Contest

I’ve already announced one contest winner today and announced a new camera giveaway. But I’m not done yet! I’ve still got a camera to give away later today and here’s ONE MORE CONTEST!

(PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY – IT ANSWERS ALL YOUR LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTEST!)

Enter To Win a $2000 Gift Certificate From BorrowLenses.com

This contest starts today and ends on August 31, 2012. The winner gets a $2o00 gift certificate from BorrowLenses.com.

Here’s how to enter.

- Follow ScottBourne on Twitter (
http://www.twitter.com/scottbourne
)
- Follow BorrowLenses  on Twitter (
http://www.twitter.com/BorrowLenses
)

(If you are already following no need to unfollow and refollow – doing so repeatedly will get you blocked and banned from the contest — we have recently blocked or banned several hundred followers who engaged in this practice after the last contest – if you are amongst those people – sorry – no need to enter because you are not eligible.)

Tweet the message you see highlighted below once! (There is no advantage to tweeting more than once. There is also no penalty for tweeting more than once, but you won’t have any better chance of winning and you may anger your own Twitter followers if you decide to tweet more than once. Please keep track of your own entry. We can’t (and won’t) respond to requests asking about entry status.)

Twitter has changed its policy to no longer allow disabling of link shortening – so if you need to use a different link to get to the same exact contest page that’s fine. As long as people end up on this page – that’s all that matters. The rest of the Tweet must be identical to the one below.

Do NOT put the @ sign in front of Scott Bourne in the tweet. This is to cut down on noise to people who follow you and me.

Here is the Tweet:

Enter to win a $2000 Gift Certificate from @BorrowLenses & Scott Bourne. Please RT. Info at: 
http://bit.ly/LSh9kM

Official Rules: All general Bourne Media Group/Photofocus contest rules apply. In addition:

No purchase necessary to enter or win.

1. You must be 18 years or older to enter
2. You must be following Scott Bourne (
http://www.twitter.com/scottbourne
) and BorrowLenses on Twitter (
http://www.twitter.com/borrowlenses
)
3. You must send out the above tweet EXACTLY as it appears. A failure to do so will disqualify you.
4. The prize will be awarded on September 1, 2012 by Scott Bourne via Twitter and on Photofocus.com.
5. US residents responsible for any taxes (if any) incurred as winner. If you live outside the US you are responsible for any taxes, custom duties and shipping in the event you win. We will only ship the prize to a US address. Foreign winners must be able to retrieve the prize from a US address to be eligible to win.
6. If users make lots of Twitter accounts in order to enter a contest more than once, they’re liable to get all of their accounts suspended. Anyone found to use multiple Twitter accounts to enter will be ineligible.

Scott Bourne will keep a record of each tweet in a database and then a random number generator picks the winner. Due to the volume of requests we receive, we cannot and will not answer ANY questions about the contest on Twitter or via e-mail. The information you need is all right here.

Photofocus is excited to be working with BorrowLenses.com. They offer the best customer service in the industry. They offer virtually anything you might need for a still or video shoot with custom rental periods and reservations available. Their gear is always in tip-top shape and they offer local pick up in select areas.

As always, if you are not a fan of these contests, please don’t participate. For the tens of thousands of you who do enjoy the contests, we’ll continue to try to find new contests and new prizes that will make it fun and interesting to be a part of the Photofocus family. Thanks for your support.

*We reserve the right to substitute a different camera of equal or higher value in the event the manufacturer cannot meet demand or to offer a cash equivalent paid in U.S. dollars to any winner.

Later today I’ll announce the winner of the camera I promised to give away three months ago, (choice of a D800 or 5d MK III) but now I have a NEW contest – some photographers have asked me to give away a camera AND lens combo. Okay – here you go. Here’s a chance to win a new Nikon D3200 Digital SLR with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR NIKKOR Lens. (Later today I”ll also announce yet ANOTHER contest.)

(PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY – IT ANSWERS ALL YOUR LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTEST!)

Enter To Win A Nikon D3200 With Kit Lens!!!

This contest starts today and ends on August 31, 2012. The winner gets a brand new Nikon D3200 & kit lens.

Here’s how to enter.

- Follow ScottBourne on Twitter (
http://www.twitter.com/scottbourne
)
- Follow ViewBug  on Twitter (
http://www.twitter.com/viewbug
 )

(If you are already following no need to unfollow and refollow – doing so repeatedly will get you blocked and banned from the contest — we have recently blocked or banned several hundred followers who engaged in this practice after the last contest – if you are amongst those people – sorry – no need to enter because you are not eligible.)

