One of the (many) up sides to blogging, is having companies and brands reach out to work with you. The offers can range anywhere from long-term collaborations and relationships, to just trying out new products in hopes that you’ll mention it on the blog. I am extremely picky about which brands I work with, and always ask myself, ‘Is this a product/brand I genuinely respect and recommend, regardless of sponsorship, and will my friends (you guys) benefit from it in some way.’
So when my friends at Staples (whom I whole-heartedly work with on Martha Stewart campaigns, because, well, it’s Martha) offered to send me a new Samsung Galaxy camera, I politely declined. After all, I already have a DSLR camera that I love, and have recommended to you guys. And when I’m not using that, I use my iPhone. #fancy
But she insisted the Samsung was unlike any camera I’ve owned, since it has WiFi connectivity, saves and backs up your images automatically to a cloud, and shoots 17 megapixels with a 23-mm wide angle lens and 21x zoom! It also has a slim size that’s perfect for travel.
Okay, so I decided to try it out on our trip to California…but only if they agreed to give one away if I liked it. Guess what? I LOVE it!
You can shoot in Auto, full Manual, or choose one of their ‘Smart’ functions and have it do the work for you. So basically, a legit professional camera, but super user-friendly.
It has a crazy long zoom, and the big 4.3-inch display screen shows your shot in clear HD.
You can even edit and organize your photos directly on the camera!
Then you can connect, upload, share, and even post to your favorite social media, directly from the camera.
You can even check your email on it…what?!?! It’s seriously the smartest camera I’ve ever seen. Basically, it’s a DSLR, tablet and laptop, all rolled in one. Check out my Scenes from SoCal post…I took and edited most of those images with this camera.
Want a Samsung Galaxy WiFi camera for yourself? Well you’re in luck, because I’m giving one away to one of you lucky ducks! Just enter below…and good luck, lovebugs!
Awesome giveaway! This camera is really snazzy! I've been dying to go to Hawaii, and now that my friends are getting married there next May I have an excuse to go! I can't think of a better occasion than a wedding to use this camera. Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Great giveaway, and it looks like the perfect size to put in your purse.
I would love to win this camera! I have a DSLR that I practically never use because it's so bulky to carry around! Great giveaway!
I would love to have this camera because I currently use my phone for all photos and so need a camera! As far as where I'd travel with it? Well, if wishes were fishes I'd travel to Europe but since that is not in my budget I'd travel to my son's high school football games and take pictures of him in the marching band! Just keepin' it real!
HECK YA I WANT ONE!!!! It looks sooo cool!
That camera looks amazing!!! I would love to win it!
I'd definitely take this to Europe! Perfect size for carry-on luggage!
That's a pretty fancy camera! Great Giveaway!
Oh my goodness! That camera looks wonderful…..then I could stop asking my husband to take so many pictures with his camera! Win, win.
Thank you, Kathleen
I have been stalking this camera since I first heard about it!
We are planning a trip to NYC, so this would be great!
Germany!
We spend a lot of time at the beach so this would be perfect.
I'd love that camera for travel and to document our lives. Love that you can post directly from the camera. Is there a monthly service charge or does it use wifi?
I must have this camera for my best friend's 50th birthday trip to NYC in September!
That's a great camera for travel! Would love to win it!
My husband and I are going on a couple mini trips next year; San Antonio in January and Austin in February. Would be perfect to document our trips 🙂
I am usually a DSLR snob, but on a recent family vacation, we went ziplining and it was too big to take with us. My smartphone (which is a Samsung Galaxy) wasn't practical because I needed something that could be tethered to my harness. I was so wishing I had a smaller — but still quality — camera so I didn't have to miss some great shots. Would have loved to have the Galaxy camera at the time!
Sweden! My husband is presenting at a conference, so I'm going along as fan girl!
This is an amazing giveaway, I'd love to win! I love Samsung products and think the camera would work really well with my Note 3 phone. Fingers crossed!
This looks really neat… would love to win and check it out! 🙂
What an awesome giveaway. We are going to Cape Cod for a mini vacation…would love to use this to capture some pictures of the kids!
We are going to Turks and Caicos with our kids to renew our vows, and I'd love to have this camera to record the trip!
