Landscape, Nature And Travel Photography

Thanks everyone for entering the Collagewall.com Giveaway.

Everyone Wins with 15% Off Through January 15th
I’m happy to report that the generous folks at Collagewall.com have extended a 15% discount to all JMG Blog readers through January 15th, 2011. On check out just enter the code “JMG” (san quotation marks) to trim 15% off your order or click on the following link to login to Collagewall.com and receive the 15% discount automatically.

The winner of the $200 Gift Certificate to Collagewall is…
Steve Clark

Thanks for following the blog and myself on Twitter and Facebook Steve. I’ve sent you an email with the instruction on how to redeem your prize. Congratulations and report back on what you think of the service.

Last week I stumbled across a local service here in San Francisco that offers a very cool photo product that allows you to quickly make a custom photo collage wall display. Fittingly the service is named Collagewall. To give you an idea of what they do see their website at Collagewall.com and the Collagewall Flickr photostream.

The holidays are around the corner and the kind folks at Collagewall have made available a $200 gift certificate to be randomly given away to readers of the JMG-Galleries blog. Here’s how you enter…

3 Ways to Enter the Contest:

1. Place a comment to this post and let me if and why this product is of interest.
2. Follow me on Twitter and post 1 time only sans quotation marks:
   ” Win a $200 http://www.collagewall.com/ gift certificate. Follow @jimgoldstein & @collagewall for a chance to win #jmgcontest ”
   –> Be sure to include the hashtag #jmgcontest
3. Follow me on the JMG-Galleries Facebook Fan Page and comment on the contest post wall entry.

Up to 3 entries are possible if you tweet, follow on facebook and comment.

Deadline: The contest entry deadline is Tuesday December 14 at 9pm PST

On Going 15% Discount
Don’t wait for the contest results if you’re set on trying Collagewall. There is an on going discount of 15% for orders placed by Wednesday December 15th. Orders placed by the 15th will be delivered by Christmas. Redeem your 15% Discount at Collagwall.com

Technorati Tags: collagewall, contest, photograph, framing

Borrowlenses.com has been kind enough to make available a free week long lens rental (excluding super telephoto lenses) to be given away here on the JMG-Galleries blog.

In order to be eligible you need to:

• Contest open to only those in the US. Lens rentals cannot be shipped to other countries.
  
• The lucky winner will place the order online at BorrowLenses.com and they request a credit card number to cover the risk of a no-return. They will not charge your credit card. BorrowLenses.com is a reputable business but if you don’t feel comfortable with this condition, please don’t enter
  
• The offer excludes super telephoto lenses and pro camera bodies.

HOW TO ENTER

1. Peruse Borrowlenses.com to find something you’d be interested to rent. Feel free to let me know what catches your eye. I won’t hold you to this if you win. I’m just curious.
   Note: Available lenses are for Nikon and Canon cameras. Not a Nikon or Canon user consider their lighting and tripod equipment.
2. Add a comment to this post with the item you’d be most interested to rent.
   Note: Tweeting ” Win a free BorrowLenses.com lens rental. Follow @jimgoldstein & @borrowlenses for a chance to win http://bit.ly/b0BBl2 #JMGLENS” on Twitter is worth one entry to the raffle.

For an additional entry to the raffle…

• In your comment here point me to a post on your blog, Twitter stream, Facebook, or Flickr photostream referencing this giveaway and Borrowlenses.com

Deadline: April 12th at Midnight PST
The winner will be randomly chosen and announced no later than April 14th.

Thanks for taking part and good luck!

Technorati Tags: photography, borrowlenses.com, borrowlenses, equipment, rental

If you’re into photo contests these three might just be right up your alley.  For each I leave it to you to review terms and rules. In my initial pass I see nothing that should warrant anyones concern. Below are the contests for your consideration:

1. 2009 California Fall Challenge “Click Off!” 
   by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO)
   This contest is specific to the San Francisco Bay Area, and supports a great cause. You can learn a little more about the conservation programs organized by the SFBBO in this slideshow put together by fellow photographer Michael D. Kern
   A Visual Introduction to the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory 
    
2. LLTL Monthly Photo Contest – Summer Contest
   by Darwin Wiggett’s “Life and Learning Through the Lens” blog
   This is a friendly contest among readers of Darwin Wiggett’s blog. If you’re unfamiliar with Darwin Wiggett he’s an amazing photographer on two levels. First he’s a super talented and second he’s a great writer who is always sharing great knowledge. I’ve learned alot from Darwin over the years and he continues to be an inspiration. Whether you enter his friendly summer photo contest or not I highly recommend reading his blog.  
    
3.  Lens Culture International Exposure Awards
   by Lens Culture and sponsored by Blurb & LiveBooks
   I’m new to Lens Culture, but the concept of the contest and photographer friendly terms make this worthy of passing along. The listed judges are an impressive lot and the cash prizes are certainly an attention getter as well. This contest is definitely one to have on your radar.

