We just love you guys! Have you figured that out yet?!! We are so grateful for all 42k of you, that we love giving back. We love sharing the things that make our jobs easier, and we believe will make your jobs easier as photographers. That is where the Wacom Bamboo Tablet comes in. Once you get past the learning curve, you will find that you are editing much faster, and more precise then before. I don’t know how I ever edited with a mouse! So this weeks giveaway is a Wacom Bamboo Create Tablet! Pen input 1,024 pressure levels Multi-Touch input Four programmable ExpressKeys Wireless compatible 2x working space It is an amazing tool to have at your disposal! How do you enter? We have a new nifty little entry form to enter our giveaway! We are NO longer doing comments as your entry form! (PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ON THE BLOG POST) Please use the form below! Each point that you get, equals one entry. You can do some of the entries more …

We’ve been having such fun with these last few giveaways that we thought we would up the ante a little. The New Year is here and we know a lot of people set goals for what they want to learn, do, accomplish and become as 2012 moves forward. Learning new skills and honing the ones we already possess are top goals for many people and photography is often right up there with skills to learn and improve. And you know us. We’re people-pleasers. We love to help. So, we want to give away a camera. Yeah, that’s right. We would like to help you up your photography game with a Canon T2i DSLR camera. Why are we giving away Canon? Because we shoot Canon and love Canon to pieces and this is a sweet little camera. Amazing still images at 18 MP, HD video, impressive noise handling and a lot of bells and whistles. This camera will be a boon to someone looking to learn or improve in their photography. The winner will get a …

Losing weight. Getting out of debt. Exercising more. Making sure your image’s colors aren’t crazier than a drunken circus clown. You know, those New Years’ resolutions that we all make each year. What? You have never resolved to make sure that your color is completely accurate? Oh well, you really need to. And we’re here to make that resolution one that will actually be kept! Wahoo! Color Management is something that a lot of people don’t even realize is an issue until they have a problem, but we are here to alert you to the issue BEFORE you have a mishap. Most computer monitors arrive from the factory in a rather imperfect color state. Most PC monitors are BLUE. They make every image look cool and dark or overly bright and icky. The contrast is often off too. This image for example. Same exact image. However I would assume if I was on my non calibrated monitor, that my image was over exposed and needed a lot of warming. However if I darkened the image …

I think it’s no secret that we love all of our FACEBOOK FANS! We really do. We really REALLY do. We are so excited that our new Purely Studio set is almost done. (We are going to launch it in just a few hours! We are just getting our cart and website ready.) But, in the meantime, to tide you all over, we want to share some cheer, since it IS Christmas and Chanukah! One of the biggest questions we get on the page, aside from action/Photoshop questions would be questions on lighting. One of the biggest keys to our studio lighting and even some of our outdoor lighting is getting our flash off camera. So we wanted to help someone get started with getting their flash off of their camera. So, we will be giving away a Canon 430 EXii flash and a set of Cactus triggers v2. This is how we started with seeing light off of our camera. If you shoot Nikon or another brand, you can still use the 430 exii …

We get asked a lot by fans who we personally go to for printing our images. We are not shy about telling people that we just love Color Inc. for our images. We love that what we get on our screens is what we open in our packages from Color Inc. No surprises, just consistent quality and great color. Well, we are lucky enough to share some fabulous new product from Color Inc. with you! Color Inc. will be giving away one studio mount to one of our lucky friends! You know you want one of these. What are studio mounts? “Our solid wood 3/4” ready to hang Studio Mounts are a great way to creatively showcase any of your favorite family, wedding, newborn or senior portraits! Each Studio Mount is professionally finished with a smooth black laminate beveled edge and your choice of one of our 4 quality finishing options. Additionally, each piece will arrive with a pre-cut keyhole slot on the back, ready to hang straight out of the package! Print Finishing Options: …