I'd play paparazzi in Charleston with this camera!!! 🙂 xo jillian – cornflake dreams
As I'm going to be a mother in the first days of august I wouldn't like to travel to a special place with this camera but rather take the first pictures of my sweet little baby with it…
Great giveaway! I would love a nice camera!!
We're having a baby and would love to document any future trips with the new babe!
Not sure if my first one published but would love this camera for a big family vacation we are planning in August in Whistler Canada!
We are headed to Disney late next week and I would love to have this camara for our trip!
Anywhere and every where!!!!
Heading to Vegas in September and would love to have this to take. Thanks for the chance!
We are going to Disney in November with my husband's family. This camera would be perfect for "Making Memories"!!!!
Okay – not sure why the comment I made above (heading to Vegas) showed up like that – sorry!!
Lynn F
Would love to get away with just my husband to a tropical destination. We survived our first year as parents and would like to celebrate!
I will definitely be taking this on my next trip to Guatemala!
Looks like the perfect size for travel!!! This would work well with my samsung tablet (love it!) and my samsung 3D smart TV!!!! Great giveaway! Thank you for sharing your story. You're so strong and loving! God bless…
How have I not heard of this before?! I love my DSLR but would love something smaller for those everyday pictures.
Fun giveaway, Thanks!
I would love to go to Australia with and take this camera!! I'm sure it would take great pictures of kangaroos and koalas! 🙂
Oh, this would come with us on all of our camping and hiking adventures!
I would love to go back to Costa Rica with this camera.
My hubby and I are going to DC soon for our anniversary…I'd love to not have to lug around my DSLR! This seems so much more practical!
I'm due in October with our first baby…this would be awesome to have!
If I was traveling this summer, I would pick the beach. I'll have to settle for some lake trips for now.
But really I would get busy snapping pics of our new little one come December.
I would love to take my son to Disneyworld, what a great giveaway!
I would love to have this to capture my kids on the beach!
Hawaii…for sure!!
Would love to take this camera anywhere. Taking pics is my hobby and this looks so great.
I would love to travel to Hawaii 🙂
I would love a camera I can edit pictures right then and there! Awesome giveaway!
My husband and I are going to Paris in September, and I would love to take this camera with us!
Such a crazy cool camera! Would love to have this when my first newborn arrives 🙂
I love point and shoot cameras for vacation. They are just so much easier to carry around. Thanks for hosting this giveaway, Cassie
Would love this camera for traveling! 🙂
Would love this camera to take to PR with me!
ohhh.. As I'm the official picture-taker for the fam AND we just booked a cruise, I NEED this. 🙂
I'd love to go to Italy and I'd definitely need a camera for that!
Travel-wise I'd love to head to St. Lucia! But, forget traveling, this mama is expecting her first baby this December and what better tool to have!
Great pix! That definitely looks easier than lugging my big D90 around
we're going away for a relaxing mexican vacation this fall, and i wasn't planning on schlepping my dslr. i'd love to take this, it's so much more compact!
thanks,
b
I just bought a DSLR and love it but it can be quite bulky to carry around. This camera looks great. What a fun giveaway!
Would love this for our upcoming family trip to NYC!!!
Looks nice and compact, which is more important to me than the big bulky cameras!
I would love to go to Bora Bora!
What a great giveaway Cassie!! This would be perfect for on the go, to keep up with my two busy little fella's :o)
That looks awesome! I would love to have it for beach trips!
I would love to win! It looks perfect for vacation or following my little guy around 🙂
I'd love to win!
What a great giveaway! This would be the perfect size to take on vacation. We would love to go back to Jamaica 🙂
Looks like a great camera!
I would love to go to Spain with my husband! (and this camera)
I need a great camera for when my husband and I go traveling! We just have our iPhones now, so it would be lovely to have!
I promised myself I would start taking more pictures this year (and it's 1/2 over) this camera would be the inspiration I need.
I would love to go to Europe and hop country to country taking beautiful pictures with the camera. Although that trip is going to have to wait. I am headed to Seattle in the Fall and I'm sure the pictures would be beautiful! Your blog is what inspired me to start traveling in the first place!
Cambodia, back to Paris or Iceland, or even South Africa.
