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November 8th, 2011 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Reader Photos

Cemetery
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Lensbaby Pinhole Photo Contest

March 24th, 2010 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog

Lensbaby is celebrating Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day by having a contest. You should enter! Photographers can submit up to two photographs. Any pinhole photo, whether taken with a Lensbaby Pinhole/Zone plate Optic or not, is eligible. For the complete contest info, and to enter, go to www.lensbaby.com/pinholecontest. Read more about the contest and prizes below.

Lensbaby Birthday Party

February 22nd, 2010 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, PMA

Tomorrow marks the sixth birthday of Lensbaby, maker of that amazing Optic Swap System for capturing stunning selective focus images. To celebrate their birthday here at PMA in Anaheim, Lensbaby is “throwing a big social media bash,” as they’re calling it, and giving away a ton of gifts that have been donated by their friends in the photo industry. Here’s the info on how to win, below. And make sure to stop by the Lensbaby booth if you’re at PMA at 1:00pm tomorrow, 2/22, when they celebrate with cupcakes! You know the DP team will be there.

From Lensbaby:

The Grand Prize will be a Lensbaby Composer plus all 6 Optic Swap Optics – one for each year of our life. In addition, lucky participants will get fabulous photo gifts donated by our friends including Bay Photo, Digital Photo Academy, Focal Press, Hoodman, Joby, Kubota Image Tools, Lenspen, Plywerk, Nasty Clamps, SmugMug, Tamrac, Trek-Tech and others.

There are 7 ways to enter, and you get one raffle ticket for each way you enter giving you many chances to score a birthday present. Enter now through March 5th. We’ll announce winners in mid March.
The seven ways to win:

• Retweet our Birthday tweet,
• Follow SeeInANewWay on Twitter,
• Become a fan of our Facebook page,
• Sign up for our newsletter,
• Join the Lensbaby Studio Forum,
• Become a contact of our Flickr page,
• Or visit our booth #1133 at PMA.

Check out the New Issue of DP!

December 2nd, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, News

The new issue of Digital Photographer features profiles on top photographers, including renowned night/low-light photographer, Jill Waterman, and fine art photographer, David Julian. The issue also features hands-on reviews of new D-SLRs, compact cameras and camcorders,  including: The Canon Rebel T1i, the Sony A330, the Olympus Stylus Tough-8000, the Sigma DP-2 and the Sony HDR-XR520V. Also, check out reviews of the latest optic swap system from Lensbaby and Nik’s Dfine 2.0 noise-reducing software. Brush up on your understanding of focal length with a Back to Basics article and learn about special effects in video production.

Of course, there are always the columns you love: Digital Insider, Exposure and Inside the Image, which features the work of a DP reader. Learn how your photograph could be featured in the next issue here. We look forward to your feedback on the new issue, and as always, you can catch us on Twitter for up to the minute photo world news and Facebook for photo community discussions.

Call for Entries: Lensbaby

November 23rd, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog

Lensbaby announced today that they are making an open call for photographers to submit their best images created using a Lensbaby lens for a chance to be published in the new book Lensbaby: Bending Your Perspective by Lensbaby Guru and author/photographer Corey Hilz. According to Lensbaby, “Due out from Focal Press in the summer of 2010, Lensbaby: Bending Your Perspective will feature lots of ‘how to’ and inspirational content, along with galleries of Lensbaby photos by some of the foremost Lensbaby photographers in the world.”

Photographers can submit two images for consideration via www.lensbaby.com/getpublished and can change their photo selection at any time during the submission period. Submissions will be accepted until 6pm, PST, December 31, 2009, so get to work shooting with Lensbaby optics, which are always fun and offer major creativity boosts.  Also, look out for a review of the new Lensbaby Composer & Optic Swap System in the next issue of Digital Photographer by DP Editor, Lynne Eodice.