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More Great Images and a Winner Coming Up At Noon!

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:17:00 +0000

Here’s the last batch of entries into the “Working With What You’ve Got” Contest for Skip’s Summer School. There have been some really great images submitted, all proving that if you look hard enough there’s great scenery around us everywhere we go!

We’ll be making the announcement at noon today of the winner for a full registration to Skip’s Summer School. I want to thank everybody who participated!

Gregory Schrader:

Krissy Haveman:

Ben Barrett:

Dennis Ammons:

Foster Hunt:

Corey Ann:

Brian David Casey:

Joe Maher:

Terry A. Ammons:

Donna Keidel:

Don Brown:

Working With What You’ve Got…more interesting images!

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:15:00 +0000

I continue to be amazed at the response to my call for entries for last week’s contest. Remember, the whole topic was in response to people saying they just don’t have any place nice to photograph. Everyone has shown that while we’d all love to be shooting on the beaches of Malibu, there are still great places to create and capture moments! Here’s another round…

Three images from Leslie Carpenter:

And two interesting images from Stephanie Stremler, but the fun part was her comments:

Big Sky – Find a little incline in the land, a blue or dramatic sky and get on your belly to shoot. Makes for a great, dramatic shot everytime!

Intimate Love – On a day with bright overhead sun and little open shade to work in I positioned these two in front of open barn doors. The dark interior of the building contrasted with the bright outside sun on the couple, which resulted in a dark black background that really made the couple stand out.

Easy ways to make a damatic image while working with you got, even if it literally isn’t much.

and last but not least, from last year’s graduating class at Hallmark Institute, Maggie Susse:

Thanks again for your entries, the contest ends at midnight tomorrow!

If You Tweet There Might Be A New Camera Bag In Your Future!

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:50:06 +0000

Over the last few years there are some great new products that have come on the market and every now and then there’s something with a ton of style. Like the bags from Jill-e Designs. I am NOT being paid to promote Jill’s products – I simply like them! I’ve been personally coveting her men’s line bags for a year now!

So, here’s the fun of this – follow me (http://twitter.com/skipcohen) on Twitter and next Monday we’ll give away the bag below to a random follower. Then, we’ll follow up next Monday with a medium men’s bag from the “Jack” product line to give away. Camera bags are a very personal thing, but the fun of Jill’s designs is simply they don’t look like camera bags – color, lots of style and functionally terrific!

So, sign up to follow me on Twitter and you might just find a new camera bag on its way to you! We’ll find our first follower at random next Sunday night, February 14 – just in time for Valentine’s Day!