I would use this on our vacation to Florida when we take our daughter for her next birthday!! 🙂
Love your blog and thanks for the great give away! The camera sounds amazing!!
California!
It would be so fun to have this instead of having to always carry around our big camera, which can get heavy. We are going on a long weekend to Chicago in the fall and this camera would be perfect to put in my purse and have while sightseeing!
I'd love to take this camera in my pocket everywhere! I have a DSLR but it's so clunky to carry sometimes, I just wind up using my phone.
I SO need to start using a camera again…I always use my iPhone these days…bad, bad bad! And I would make any excuse to travel…our 5 year anniversary is coming up!
What a neat camera! I'd use it when we moved cattle in the mountains – I don't care for the bulk of my DSLR there, and my (older) cell phone doesn't do a good job so I usually just don't take pictures….but this camera would be perfect for that!
We are planning a trip to Hawaii and would LOVE the opportunity to use this camera while there. It looks like it would be a good choice to use at my boys' ballgames and swim meets, too:-)
So cool! I would love to get back to Cali wine country and take some great pics. Thanks for the chance to win. Lisa B xo
Can I pretend I have somewhere cool to go? Because I don't 🙁 But, this would be perfect to take places you don't want to lug your big camera around to!
That looks awesome! If I don't win, I think I'll just have to buy one anyways!
I'd like to try that camera out in Maui!
We would use it on an upcoming trip this Spring as well as to capture the birth of our new bundle of joy this fall. It would be perfect to take with us when visiting family over the holidays!
We would love to take the camera to Atlantis with us.
Gorgeous camera – seems great for local trips as well as far a way – seems like it would make camping look as good as it feels!
I could dream up places to take it, but doubt I would ever see most of them. However, looks like it would be great to use around town when I don't want to lug my big camera.
Awesome giveaway!! I would love a point and shoot other than the iphone 🙂
This looks like a great camera! It would be so awesome to be able to edit and upload my pictures right from the camera- it would be perfect for traveling and for my kids' activities
I would take a delayed honeymoon to the Amalfi coast in Italy! I would love to spend time traveling with my new husband since we were unable to after our wedding!!
I would love to travel to Italy & Rome with this camera!!!
I would take this sweet camera to Italy!
eeek! this is amazing! my little sister is having a baby in November, and I'd LOVE to use this to capture special little moments for her!
Such a cool camera. I'm really digging it. Even if i dont win, I'll still look into getting one.
Thanks,
Prissy
How cool is that?? I love the wi-fi capabilities!
I would take this on my trip to San Francisco & Napa this fall. It's our first trip alone in 3 years since having our kids!
thanks for the giveaway! it looks so neat.
This would be perfect for my sons first year of high school football!
Thanks for the giveaway! We are planning a trip the Caribbean- to celebrate our 10 year anniv and to reward ourselves for surviving the first 6 months with baby #2! 🙂 This would be perfect for that trip!
Very cool to know about!! (Hope I win it!)
The camera looks awesome!
love you and samsung! this just could rock my world.
I would love to stay home with this camera! i'm always telling myself i have to take more pictures of the everyday stuff, but i just take forever to get around to organizing all the photos! this camera looks awesome!
LOVE it! I would take it to Paris (big dream of mine) and snap away! Thanks, Cassie!
Going to NYC for a wedding and this would be perfect!
Love your blog…this camera looks so cool!
This camera looks great! I would love to take it on an anniversary trip in 2015 to the beach! Thanks!
Great giveaway! Sounds like a good camera
Thank you for this chance, the camera looks amazing!
I WOULD LOVE TO WIN AND USE THIS TO DOCUMENT MY KIDS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES. ALSO HOPING FOR A FAMILY VACATION YET IN AUGUST. HOPE I CAN WIN!
I would travel everywhere with this camera!!! Next trip is for a bachelorette party.
This camera looks amazing! GREAT giveaway idea.
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This camera is amazing!
I would love to take this camera on our family trip to California.
There are a gazillion places I want to go with this camera!! Football games, the zoo (my son gives animal education talks!), basketball games, the 1st day of school (yikes! too early to think about that one just yet!!!), what the heck we get some pretty hilarious pics at McD's! Fingers crossed! Does it have a good editing button? My youngest told me the other day he wished I had my "high school" face! Brother! He's not the only one! 🙂 Thanks so much!
