If you're anything like me, then you take a ton of photos when you travel. Doesn't matter if I travel within New York City or to ano...

If you're anything like me, then you take a ton of photos when you travel. Doesn't matter if I travel within New York City or to another state, I want to capture a memory of the moment with a photo. If I can take a selfie, even better.

Note: 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. While this is a sponsored post, any personal views expressed are always 100% my own.

But taking a selfie isn't always easy. You need to have the right lighting, or angle or sometimes the right camera. Some cameras are better when it comes to taking a selfie, like the Canon IVY CLIQ+ instant print camera - available at Best Buy.



I recently received one for review, so I can test out some of the features that make the Canon IVY CLIQ+ both a good travel camera and great for selfies.

Some of the Canon IVY CLIQ+ features includes

1. Features a large 2" selfie mirror with an 8 LED ring light for great looking selfies.
2. Features a memory card slot so you can actually keep digital copies of all the photos you take! (memory card sold separately)
3. IVY CLIQ+ comes in Pearl White, Ruby Red, Saphhire Blue and Rose Gold
4. Either choose to print 2x3" peel-and-stick photos direct from the IVY CLIQ+'s camera OR print photos taken from your smartphone via the Canon Mini Print app
5. When you connect your smartphone to the Canon Mini Print app via Bluetooth you can even use fun AR filters and add effects, frames, text, and stickers to your 2”x3” peel-and-stick photos!

So right away I wanted to try out the 2" selfie mirror. Because come on! Who doesn't want to get that great selfie?! So I took my Canon IVY CLIQ+ with me on a mini trip around NYC.



The first thing I notice is how light and easy to carry the Canon IVY CLIQ+ is. I can easily slip it into my bag or pocket and when I need to take a photo, it comes out, I figure out my angle within the selfie mirror guidelines and "click". So easy!


Since it was bright daytime I didn't need to use the 8 LED ring light, but it's good to know it's there in case I need "extra" lightening. And turning it on is as easy as sliding the button!


Once I took my photo, a few seconds later it prints nice and easy. In full color on ZINK photo paper (ZINK stands for Zero Ink printing technology. Instead of ink, it uses colorful dye-based crystals embedded inside the paper. The ZINK-enabled device uses heat to activate and colorize these crystals.)


The print itself is really good quality. But more cool then that, you can peel and stick the print on different surfaces. Just think how easy you can now make travel books, memory boards or anything else you can stick a photo on.


While getting my photo printed right away is amazing, in case I wanted to save the photos, I could use a memory card (sold separately). I can also edit my photos using the companion app for the camera.



Of course I tried this out and was pleased with the different filters and photo editing features available. There's lots to explore to enhance my travel photos. And again, it's all easy to use.


While I tested out the CLIQ+ instant print camera, for those folks not all about the selfie mirror, Canon also has the Canon IVY CLIQ, which has these features:

1. Instantly print a 2x3" peel-and-stick photo right after you shoot it, directly from the IVY CLIQ camera. Thanks to the peel & stick back you can place these practically anywhere!
2. Features a memory card slot so you can actually keep digital copies of all the photos you take! (memory card sold separately)
3. The IVY has a small selfie mirror for taking perfectly centered group shots.
4. CLIQ comes in Seaside Blue, Bumble Bee Yellow, Lady Bug Red and Mint Green.

No matter which Canon IVY camera you chose to check out, they both will help you take travel photos in a new and exciting way. And yes any travel selfies. LOL

To learn more about the Canon IVY instant print camera, visit your local Best Buy retailer or online:

Cannon IVY CLIQ Instant Print Camera: www.bby.me/ppjnu
Cannon IVY CLIQ+ Instant Print Camera: www.bby.me/h6y8e

After watching the trailer for Mindy Kaling's Late Night, I knew I wanted to see it. Late Night seemed filled with humor and maybe a mes...

After watching the trailer for Mindy Kaling's Late Night, I knew I wanted to see it. Late Night seemed filled with humor and maybe a message about female bonding. I can totally watch that.

Note: I was invited as media to the screening. Any personal views expressed are always 100% my own.

Ironically after attending a screening for Late Night, I felt that the movie offered lots more then humor, it also offered female empowerment on so many levels.

Amazon Studios film "Late Night" is now in theaters nationwide.

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- Behind Mindy Kaling's Late Night Storyline, Fashion and Message

My Review of "Late Night"

While the film focuses on Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) trying to save her late night career with some help from new "minority" hire Molly (Mindy Kaling), the issues facing both women are relatable to ALL women. We've all been there when someone didn't think we "belong".

