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Sony Twilight Football Contest

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As the hour of twilight moves across the world during the course of a day, it ignites a series of 7 games of football (ahem, “soccer” for us Americans) played during twilight set up in the most beautiful and spectacular photographic locations.

One day, 7 global locations, 7 amazing games of twilight football.

Twilight Football is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Photography Bay readers to travel to an incredible location, and capture amazing images of football in the beauty of twilight. [Read more…]

 

Ray Flash Photo Contest Winners Announced

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ExpoImaging and One Model Place Announce Winners of Ray Flash Photo Contest

Photographers’ Winning Images Showcase Ray Flash Ring Light; Will Be Featured in ExpoImaging Advertisements

Watsonville, CA & Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 26, 2009 — ExpoImaging, Inc. (www.ExpoImaging.net), developer and distributor of innovative camera accessories including the Ray Flash Ring Light Adapter, and One Model Place, the world’s largest online portfolio and talent community, today announced the winners of its contest to find the best photos shot with the Ray Flash. Photographer Hector Perez was awarded first place for his close-up glamour portrait. Second place winner, JD Millazo, was selected for his outdoor fashion shot. In addition to receiving high-end photo gear and Platinum+ membership to One Model Place, the photographers will have their winning images used in highly-visible advertisements in upcoming trade publications. [Read more…]

Think Tank Streetwalker HardDrive Winner

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The winner of the Think Tank Streetwalker HardDrive backpack giveaway was Alan Gornstein.  I asked Alan to share a little bit about himself as a photographer.  His reply follows:

I’m an old Nikon and Kodachrome hand. Love the technical end and used to develope my own slides and make Cibachrome Pro prints. Even mixed my own chemicals. After my kids talked me into a point and shoot, the Nikons were put in the display case, and I never looked back! The timing of this win couldn’t be better-I just got a G1 with the 15-45 and 45-200 lenses, and don’t have anything to put them in.

Thanks to everyone that took time to enter.  Also, a big thanks to Think Tank Photo for sponsoring the contest.

If you read the Streetwalker HardDrive review and are wanting to pick up some gear from Think Tank, remember that you can get extra gear for free if you spend more than $50 and order through this link for Photography Bay readers.

The current freebies include the following choices:

All the Other Stuff ($34.95)

Lens Changer 50 ($27.95)

Lens Drop In ($34.95)

Lightning Fast ($35.00)

Win a Free Think Tank Photo Streetwalker HardDrive Backpack

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Here’s your chance to get your hands on a Think Tank Photo Streetwalker HardDrive backpack for free.  The Streetwalker HardDrive usually runs $179, but for one lucky reader it’s going to cost $0.

Photography Bay has one (1) Streetwalker HardDrive to give away courtesy of our friends at Think Tank Photo. I gave two thumbs up to this bag in my review earlier this week (read Think Tank Photo Streetwalker HardDrive Review).

What do I have to do to enter?

  1. Be a Photography Bay Newsletter Subscriber (use the form at the top right to sign up if you aren’t subscribed already); and
  2. Leave a comment on this post saying you want to win (or something to that effect).  Be sure to use the same email to subscribe to the newsletter as you do to fill in the comment form (so I know you are a subscriber).

When is the contest over?

A random winner will be chosen from eligible entries on March 31, 2009.

When will I get my bag?

I will contact the winner via email upon selection and obtain his or her shipping information.  I will then pass that along to Think Tank Photo to ship the backpack directly to the winner.

Can I unsubscribe from your newsletter?

Sure, anytime you want.  There’s an unsubscribe link in every newsletter that goes out.  But only current subscribers as of March 31, 2009 will be eligible to win.  So, if you don’t like the newsletter, you might wait until April 1 to hit unsubscribe.

Sony World Photography Awards – Campaign Award

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The winner of the Campaign Award for the Sony World Photography Awards had been announced. Details regarding this image by Sarah Ahmad can be found the the press release below. Check back in a couple of days for Photography Bay’s interview with pro sports photographer Delly Carr, who chaired the panel of judges in the competition.

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Win a Canon PIXMA iP2600 Photo Printer

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Photography Bay is giving away a new Canon PIXMA iP2600 photo printer to one lucky reader.  The iP2600 is an entry-level photo printer that prints photos with borderless edges, from credit-card size, up to 8.5″ x 11″, and with resolution up to 4800 x 1200 color dpi.

How to Win?

  • Post a review of one photography product in the forum.

If you’re not a member of the forum, you can register here.

The product review can be positive or negative.  It can be anything related to photography – such as cameras, lenses, tripods, software, or prints from a particular vendor.  Spammy posts will not be considered – quality counts.  Among the quality reviews that are posted, a winner will be randomly selected.

Deadline for Entries

February 20, 2009

Details and Eligibility

This contest is limited to the Continental US. Shipping is covered by Photography Bay.  Winner will be contacted by the email he or she used to register for the Photography Bay forum.  If selected winner does not respond within 72 hours, an alternate winner will be selected.

iLovePhotos – Free Software and Free T-Shirt

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iLovePhotos Intro Video from iLovePhotos on Vimeo.

iLovePhotos is free software for your Mac that helps you organize, share, and enjoy your photos based on the people who are in them.

Photography Bay covered iLovePhotos a while back when it was still in private beta. Now, iLove Photos is open to the public with several new features, including the following:

  • Progress bar while exporting a slideshow movie.
  • Performance gains while syncing with iPhoto.
  • Performance gains while auto-saving
  • Fixes for library saving and dequeuing face detection.
  • Getting started overlay the first time you launch ILP.
  • New log-in screen in the iLovePhotos.com preferences.
  • Fade transitions for entering and existing fullscreen and slideshow views.
  • You can now import photos by dragging them from a finder window to iLovePhotos
  • After importing new photos into iPhoto, iLovePhotos will automatically import them.
  • Export all of your tags to iPhoto.

Check out the introductory video above, download a free copy of iLovePhotos and share your thoughts in the comments below.

Two lucky readers that take the time to comment on their experience with iLovePhotos will get an iLovePhotos t-shirt.

You can choose from:

Pink: M, L, XL

Gray: M, L, XL, XXL

You’ve got until midnight on Saturday, January 17, 2009, then I’ll pick two thoughtful posts and genuine posts regarding your honest impressions or thoughts (good or bad) on this software.

You can get the iLovePhotos software for free – here.