I would love love love this for our honeymoon!
I first saw this at the 5K foam fest I was at, got to try it out, loved it! I would take it to Nashville with me for my 30th birthday with my girlfriends in October!
I would love this to travel to Maui with!!
I would love to travel to my birthplace, Catania, Italy. I haven't been there since I was 4 years old and don't remember it at all. It's on my bucket list of things to do!
This is an awesome giveaway! I'd love to use this for our upcoming trip to Charleston!
disney!
Love that the camera goes direct to the cloud! Thanks for sharing this new toy 🙂
I would totally love to go to Hawaii!
I would love to travel out West to Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, The Grand Canyon. In reality, I will be traveling from Florida to Indiana to see my Freshman college son swim in swim meets. This would be an awesome camera to take with me 🙂
The beach!
OMG……I would love a new toy to take on vacation. What a great camera!!!
WOW! Love this camera. Would take it with us to hawaii.
Would love this for an upcoming trip to New Orleans!
Would love to have this camera for our trip to Key West in October!
I would love to travel to Australia.
I would love to take this on our family vacation!!!
Fun giveaway! I have always loved your blog and have really enjoyed seeing it flourish. Have a great day!
I'll probably have to buy it, if I don't win!!
Would love to take that baby to Iceland!!
Would love to take pictures of my new baby girl with it!
We are going to Mexico for the first time in a couple weeks. Would love to take a new camera along with us!
New York City sound like a great get-a-way and fun place to take lots of photos! Thanks!
This camera would be perfect for our upcoming first time trip to Disney! Fingers crossed!
Would take on our next family vacation, possibly to the Texas Hill Country.
My mom and I are going to NYC around Christmas! This little camera would be perfect to capture our trip!
would love this for family trips to visit my family!
Somewhere tropical!
Hoping to go to Alaska!
I was researching a new camera yesterday! I would love to take it on vacation this year!
I love this camera!
This looks AWESOME! Would be so great for all the get-togethers we host!
Turks and Caicos!!!
Turks and Caicos
OMG this is an amazing giveaway. I'm going to California for a wedding AND taking our son to Disneyland for the first time. This would be perfect!!!
I would love to take this camera to Florida next month for our family reunion at Clearwater Beach!!! What a wonderful time it will be and exciting that I could capture all of that on such a fabulous camera! Thanks for this amazing oppty!!
Thx for the opportunity – what a great giveaway! I would love to travel anywhere!!! I'm getting my brain/face surgery here in the next few weeks and it should enable me to actually be able to travel now so my hubby has promised to take me on a trip soon! We will see where that ends up being!!!! Anyway, love your blog as always!
I would love to take this camera to Hawaii!
I would love to travel to Australia with this social camera 🙂
I'm planning a trip to Peru next May and would love to have a small camera to take with me.
Awesome giveaway! I'd love to use it in everyday life with the kids.
What a great giveaway!! I love the huge screen and the fact that it's wireless!
You're amazing. That camera looks amazing. Also, nothing like Rafflecopter giveaway requirements to remind me that I'm already stalking you on all outlets! 😉
Awesome giveaway! I have wanted one of these ever since they came out!!
I love my Samsung Galaxy phone, so I'm sure I would love taking pics with the camera.
Disney World! What an awesome little gadget!
We would definitely travel with this on vacation or locally to our family events – shaunie
awesome camera
I would love to take this to Europe, probably Germany. I love the architecture in the tiny German towns, and this camera would capture it beautifully!
Would love to win this. I take photos almost daily!
I hope I win!
i would love to take this camera to garden of the gods in colorado springs, colorado the rocks are sooooo beautiful
Wow, that thing is amazing! Oh, random number gods, please pick me!
Great giveaway Cassie! I would have loved to have this camera at Haven. It's the perfect size for any travel.
I would take it to Alaska!
We are traveling in September for our 35th wedding anniversary! We are visiting Southern California.
Take it on our trip to the Bahamas in September!
WOW! Would love to have one of these for when I go to the Masters this spring!
I would love this for taking pictures of my nieces and nephews. I have a trip to Denver and to the beach where I would love to have this camera!
