Don't miss out on this... Seriously...

You have until February 28th to order one years worth of education from Photovision for a mere $49!

That's a saving of $150 (who said math wouldn't come in handy after school).

;)

You will get six DVD's (one every other month), each over 3 hours long and stuffed full of photographic educational info from 6 (or more) nationally known photographers.

Photographers like Joel Grimes, Joe Photo, and many, many more.

$8 for each DVD is too good to pass on which is why I bought it too.

To get this deal you will need to use the promo code "WESTCOTT" during checkout.

You only have five days left so follow this link and do it right now.

New Shiny Image Contest details..

So before I tell you the details let me share with you the prize package:

Prize 1. The two DVD set "Digital WakeUp Call" from David Ziser. I don't think anyone has combined photography AND business as well as David, and he is the most prolific blogger on the surface of the earth and the entries are packed with useful information (no fluff).


Prize 2. "Adobe Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers" from Scott Kelby.

Scott Kelby trains tens of thousands of professional photographers every year on how to use Photoshop, and almost without exception they have the same questions, the same problems, and the same challenges—and that’s exactly what Shares with you in this book.


Prize 3. The (really) good folks over at IGT America will be donating a print, but not just any print, they are going to take an image from you the winner (an image of your choosing) and give you back a 16 x 20 Metal Print!

How cool is that?


Now for the details, the contest starts today (February 21st) and the winner will be announced on Thursday March 31st. That should give everybody enough time to create their image(s).

How do you you enter?

1. Join the Weekly Photo Tips Flickr Group (details on how to join can be found here).

2. Upload one (or more) image(s) of a reflective object (glass, metal, etc.). Check out our recent post on "photographing reflective surfaces" for a bunch of resources that will help you out.

3. Leave one (or more) comments on any blog post on Weekly Photo Tips and/or a comment on any of the videos on our YouTube channel.

We will mail the prize package to the lucky winner.

The rules are pretty simple, you can enter as many times as you like (one comment + one image upload = one contest entry), all ownership rights of all images remain with you the photographer.

The only thing we will use them (the images) for is to show as occasional "samples" of images
we receive as contest entries and to announce the winner.

Lastly, the contest is open to everyone world wide, if the winner should be outside the contagious 48 United States, they (the winner) will be responsible (only) for the cost of shipping.

Good luck everyone.

Photoflex LiteDome softbox sale!...

Right now you can get a Photoflex LiteDome softbox on sale for $85 with free shipping.

I own this softbox and can tell you it is quality construction and materials, it folds down to next to nothing making it extremely portable, and now the price makes it an unbeatable option.

Here is the setup shot from a shoot we did for a national food producer (you can read more about this shoot along with other images here).

And here is the final result.


So check out the Photoflex LiteDome softbox, you may want to ad it to your arsenal of light shaping tools.

Below is a video we did demonstrating the Photoflex LiteDome softbox, subscribers will need to return to the blog or can also head directly to our YouTube channel to watch it.

"Shiny" new contest....

It has been too long since our last contest and I have plenty of photography goodies to give away.

A recent post was about "photographing reflective surfaces" so that will be this contests theme.

It will be similar to past contests, you will need to submit an image of a shiny/reflective object to our Flickr group, and leave a comment on any post on the blog and/or our YouTube channel.

Tune in this coming Monday for all the details, the rules by which we will play, but most importantly, what the super duper prize package will be.

See ya Monday!

The Tiger

Photographer: Avijit Patra
Save Tigers Join Hands http://www.saveourtigers.com/

Feel The Heat

Photographer: Avijit Patra

You probably already know this...

But just in case you don't, here it is.

David "The Strobist" Hobby and Joe "Numnuts" McNally are teaming up for the "FLASHBUS 2011 Tour".

It is a 29 city, 13,000 mile, all in 42 days tour that will provide you the opportunity to learn from the two people sitting at the very top of the small light pyramid.

And it's only $99 so follow this link and see if you can still snag a seat.

Sadly, it is already 3/4's sold out, so run, don't walk to the registration page.

Good luck.