Technorati Tags: Photography, Contest

Two announcements that I’m happy to share:

1. I will be leading a PhotoWalk here in San Francisco from the Ferry Building to North Beach as part of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk on July 18, 2009. I invite you to sign up and join me for an evening of urban adventure. Be quick as San Francisco PhotoWalks have been filling up super quick and there are only 50 spots available. The cost is of course free.
North Beach, San Francisco PhotoWalk Sign-Up Page

2. I’m giving away yet another BorrowLenses.com lens rental.

Borrowlenses.com has been kind enough to make available a free week long lens rental (excluding super telephoto lenses) to be given away here on the JMG-Galleries blog.

In order to be eligible you need to:

• Contest open to only those in the US. Lens rentals cannot be shipped to other countries.
  
• The lucky winner will place the order online at BorrowLenses.com and they request a credit card number to cover the risk of a no-return. They will not charge your credit card. BorrowLenses.com is a reputable business but if you don’t feel comfortable with this condition, please don’t enter
  
• The offer excludes super telephoto lenses and pro camera bodies.

HOW TO ENTER

1. Peruse Borrowlenses.com to find something you’d be interested to rent. Feel free to let me know what catches your eye. I won’t hold you to this if you win. I’m just curious.
   Note: Available lenses are for Nikon and Canon cameras. Not a Nikon or Canon user consider their lighting and tripod equipment.
2. Add a comment to this post with the item you’d be most interested to rent.
   Note: Tweeting ” Win a free BorrowLenses.com lens rental ( via @borrowlenses ) Follow @jimgoldstein for a chance to win http://bit.ly/UGMeZ ” on Twitter is worth one entry to the raffle.

For an additional entry to the raffle…

• In your comment here point me to a post on your blog, Twitter stream, or Flickr photostream referencing this giveaway and Borrowlenses.com

Deadline: June 3rd at Midnight PST
The winner will be randomly chosen and announced no later than June 4th.

Thanks for taking part and good luck!

Technorati Tags: photography, borrowlenses.com, borrowlenses, equipment, rental

Today after a short but intense round of research, all of 3 days, I bought a new camera. I’ve mentioned this on Twitter (@JimGoldstein) some and have been intentionally vague about it. My intention with being coy about the purchase was to make an announcement with an example of the output from the camera. I’m still going to do this, but I’ve noticed a flurry of guessing happening with my network on Twitter.

Let’s make it interesting. If anyone can guess what camera I purchased I’ll let you choose a 12×18 print (limited prints excluded) of your choice. I warn you though this will be no easy task to guess what I picked up today. One guess per person so guess wisely. I’ll announce the winner the day I post example output from the camera sometime the week of May 11th.

Have fun and good luck!

The winner of the BorrowLenses.com Lens Rental Giveaway is…

Miles Bintz who was comment #58. 

Selections were made randomly thanks to the use of the random number generator at Random.org. Extra comments or entries were excluded from the random selection.

5% Discount
If you didn’t win don’t forget to claim your 5% discount at Borrowlenses.com with the JMG-Galleries Blog discount code “JJJ5” sans quotation marks.

Additional Specials & Announcements
If you’re on Twitter be sure to follow Borrowlenses as they often announce specials and other discount codes.

Add a Comment to Show Your Support
Thanks to everyone that took part by entering the contest. I’ll be working with Borrowlenses.com in the future in the hopes of bringing you more of these giveaways. If you’d like to see more of these types of giveaways on the JMG-Galleries.com Blog be sure to add a comment here. The more interest the more likely I can repeat such a giveaway. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Technorati Tags: photography, borrowlenses.com, borrowlenses, equipment, rental

Borrowlenses.com has been kind enough to make available a free week long lens rental (excluding super telephoto lenses) to be given away here on the JMG-Galleries blog.

In order to be eligible you need to (updated 3/27/09):

• Contest open to only those in the US. Lens rentals cannot be shipped to other countries.
  Be located in the United States.
• The lucky winner will place the order online at BorrowLenses.com and they request a credit card number to cover the risk of a no-return. They will not charge your credit card. BorrowLenses.com is a reputable business but if you don’t feel comfortable with this condition, please don’t enter
  Be able to place an order online with a credit card. No charges will be made, this is merely a technicality.
• The offer excludes super telephoto lenses and pro camera bodies.

HOW TO ENTER

1. Peruse Borrowlenses.com to find something you’d be interested to rent. Feel free to let me know what catches your eye. I won’t hold you to this if you win. I’m just curious.
   Note: Available lenses are for Nikon and Canon cameras. Not a Nikon or Canon user consider their lighting and tripod equipment.
2. Add a comment to this post with the item you’d be most interested to rent.
   Note: Your blog comment is worth one entry to the raffle.

For an additional entry to the raffle…

• In your comment here point me to a post on your blog, Twitter stream, or Flickr photostream referencing this giveaway and Borrowlenses.com

Deadline: April 1st at Midnight PST
The winner will be randomly chosen and announced no later than April 2nd 4th.

Thanks for taking part and good luck!

Technorati Tags: photography, borrowlenses.com, borrowlenses, equipment, rental