I would take it with me to our trip to Nova Scotia!
I'd bring it on our trip to Chicago.
I have a girl's trip to Florida planned in a couple of months and this would be perfect!
I would like to Love this camera too. Thanks Cassie!
I'd love to take this camera EVERYWHERE with me…the beach, cookouts, concerts…I would love it!
The fact that camera's have wifi capabilities now, is INSANE!
I am planning a trip to Hawaii next year- this would definitely come in handy!
Not being very good at keeping up with journaling, I have decided that I am going to try and take a photo each day that I can look back on and see what I have been up to. This camera would be perfect for it! Thanks for thinking of us.
Wow! I wasn't sure a camera could replace my phone…..but now it might. Thanks so much for the review! It looks amazing 🙂
My husband and I would love to travel to Germany. His camera looks perfect for traveling and posting or sending out pictures quickly. So convenient not to have to plug in and download to a computer first!
Okay now I'm super intrigued! Would love to win….your Cali pics are beautiful! xo
My goal is to take more pictures when with friends, so thank you for the opportunity.
Your the sweetest! Would love the camera
The beach would be great!!!
Any beach, anywhere!:) fingers crossed!
Headed to an Alabama football game and a weekend in NYC in 7 weeks! Would love the camera!!
This looks like an amazing camera! I would take it to …well anywhere! Mexico, Vegas!
I tend to be a lazy picture taker in that I almost always just use my iPhone. I'd love to step it up with an awesome camera like this!
Everywhere! Our beach vacation in a few weeks, and our trip back to England in the spring! This is an awesome giveaway! Thanks!
WOW amazing!!! I would love to take this to Japan… one it will happen 😉
I would love to take this to Disney World for a family vacation!
I would love to go back to Malibu – it really is a healing place.
Fingers crossed!!
I would love to take it anywhere!! I don't have any big plans for this summer's travel but we'll probably take a few trips to the Oregon Coast which is always beautiful.. and I always take a million pictures of my daughters, and come this fall we'll have a new baby girl to take a million and 2 pictures of, so this would be perfect!
I would love to have this on our next adventure, whether it be Europe (I can dream) or Disney!
Hoping I win! But also happy for whoever the winner is!
I'd love to take it to Hawaii!
I would love to use it while traveling to California!!
To the beach with my kiddos!
I would love to use it when i travel!
Love it…I'd take it absolutely everywhere.
Wow! So cool! Hope one is coming my way 🙂
Hawaii!
I would travel to Las Vegas to see my parents.
ANY vacation would be amazing, but I would love to spend a weekend in New Orleans!
Would love to take it to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!
I'd have to say Hawaii with the Hubs!
The camera looks amazing Cassie!!!
Italy! Would be great to use on our next Disney trip.
My husband and I are taking our first kid free vacation together and we're going to NYC! I have never been there and this would be perfect for our trip!
I'll bring it on our next family vacation!!
I would love to take a mountain vacation and photograph all the wildlife!
I would love to see Hawaii one day!
Would love to win this!
I would love to win this! I would travel around Europe and take pictures with it!
I would love to revisit the place i was born – San Francisco – and capture all its various moods with this great camera
We have two more years left living in Germany and this camera would be perfect for us to capture our travels!
I would go to Venice!
Jenna
WOW!!!! Awesome giveaway 🙂 I would definitely be heading to Hawaii!!! Thanks so much.
Me, me, me! I want to win! Life is too short to use a blah camera!
Taking Mom on a vacation in few weeks. This camera would be great to capture our adventures.
Great giveaway. Perfect purse camera. Thank you for sharing.
I would love to travel to the UK–and then hop over to Ireland and Scotland. Next trip would be to Italy…so many places I would love to go!!
i love all the features!!
Pretty much everyday is a paparazzi experience for my kids. 🙂 This will be great to tote around to record memories, especially now that my oldest starts Kindergarten in less than two weeks…mama can't stop snappin'.
Surprising our daughter with a trip to Universal Orlando right before she starts middle school. We need a new camera. Thanks for the giveaway!
Ohhh…I'd love one of theses for my upcoming vacation!
Europe!
Great giveaway!
Going to Denver soon! Would love to be able to take this with me.
