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Think Tank Photo Urban Disguise 30 Giveaway

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Want an awesome, new Think Tank Photo Urban Disguise 30 camera bag?

For free?

Here’s how you can score one:

1. Be a fan of Photography Bay’s Facebook page by “Liking” it.

2. Leave a comment on Photography Bay’s Facebook wall that says:  “I want a free Think Tank Photo bag from Photography Bay.” (or something along those lines)

3. Spread the word to help Photography Bay reach a total of 2500 Facebook fans.

When Photography Bay reaches 2500 total Facebook fans, I’ll randomly select a Facebook fan that has commented (see #2) as the winner.

I’ll send the winner a message via Facebook for his/her mailing address.  Respond within 3 days or the bag goes to someone else.

 

Bokeh Masters Kit Giveaway

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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…]

5 Free Photography Books (and the winners are . . .)

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Last week, Photography Bay announced a giveaway for forum members. We had 5 copies of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Photography Essentials to pass out for free.

The results, pulled from a random drawing of active forum members are as follows:

1. zuikoku

2. aredduo

3. wchang

4. leesmith

5. bertk

Congratulations to all of you and thanks for being members of the Photography Bay community.  I’ll be contacting each of you via email to work out the details of shipping the books to you.

Again, I’d like to thank the sponsor Penguin Group (USA), Inc. for providing the copies of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Photography Essentials for this giveaway.

Did you miss out?

Not to worry.  The next batch of free photography gear is sitting right here next to me.  Look for an announcement soon.  If you want to get a jump on qualifying for the next giveaway, the same rules will apply – just be an active Photography Bay forum member.  Read more about the rules on the last giveaway announcement post.

A message to prospective sponsors:

Drop us a line at contact@photographybay.com for details on how you can sponsor a giveaway and get your name out to hundreds of thousands of photographers worldwide.

Win A Great Photography Book

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I told you it was coming when the Photography Bay Forum launched.  This is the first giveaway for forum members.  (The second giveaway is already in the works too.)

What’s Up for Grabs?

Back in July, Thursday Bram reviewed the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Photography Essentials here on Photography Bay. (See Review)  Since Thursday liked the book so much, I decided to contact the publisher to see if they wanted to sponsor a giveaway for Photography Bay readers.

Good news . . . I’ve got 5 brand spanking new copies to give away to Photography Bay readers – for free.

How Can I Win?

All you have to enter is be an active Photography Bay forum member.  Existing active members are already eligible to win.  If you are not a member, head on over, register and join in the discussions.

In summary, there are two things you need to do:

  1. Be a forum member
  2. Make at least one worthwhile post in the forum between now and September 19th

www.photographybay.com/forum

A worthwhile post is something that adds to a discussion or starts a discussion.  A spammy post will qualify you from winning anything. Additionally, only forum posts will qualify – blog comments do not apply to this contest.

This should be pretty straight forward; however, for the avoidance of doubt:  Critique requests, questions about your gear, speculations on rumors, and so on are valid posts.  Saying “You suck” or “Visit my site for free viagra” is not a worthwhile post.

Prize Announcement and Details

I will use a random drawing to determine the winners.  The winners will be announced by their forum usernames on September 20th on the front page of Photography Bay.  I will also contact those members by the email used to register in the forum for shipping information.  Photography Bay will cover the shipping charges to anywhere in the world that you are legally permitted to receive prizes from contests/drawings.

Winners will have one week to reply with valid contact information.  If I don’t receive a response, the prize will go to another forum member.

Make sure you don’t miss out on the prize announcement or other exciting news by subscribing to Photography Bay’s free news feed.

Special Thanks:

Mark Jenkinson for authoring a solid book.

Penguin Group (USA), Inc. for providing the copies of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Photography Essentials for this giveaway.

PS: If you would like to sponsor a contest/giveaway on Photography Bay, please email us at contact [at] photographybay.com