Tweet the message you see highlighted below once! (There is no advantage to tweeting more than once. There is also no penalty for tweeting more than once, but you won’t have any better chance of winning and you may anger your own Twitter followers if you decide to tweet more than once. Please keep track of your own entry. We can’t (and won’t) respond to requests asking about entry status.)

Twitter has changed its policy to no longer allow disabling of link shortening – so if you need to use a different link to get to the same exact contest page that’s fine. As long as people end up on this page – that’s all that matters. The rest of the Tweet must be identical to the one below.

Do NOT put the @ sign in front of Scott Bourne in the tweet. This is to cut down on noise to people who follow you and me.

Here is the Tweet:

Enter to win a brand new Nikon D3200 kit from @viewbug & Scott Bourne. Please RT. Info at:
http://bit.ly/NlR6Wo

Official Rules: All general Bourne Media Group/Photofocus contest rules apply. In addition:

No purchase necessary to enter or win.

1. You must be 18 years or older to enter
2. You must be following Scott Bourne (
http://www.twitter.com/scottbourne
) and ViewBug on Twitter (
http://www.twitter.com/viewbug
)
3. You must send out the above tweet EXACTLY as it appears. A failure to do so will disqualify you.
4. The prize will be awarded on September 1, 2012 by Scott Bourne via Twitter and on Photofocus.com.
5. US residents responsible for any taxes (if any) incurred as winner. If you live outside the US you are responsible for any taxes, custom duties and shipping in the event you win. We will only ship the prize to a US address. Foreign winners must be able to retrieve the prize from a US address to be eligible to win.
6. If users make lots of Twitter accounts in order to enter a contest more than once, they’re liable to get all of their accounts suspended. Anyone found to use multiple Twitter accounts to enter will be ineligible.

Scott Bourne will keep a record of each tweet in a database and then a random number generator picks the winner. Due to the volume of requests we receive, we cannot and will not answer ANY questions about the contest on Twitter or via e-mail. The information you need is all right here.

Photofocus is excited to be working with ViewBug. ViewBug is home to lots of fun photo contests, galleries and photography training – all under one roof. If you’ve never tried ViewBug, give them a look. They are in BETA but I’ve seen the site, it’s already cool and lots of fun.

As always, if you are not a fan of these contests, please don’t participate. For the tens of thousands of you who do enjoy the contests, we’ll continue to try to find new contests and new prizes that will make it fun and interesting to be a part of the Photofocus family. Thanks for your support.

*We reserve the right to substitute a different camera of equal or higher value in the event the manufacturer cannot meet demand or to offer a cash equivalent paid in U.S. dollars to any winner.


As promised, we have selected the first semi-finalists in our Viewbug/Photofocus Winner Takes All Photo Contest – More than $10,000 worth of prizes are on the line. There’s still plenty of time to enter – Get entry information at Viewbug.com.

Here are links to the semi-finalists so far. Congratulations to all.


http://www.viewbug.com/contests/photofocus-contest/1833002


http://www.viewbug.com/contests/photofocus-contest/1834739


http://www.viewbug.com/contests/photofocus-contest/1832075


http://www.viewbug.com/contests/photofocus-contest/1832846


http://www.viewbug.com/contests/photofocus-contest/1823440


http://www.viewbug.com/contests/photofocus-contest/1832772

On April 27, 2012, I wrote a post about the Google+ Photo Conference and why I am going. If you didn’t read it, stop now and give it a quick glance.

You probably realize now that I am a big believer in anything Scott Kelby and his team are involved in. I am also a big believer in the power of networking. I have been lucky in my life and find myself at a point in my career where I don’t have to worry any longer about my needs. But I know some of you are not in that situation. It’s expensive to buy a ticket to the Google+ Photographer’s Conference – but then again, attending might just change your life. Who knows what might happen if you show your work to Scott Kelby or Trey Ratcliff, etc.?

So here’s the deal. I am offering a scholarship of sorts to the Google+ Photo Conference in San Francisco, May 22-23, 2012. I’ll be there along with most of my friends and I’d like to see you there too. If you’d like me to get you a free ticket to the conference, simply send me a one paragraph email with ALL your contact info in it explaining why you think you would benefit from attending the conference. I’ll see that your conference ticket is covered but your transit to and from San Francisco, your lodging and all of your meals but one are your responsibility. (I’ll take you to lunch one day during the event.) So you have to not only convince me that you’d benefit from attending, you have to convince me you can get to San Francisco and cover your expenses.

