Win a Lens, Learn to Take Better Travel Photos! @TamronUSA is on Pin-Up Live Tomorrow (11/4).

I am so excited to announce this week’s Pin-Up Live. Let me just get this out the way before I pee myself like an excited chihuahua: We’re giving away a brand new Tamron lens this Wednesday! And she’s a beauty too–16-300mm Di II VC PZD Macro. Whew, it feels good to get that out.

For the second year in a row, we’ve teamed up with Tamron lenses and AFAR to throw one heck of a Pinterest Party. The theme for this week’s chat is How to Take Better Travel Photos. Professional travel photographer Flash Parker will be on hand too to share his tips and answer any questions you guys have, and we’ll be sharing lots of photography tips and inspiration to help you perfect your travel photos. And, of course, one lucky participant will take a home a new Tamron lens following our chat tomorrow evening.

Here’s a video all about the lens, which will give you a better idea about just how awesome this lens is and why it’s a killer lens for travelers.

So, please join us and AFAR this Wednesday (11/04) at 7 p.m. (EST) on the Pin-Up Live! board to have a real time chat about about preparing for your next adventure! You can expect a lot of Pinspiration, tips and stories flying around on Wednesday night, and we would love to hear your stories too!

About Tamron

• Tamron is a top maker of high quality lenses for digital SLR cameras and famed for their class-leading All-in-One zooms.

• The company’s 16-300mm Di II VC PZD Macro All-in-One zoom lens is the world’s only 18.8x zoom.

• Tamron’s VC image stabilization prevents camera shake for sharp images at 300mm tele and in dim lighting.

• Tamron offers the industry’s best lens warranty at six years when purchased from a Tamron authorized USA photo specialty retailer.

How Do I Join In?

It’s simple to participate in the chat,  just head on over to our Pinterest board, Pin-Up Live!, which is dedicated to the event. We will be pinning inspirational travel pins to the board, each one containing a question related to preparing for your next adventure. All you have to do is join in on the conversation!

We will pin a question pin every few minutes and if you read or see something you like, we’d love to hear from you in the comment section of the pin. This is a way for all of us to share our travel stories in a visual way. During the chat we’ll be checking out your boards and repinning some of your items to the board as well.

The theme for this week’s chat is going to be Gearing Up For Adventure! Feel free to chat away–we want to hear your travel questions, tips and travel tales! Important: Pinterest does not use hashtags (#) in a real time way so in order to follow the conversation, you’ll have to be on the Pin-Up Live! board at the dedicated time (Wed 11/04/15 at 7 p.m. EST) to participate. You will also need to refresh that page every couple of minutes to see the updates and new pins. Remember to refresh!

How can I win the Tamron lens?

All you have to do is comment on a pin during the chat. That is how we know that you were there and participated in the chat. Within 24 hours after Pin-Up Live! ends, we’ll announce the winners–so just by joining in the fun you’ll automatically have a chance to win this awesome lens: 16-300mm Di II VC PZD Macro.

Why Pinterest?

Ever since joining Pinterest in 2012, we’ve been hooked. And a lot of it has to do with the inspired ideas and photos we encounter on a daily basis.There’s a lot of incredible people on Pinterest, but no real good way to have a conversation–until now.

As avid travelers, we love sharing our travel tales and we believe the best tips and advice comes from your connections–family, friends and social networks. Pin-Up Live! brings the conversation to Pinterest, making it easy for people to connect and share stories, tips and beautiful images, while developing a comprehensive travel resource board that will continue to grow more robust as new topics are discussed.

Pin-Up Live! is the original real time chat held on Pinterest and we plan to keep bringing you unique travel themes to stoke your inspiration and wanderlust, so please let us know if you have anything in mind you’d love to chat about. Remember, joining in the conversation is easy, just come to our Pin-Up Live! Board on Wednesday (11/04/15) at 7 p.m. (EST). And remember, if you’d like to be entered in this week’s drawing, all you have to do is comment on one of the question pins during the session.

We can’t wait to chat live with you this Wed!

 *Please remember all photos on this website, unless otherwise noted, are copyrighted and property of Beers and Beans Travel Website & Bethany Salvon. Please do not use them without my permission. If you do want to use one of them please contact me first. Thanks!