While tackling the issue of women empowerment seems like a big task, Late Night does it well with witty dialog and brutally humorous moments. One of my favorite scenes is when Mindy is congratulated for getting the job because she's a "minority" not just because she qualified. Her response to the comment is perfect! And encouraging. There's nothing wrong with being a "minority" at a job, but we don't have to let it define us.

Late Night - Featurette: The Making Of | Amazon Studios


Part of Katherine issue is not fully being herself. Once she embraces who she is and what she can do, then her career take a turn that's better for her.

Meanwhile, Molly steps outside her shell to be a better "self", which helps her inspire others and changes things for the better.

The full message of the film is be the best YOU wherever and however you are. It's a great message that women (and men) need to hear (watch).

SYNOPSIS

Late Night - Final Trailer | Amazon Studios


Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer and legendary host on the late-night talk-show circuit. When she’s accused of being a “woman who hates women,” she puts affirmative action on the to-do list, and—presto!—Molly (Mindy Kaling) is hired as the one woman in Katherine’s all-male writers’ room.

But Molly might be too little too late, as the formidable Katherine also faces the reality of low ratings and a network that wants to replace her. Molly, wanting to prove she’s not simply a diversity hire who’s disrupting the comfort of the brotherhood, is determined to help Katherine by revitalizing her show and career—and possibly effect even bigger change at the same time.

Starring Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Max Casella, Hugh Dancy, John Lithgow, Denis O’Hare, Reid Scott and Amy Ryan

Directed by Nisha Ganatra
Written by, Produced by and Starring Mindy Kaling

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In celebration of Father’s Day, Fatherly has partnered with Gillette to create Sincerely, a NYC Pop-Up Exhibit that highlights letters to bo...

In celebration of Father’s Day, Fatherly has partnered with Gillette to create Sincerely, a NYC Pop-Up Exhibit that highlights letters to boys about life and what it takes to be a good man from various sources including celebrities, writers, activists, and more.

Note: I attended this event as media. However any personal views expressed are always 100% my own.


To launch the pop-up, there was a preview night where guests had a chance to both preview the exhibit before it opens to the public, along with hearing from a panel of fathers sharing their experience and advice for raising boys.


Visitors to the Fatherly x Gillette NYC Pop-Up can:

• Read letters from famous and not-famous men alike writing letters to boys, sons and grandsons.
• Listen to short audio messages to the prompt: “What would you tell a boy growing up today?”
• Get personalized made poems for themselves, their husband, son or whoever.
• Sample Gillette products

The exhibition is open to the public from June 13th – June 16th (running through Father’s Day).


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The film, Oceans: Our Blue Planet is currently screening in Digital 2D and 3D at The American Museum of Natural History until January 5, 202...

The film, Oceans: Our Blue Planet is currently screening in Digital 2D and 3D at The American Museum of Natural History until January 5, 2020. The film takes visitors on a journey to uncover a spectacular world of life beneath the waves.

Narrated by Kate Winslet (Titanic, The Reader, Revolutionary Road), Oceans: Our Blue Planet features the OceanX research vessel Alucia. As viewers journey through the oceans, they share in these extraordinary discoveries and uncover a spectacular world of life beneath the waves.

Dolphins leap for joy through the surf at the beginning of the journey, and the first stop is the coral reefs, to meet fascinating animals like the ingenious tuskfish, which uses coral as a tool to crack open its shelled prey. Diving deeper, viewers encounter unfamiliar critters of the abyss and volcanoes of methane erupting from the ocean floor.

New ocean science and technology has allowed humans to go farther into the unknown than ever thought possible. From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, Oceans: Our Blue Planet reveals the untold stories of the oceans’ most astonishing animals through amazing footage filmed at locations all over the world.


Oceans: Our Blue Planet – AMNH Trailer



From long-time collaborators BBC Earth and OceanX Media, Oceans: Our Blue Planet is directed by Mark Brownlow (Planet Earth: Blue Planet II, Tiny Giants) and Rachel Butler (Great Barrier Reef) and is distributed worldwide to museum cinemas by BBC Earth and Chicago-based Giant Screen Films & D3D Cinema. Microsoft, a sponsor of the film, is providing educational resources for Oceans: Our Blue Planet 3D.

The film’s release is part of a collaboration between the American Museum of Natural History and OceanX, an initiative of the Dalio Foundation, to advance ocean research and exploration. Lead funding for the Museum’s current Unseen Oceans exhibition and educational resources is provided by OceanX.

Screening through January 5, 2020, Oceans: Our Blue Planet will be shown daily in the Museum’s Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Theater, in 2D at 11:30 am and 4:30 pm, and in 3D at 10:30 am and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 pm. Times are subject to change.

To purchase tickets in advance, call 212-769-5200 or visit www.amnh.org

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