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The Best (Inexpensive) Souvenirs

Posted 13 weeks 2 days ago by Thursday Bram

As a rule, we don’t buy souvenirs for their usefulness. A t-shirt from the Hard Rock Café or a shell sculpture from Hawaii isn’t going to increase your productivity — in fact, dusting it may just make your life that much harder. But souvenirs are good things to have: they’re meant to remind us of the amazing experiences we’ve had. Your souvenir doesn’t need to be useful or productive.

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A New Walgreens Development: Free Photos on April 9th!

Posted 15 weeks 2 days ago by Linsey Knerl

Deals and Coupons, Freebies, Coupons

My junk drawer is full of almost-expired disposable cameras. Dropping one off at the local Walgreens is not only a great way to avoid waste, but it won’t cost me a dime! Here’s the scoop on the next great freebie from Walgreens!

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Help yourself to amazing photos from The Library Of Congress

Posted 25 weeks 1 day ago by Paul Michael

Freebies, Deals, Consumer Affairs

I'm must confess, I'm a bit of a history junkie. I can often be found digging through The History Channel On Demand shows, all too often because we can learn valuable lessons from the mistakes we have made in the past. So when I recently discovered that The Library Of Congress was releasing hundreds of copyright-free images on Flickr, I just had to find out more.

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Are You Stealing From Your Photographer?

Posted 25 weeks 6 days ago by Carrie Kirby

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We've removed this article from our archives. We have great respect for photographers and their work. We do not endorse reprinting copyrighted photographs even for personal use.

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Where Are my Photos? Picturebug Goes out of Business

Posted 41 weeks 2 days ago by Linsey Knerl

Consumer Affairs

Today I received a notice that Picturebug is going out of business. Who is Picturebug? I’m not sure. But if you have pictures with this service, you may be handing over some cash for those precious pics.

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Best self-portrait photo ever

Posted 48 weeks 5 days ago by Will Chen

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Above: Astronaut Clay Anderson capturing an image of his helmet visor reflecting the international space station and the Earth. August 15th. Photo by NASA. Click for larger version. I'm a big fan of NASA's Image of the Day archives. It is usually a great place to find spectacular space images.

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The Photographer's Dilemma: Quintessential Tips for Frugal Photography

Posted 1 year ago by Sarah Winfrey

Filed Under: Shopping, Art and Leisure

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Digital photography is like a virus that is slowly overtaking my friends. Seriously. One person in my group of friends got a digital camera. He took some pictures and shared them with his friends. Everyone oo-ed and ah-ed over them, and then realized that they'd like to have some pictures of their own. They got themselves a camera (or a whole set-up) and began snapping photos. Some became seriously interested, and found themselves buying all sorts of gear (flashes, lenses, filters, tripods, bags, etc.). Several thousand dollars later, they can take any picture they want. And the people around them (like yours truly!) now want to take this newer, even-better sort of picture, too. But many of us don't want to spend the money it can take to get quality equipment. Here are some questions we've asked ourselves and some ways we've coped.

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