I would love to take the kids to a nice outdoor spot and get some shots of them, maybe close to dusk (sun flair time). They are pretty young so we don't travel too far these days! 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity!
I have been thinking of a DSLR but this may change my mind!!! Awesome!
I would love to take it on our camping trips!
I love my samsung tablet and I need amother camera thats easy to use!
I would love to do a trip up the PCH with this camera!
I would love to go and visit Yosemite National Park.
I would love to go to Vegas! Thanks for the great giveaway!
I would love to travel to Egypt one day with this camera
I would take it to Mexico!
I would love to win this camera! I carry my big bulky camera everywhere!
Sorry if I have commented more than once…technical difficulties on my end. We are planning a trip to Mt. Rushmore this fall. What a great place to take pics with a new camera. Thanks for your always great posts!
I would love to visit some friends that live in Hawaii and I think this would be the perfect camera for it!
Great giveaway! Would love it for our trip to Bar Harbor, Maine.
I need this camera for our Alaskan Cruise!
I love the large screen to view pictures as well as how slim it is, my daughter is getting married so this would be great to capture moments of the day and it would fit nicely in a smaller evening bag!!!
Great to hear about this camera!
We are planning a trip to Disney this camera would be perfect with it's small size.
This would have been perfect for our trip to Disney World! I would love this camera to take pictures of my 3 boys as we travel through northern Michigan and take in all the beautiful sites! And of course, the boys' first day of school photos!
Fingers crossed!!!
-Amy
I want to take this camera to Big Sur! Have been dreaming about going there lately!
I would love to try this camera in one of my favorite places Tuscany!
I'd love to travel to Australia and go on a safari with this camera.
Um I think the question is where wouldn't I travel??
I love my Samsung Galaxy S4, so I'm sure this camera is awesome!
I'd take it with me on my upcoming trip to New Orleans.
I would love this!
ooh–what a great giveaway!!! I want one 🙂
I'd love to take a pre-baby trip to Europe, maybe a Mediterranean cruise or a trip to London and pairs?
We are supposed to travel to Costa Rica next summer – this would be so much fun. In the meantime it would work great for upcoming football games!
Love love love Samsung products!!!! I hope to be the lucky winner <3
i want to go to beach first and hen want to trvel around the southern part of my country …:D
I would love to travel to Brazil with that camera!
I would LOVE to take this camera with me to Puebla, Mexico when I go for Dia de los Muertos this fall!
Wow! What an amazing giveaway! I saw this on FB while I was on vaca and hoped it would still be running when I got back! Lucky me! Must have been meant to be! 😉
I am currently overseas on a four week trip to the Philippines and Australia and my Nikon cool pix camera has failed on me 🙁 so I've been capturing all of my moments and memories on my iPhone. This was amazing to see and I hope that I will be able to win! Love your blog!!
I'd love to win this!
Thanks Cassie + have a great weekend!
We love samsung! Thanks for the giveaway
I would love to take it to Hawaii while on a family vacation, but it would be awesome for the first day of school pics too. 🙂
i would take this new samsung galaxy wifi everywhere (with our new baby), but specifically to northern michigan later this summer! thanks for the chance!
Adirondacks with my kids. Thanks!
Wow! Hawaii first – then everywhere!
This looks like an amazing camera. I have several cameras, but just really like any of them. This looks fairly easy and very portable which is important to me because I don't like lugging my big Olympus around with me on trips. Thanks for all you do.
Great prize. Would love to win it.
I would love to travel to anywhere; even just the park to get my photography hobby going again. I love taking pictures.
I'd love to travell with my sweet husband, spunky daughter, fun new son-in-law and my other wonderful daughter to gorgeous Playa del Carmen.
Grand Canyon
I like this camera …..
To London for my 20th anniversary!
Genius! I need one!
Great camera for vacation!
I want to go everywhere! But our next trip is Bangkok and Beijing!
Fingers crossed….would love this camera!
I would take it everywhere! Love capturing moments with my children!
It looks so cool! I would take it to La Jolla on our family vacation in a few months!
I didn't even know this camera existed! So cool!
Awesome giveaway! I would take photos of the old downtown area of our small town. So much detail and character, this camera would capture it beautifully!