Like lottery tickets, cameras can easily become a person’s passion and may provide lifetime memories of inflatable pools filled with money. Learn the art of capturing rich recollections with today's Groupon: for $45, you get your choice of one of two digital photography classes at Stone Photography (a $175 value).

Stone Photography's husband-and-wife team outfits fledgling photographers with the technical skills to photograph a wide range of subjects. A Basic Photography workshop instructs lens learners on the ins and outs of hybrid DSLR photography and lassoing light, and How to Use Your Camera sessions extol the virtues of point-and-shoot picture taking and responsible free-range image hunting. Each course coaches pupils over one full day or three evenings, totalling six hours instruction time. With class sizes capped at 15 participants, digital disciples receive individual attention as well as invites to familial Boxing Day festivities.

Each casual workshop eschews a classroom experience in favour of a communal, couch-mounted group of students. Lectures cover the basics as students focus shutters on nearby buildings and landscapes for hands-on experience. Each student brings his or her own camera and leaves with handouts as a reminder of class instruction or an English-language quick-reference guide.