Please don’t apply for this scholarship if you are not 100% certain you can attend. Don’t deny someone else the chance to go who would actually show up.

Send your ONE PARAGRAPH request to: photofocus@me.com by no later than May 5, 2012 Midnight.

Thanks and I hope to see you at the Google+ Photographer’s Conference!

This couldn’t be easier. If you’d like a chance to win a Lensbaby Composer with Sweet 35 (worth $400) then here’s all you have to do.

Follow Lensbaby (Their official accounts is @SeeInANewWay) and/or @ScottBourne on Twitter. (Follow both to increase your odds)

That’s it. That’s all. Nothing to tweet. Nothing else to do. We’ll randomly select one follower to receive their choice of a Nikon or Canon version of the Composer Pro with Sweet 35.

There will be one winner each month on April 30, May 30, and June 30.

So just follow @SeeInANewWay and @ScottBourne and you are entered.

All our standard contest rules apply – Good luck!

I know some of you are aware that I regularly give away cameras on Twitter. But this isn’t THAT kind of contest. This is a photo contest. You actually have to enter a photograph to be eligible to win!

It’s the Photofocus Winner Takes All Photo Contest 2012. It’s being hosted and administered by my friends at ViewBug and there are more than $10,000 worth of prizes at stake. We expect that number to grow throughout the year.

Unlike many photo contests you see advertised on the Internet, this contest does NOT require an entry fee. Nor is there any rights grab associated with entering. It’s as clean as a whistle and all you have to do to enter is click here. Good luck.

Our initial sponsors and prizes include but are not limited to:
1. Olympus E-PL3 camera – Value $699 – Sponsored by Olympus
2. Nikon D7000 camera – Value $1300 – Sponsored by Adorama
3. Free lifetime membership to Viewbug.com – Value $500 – Sponsored by Viewbug
4. Nik Complete Collection Ultimate Edition – Value $500 – Sponsored by Nik Software
5. Lensbaby Ultimate Portrait Kit & Sweet 35 Optic** – Value $750 – Sponsored by Lensbaby
6. Gift Certificate to BorrowLenses.com – Value $500 – Sponsored by BorrowLenses.com
7. Two free years Animoto Pro – Value $500 – Sponsored by Animoto
8. Two hours photography business consulting from Marketing Essentials International – Value $500 – Sponsor Skip Cohen
9. Action Dashboard Five Pak – Value $629 – Sponsor Kubota Image Tools
10. Gift certificate for Red River printer paper – Value $500 – Sponsor Red River Paper Company
11. Assorted photo-related training materials and royalty free music from Tamara Lackey Photography – Value $500 – Sponsor Tamara Lackey Photography
12. Two years SmugMug pro service with free customization – Value $650 – Sponsor SmugMug
13. Lifetime pass to ApertureExpert.com (Aperture training and presets) – Value $500 – Sponsor Joseph Linaschke
14. Kelby Media Group bundle including 1 Year KelbyTraining.com – 1 Free Live Seminar in City of Choice – The Light It. Shoot It. Retouch It. Book & DVD Super Bundle by Scott Kelby – The Killer HDR Bundle by RC Concepcion and Matt Kloskowski – Value $600
15. Two hours combination photography, business, social media, portfolio review from BMG – Value $500 – Sponsor Bourne Media Group Scott Bourne
16. 20 top photography-related books from various authors – includes “GoingPro” by Scott Bourne & Skip Cohen – Value $750 – Sponsor Photofocus.com
17. Cash award – Value $500 – Sponsored by Photofocus.com/Scott Bourne
(Please note prize values are approximate and if for some reason a declared prize is not available when the winner is announced a prize of equal or better value will be substituted at the discretion of the contest organizers.)

Bourne Media Group, LLC
1445 American Pacific Dr. #110-285
Henderson, NV 89074
702-250-0610

*Due to US Customs regulations, and other legal restrictions, we can only ship the prizes to a United States-based address. If you live outside the USA you can still enter, but you must be able to provide a USA address for shipment. Any winner located outside the USA who doesn’t provide a shipping address within five business days of the end of the contest will be disqualified and the runner up will receive the prizes.

**Gift certificate which can be redeemed for your choice of Nikon or Canon version

NOTE: Transportation to city for Scott Kelby seminar is winner’s responsibility. All consulting prizes are delivered telephonically.