Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Udi over at DIY Photography created the Bokeh Masters Kit as a way to manipulate the shapes of light appearing in your out of focus background. See the cute hearts in the above image background?
These kits run $35 each – but good news, I’ve got the green light to give away 3 of the Bokeh Masters Kits to Photography Bay readers. [Read more…]
The revised edition of Dane Sanders’ Fast Track Photographer is now available. It’s a great book. I’ve got two copies to hand out to Photography Bay readers. Want one?
Here’s how you can score a copy. [Read more…]
Think Tank Photo is giving away a bunch of camera bags and accessories to three lucky winners. All you have to do is be a fan, follower or friend on Facebook, Twitter or Flickr (or all three) and you get a chance of winning the Logistics Manager and as many Think Tank Photo bags and accessories as you can stuff into the Logistics Manager. [Read more…]
There were some solid finalists for the Seagate / O’Neill Contest that ran last month. After choosing the finalists, I left the task of choosing the winners in the hands of photographers, Rich Legg and Nicole Young.
So, here’s the winners: [Read more…]
Adorama has announced a contest for iPhone Apps and iPhone photography. Adorama will be handing out awards for photo apps and photos taken with iPhones.
Check it out at contest.adorama.com and get more details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Your chance to win a 1TB Seagate Free Agent Go Drive and some O’Neill surf wear is still wide open. There’s less and 1 week left in the contest.
Find out how you can easily enter here.
Don’t miss out!
Your chance to win a 1TB Seagate Free Agent Go Drive and some O’Neill surf wear is still wide open. There’s roughly 3 weeks left in the contest. [Read more…]
Microsoft is holding a Bing photo contest, which gives the winner some exposure by hosting their image on Bing’s homepage on January 6.
To enter, you need to be a fan of Bing’s Facebook page – you’ll submit your images via Facebook. Deadline for entries is December 13.
You can enter here.
Read the fine print though:
Image Ownership
All digital images must be original work. Participants retain ownership rights to their photos. You must have taken the photograph yourself, and submitted photos cannot violate the privacy or intellectual property rights of any person or entity. This shall include, but not be limited to, all third party copyrighted materials.
By submitting your photograph you grant Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, “Microsoft”) an unlimited, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, publish, modify, perform and display the image and any hot spots on the www.bing.com webpage or any replacement or successor to such web page, any sub domains, any international versions of www.bing.com, and in any marketing or advertising of any kind related thereto, in any medium now known or later developed.
Microsoft will not pay you any compensation for your photograph or any use we may make of it. Microsoft is not obligated to use your photograph and we may not notify you if we do not use it. By submitting your photograph you agree and represent to Microsoft that you are the photographer and the sole copyright owner of the photograph.
Adobe has announced a call for entries in the 2010 Adobe Design Achievement Awards for students, which includes a traditional media category for illustration and photography.
Prizes include a trip to Adobe MAX in Los Angeles, software and cash.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Keeping with the tradition of last year’s “Fall” themed photo contest, we’ve teamed up with Seagate, along with O’Neill surf wear, for another photo contest where your best shots in the Photography Bay Flickr Group can score you a 1TB FreeAgent Go Drive and some O’Neill surf wear. [Read more…]