And Marcia, Brian and I laughed out loud when we read your comment! I love that your husband already acted on your xmas list. What a great guy!
Judith, the Kids in Focus DVD is a shorter, revised version of our Refuse to Say Cheese/Beyond the Green Box w/specific chapters on the Sony Alpha 330. Not sure that we will be selling them ourselves. Right now, Sony Style or Sony.com is your best bet!
And Jeramy, ALWAYS good to see you here. 🙂
Can I just say how much I big puffy heart this new space?!! Awesome!
Number ten is on my list. Srsly. I borrowed it from a great-inspiring-art-major-friend of mine and cried when I had to give it back.
Santa, I’ve been good, right?! I mean, um, I think I’ve been good…
I also LOVE #11:
The super-awesome-in-a-balmy-tropical-location-that-isn’t-minnesota Advanced Workshop hosted by MeRa and Brian.
It’s like you read my mind or something. 🙂
wow! marcia….that’s fast work. good for you! go for the workshop….seriously!
Me Ra…I am hoping that Santa will bring me an external flash (#6), but I have a Canon Rebel. Can you recommend a similar flash that will work with a Canon? or are you a purely Sony girl? thanks.
-Sara
Awesome list, thanks!
I have the same qestion as Sara above except i’ve got a Nikon. Are there different levels of external flashes that will pivot up and down, but also side to side? (I’m thinking of Brian’s superball references). I don’t want to limit myself to just bouncing off the ceiling. When I read the descriptions online of different flashes it isn’t clear to me if they do that. I would appreciate any suggestions from other readers! 🙂
OMG! Great ideas, MeRa! I have a question though. I’m fairly new to photography (I already have your two DVDs!!) and I shoot a Canon Rebel. I’m needing a good external flash. What would you suggest? (I need to leave a big HINT for hubby!!) The Sony won’t work on my camera, will it? Don’t I need a Canon?
Thanks for all you do. You have been my biggest inspiration!!
Great list! I gotta say though, I can never support throwing out pumpkin pie. 😉 Or any other pie for that matter.
Marcia, that is awesome! There is just something about the Me Ra + Brian team that must convince hubbies… ;p
Thanks Me Ra. I am definitely going to go with the 1.4. Thanks for all that you do and the amazing opportunities that you open up for all of us. 🙂
I SUPPORT SOAR.
This is a great list! Thanks Me Ra! I have no clue what to get Cathy most of the time when it comes to photography, so this is a great help. She uses a Nikon camera so not sure if the lens will work but could probably find something similar for Nikon. That is the hard part…everyone uses and likes different brands. What to do!?!?! I guess it is kind of like getting a tv for a guy…Sony? Samsung? etc. I personally…like Sony! Have a great holiday and again…thanks!
I SUPPORT SOAR!
PS – LOVE the SOAR project!
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