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Samsung Appliances at Best Buy Make the Holidays Prepping Easy

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The next two months are going to be busy as we all start prepping for the holidays.  When you start planing to cook you favorite dishes,  like my families top choice mac and cheese.   What can make these holidays super easy?   Samsung has a plan to help every domestic cooking holiday a success.  The wonderful new appliances from Samsung at Best Buy can help to enhance your holiday prepping time for entertainment family and friends.samsung prep for the holidays

The Samsung refrigerator is a  four-door family hub that features a shopping list.  Through the wifi the refrigeration can share your grocery list, and you  just peek inside your food fridge from anywhere you are connected. Just think sitting in your car,  you can see with the kids of polished off luncheon meat or even finished all the milk.  The Samsung Refrigerator can scan foods  expiration date so you know when that yogurts going to go bad or the eggs might be questionable. No more does this milk smell bad or this taste funny ? Talk about making the holidays easy and saving on precious  time during a crazy holiday schedule.

One of the other great features that is available in the Samsung’s products Oven Range with Wi-Fi connectivity. Remotely you can monitor your oven to make sure you have the perfect roast for the holidays. While you’re out running around picking up those last minute gifts,  you can turn on your oven on your way home from the store so it’s perfectly preheated, cutting your cooking prep time down. Adjusting your temperature from your smart phone allows you to have complete flexibility in your kitchen.

For me this is a real time saver for me because I always try to remind the kids to turn on for me before I get home from work. In my case the kids always turn on the wrong oven or set the incorrect time, no more delays in dinner.  This is a great feature on Samsung Microwave Combination wall oven with Flex Duo, giving me time to relax and less time in the kitchen.

I can’t decide which is my favorite of the new Samsung appliances at Best Buy the refrigerator or the range?  I’ll just have to get both. Right now at Best Buy they are offering an unbelievable price on Samsung appliances. 10% off when you buy four or more kitchen appliances.Be sure to check Samsung appliances at Best Buy out and have a great holiday.

What are you planning to make this holiday ?

The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free

Photography Tips and Samsung Galaxy Studio #TheNextBigThing

photo TipsPhotography Tips:   Yesterday I attended the Samsung TheNextBigThing event at Samsung Galaxy Studio Soho NYC Pop up shop.  It was a great event we were able to check out the new products that Samsung has available this holiday season.   Check out the video at the end of my post for Samsung PopUp Shop experience. During the event we got to listen to National Geographic Photographer Ira Block.  Ira has been using and taking some amazing photography with the Samsung S4 Zoom, which he used during his presentation.  He was also gracious enough to share his tips for getting those amazing pictures.   Ira said it is all about the “moments” you capture that make the shot beautiful.   I really want to focus on this more in my own photography so I am taking many of his tips to heart.

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Ira Block’s  Photography  Tips for getting that Great Photography:

 

 General Photo Tips :

  • Have a camera.. a Phone /Camera like the S4 is a great option
  • Don’t look at pictures while taking photos .. just shoot.. if you look you might miss the moment  missing moments.
  • Many angles
  • Don’t point and shoot .. think about the  shot and decide where to shoot
  • Choosing Moment capture
  • Composition
  • Really Interesting light
  • Take Many photos do not look while you are shooting.. dont be afraid to take 20-30 shots  (my tip if camera is set up correctly.. make sure exposure is not messed up prior to shooting )

Travel Photography Tips:

 

  • Fore ground to give dimension.. so remember to focus on one point.. if you have no fore ground the picture will no have the details you want.
  • Put people in your architecture shots,  it add an interest and a moment in time reference.
  • Do buy a flexible small tripod that you can throw in a bag to stead a shot when needed

Portraits Photography Tips:

 

  • Don’t take a direct sun
  • Do backlight-  turn on a light behind the subject
  • Look at background.. make sure it does not distract from photo
  • Think background first and then the person
  • Shadows are good they make people look 3 dimensional and less flat,  so avoid direct light shots and take from angles
  • Consider an Portable LED Light.. to add extra light to a portrait. Get one that is in the $100 range
  • Props are great for kids because it keeps them focused .. not every shot requires direct eye contact.
  • When taking large groups.. take many shots.. hen you can choose the best

Holiday Light Photography:

 

  • Turn on the lights do not take pictures in complete darkness

Get the kids involved in Photography:

 

  • Give ten kids a project.. like go take pictures of  mailboxes.. for fall leaves
  • Do give your old kids a camera and start to teach them about composition and what make a good picture.

Thanks to Ira for teaching us his basics.  Check Out Ira Block’s instagram account and Ira Block’s website.

While at the Pop Shop we also heard Chef  Justin Warner,  that is he and I below.   You might recognize him from The Next Food Networks Star..  he won his season and  he has great hair.  Justin talked about the Galaxy Note and how it makes life easier as a chef.   I loved learning about the new products at Samsung.Sherry Aikens and Justin Warner  They seem like a great option for a photo and camera combo. I was able to take a few moments to experience the Samsung S4 Zoom .   I cant speak to a full review on the quality but I found it easy to find the functions and it has some cool features.  Like a voice activated picture function.

S4zoom Features

  • 16 megapixel
  • Real 10x zoom
  • Manual mode
  • Creative smart modes like:  kid modegalaxy note

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  • 13 pixel
  • touch focus

Samsung Galaxy StudioThe Samsung Galaxy Studio is really fun place to  visit and experience the Samsung  Galaxy Products.  When you enter, the shop pick up a card from the Conceriage desk.  Then have it scanned at each station for points .. then when you leave redeem the points for a gift from Samsung.  Stations Include:

  • Coffee and Sprinkles cupcake station you order on tablets and they make it for you.
  • Cafe : They also have different custom food experiences every day.  Justin Warner was Making Gourmet French fries the day I visited, yummy truffle fries.
  • Design Station: Also you can create in the Design Studio area.. I made an ornament,  but I could have made a tee shirt.
  • Entertainment Area.. was a chill out lounge,  where visitors learned about controlling your TV from a Samsung Phone,  which I thought was cool because my daughter always looses the remote.
  • Accessory station/lounge where they would show you how to style jewelry and accessory so they look great with the Samsung – Galaxy Gear Smart Watch for Galaxy Note . The accessory were from Piperlime.com

Watch my video for a view on inside the Samsung Galaxy Studio.

The Shop is only open til Dec 31, 2013 and is located on 130 Prince Street Soho NYCsamsung galaxy studio

 Disclosure:  I received a very nice lunch during the event and I made an ornament.  The opinions in this post are my own.