Hey there! Nope – I’m not a paid reviewer, but yes some of these folks are friends with great products! These are my picks for gifts under $40 for the photo geek or photo lover in your life. Feel free to forward me your favs to check out too. -Erika
Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook, A Guide to Staying Ahead of the Workflow Curve, By Patricia Russotti and Richard Anderson – Price: $39.95
Patricia Russotti and Richard Anderson provide you with the best workflow practices for planning and capturing to archiving your digital photography and everything in between. This easy-to-follow design paired with detailed charts and beautiful photos will give you the tools you need to perfect your workflow. This handbook is software version independent and focuses more on the key fundamentals that are a constant from software to software.
The Light Scoop by Professor Kobre – Price: $34.95
Lightscoop® is a smart low-tech device that creates soft, flattering light by redirecting your camera’s pop-up flash to a ceiling or wall. Don’t let your convenient little pop-up flash ruin your photos with evil red eye, ugly shadows, hot spots, bleached out faces, underexposed colors, and blurry movement that exist only in your photographs, not in the real world.
Membership with Fotovision – Price: $35.00
A membership with Fotovision will connect you to other photographers, accelerate your career and give you unique opportunities to meet and learn from the documentary masters of our time. Special Discount on hard to find signed photography monographs! Fotovision Membership Benefits : Priority signup for workshops, Preferred seating at lectures and other events, Discounts on select workshops and
events, Members’ only receptions, Special offers from our sponsors.
Op/Tech 19″ Velcro Soft Wrap with extra 5″ removeable Pad – Price $12.95 Black/Steel. SOFT WRAPS provide extra protection for lenses, cameras, binoculars, light meters, small tripods, monopods, tools, outdoor gear and other accessories. They offer an extra 5″ pad within the wrap which can be moved around to provide extra protection where needed. A photographer can never have too many!
Blurb Photo Books -Prices start at $12.95
Create your books with our free, easy to use bookmaking software for Mac and PC OR Want complete creative control? Design your book using your favorite publishing software, then upload it as a PDF.
Gray Caps -Prices 3 for $15
Many gray cards are not well-suited for digital photography. They often are not really neutral, and were designed for use with film as exposure guides, not as gray balance sources. The simple Digital GrayCapTM solves these problems as a sturdy plastic card with a spectrally flat color response.The Digital gray card you will always have with you, even among 10,000 penguins. 1×1 inch, foam adhesive included.
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