The dooce® 2010 Camera Giveaway
Today is super super exciting, and it's not just because I'm not on my period! (But phew anyway, am I right?)
Today is the start of a contest that we are hosting, something we've wanted to do for a while and have been able to time it so that it coincides with the holiday season.
Da da dom dom dom! (and then another dozen exclamation points)
We are giving away a Canon EOS 7D (18 Megapixels CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-inch LCD) with a 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens.
(PSSSST! This camera also shoots HD video!)
Here's what you have to do to enter, and yes, sorry, it requires you to be creative:
1. Go to Shutterfly.com and create a profile.
2. Make a photobook with that profile and save it
3. Go to http://dooce.shutterfly.com/
4. Click the "Ask to become a member" link in the upper right corner
5. Post your photo book
If you have any questions please check out the Shutterfly group on the Community site.
The contest runs from today 11/9/2010 to 11:59 PM Eastern Time 11/22/2010, and we'll be choosing one winner based on 50% design and 50% originality. ALSO, VERY IMPORTANT: please read the rules page before you get started!
Here are some sample pages of the book I created called The Year in Dogs 2010 (no, I'm not eligible for the prize, I just wanted to give you an example of what you can do):
I'm giving this book to my father for Christmas. He hates dogs.
Have fun and good luck!
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Jen Ochej said:
No love for Canada? Sad. :( And I was all excited, too!
On another note, will we be able to see people's entires, or no? I feel like that would be fun. :)
11.09.10 - 11:10 AM / 1dooce said:
Jon is looking into this right now.... give us a sec...
11.09.10 - 11:12 AM / 2Gemmyner said:
Can I have a book of Chuck? I <3 him.
11.09.10 - 11:22 AM / 3ohilyssa said:
So excited! :D
11.09.10 - 11:33 AM / 4annahj said:
oooh! So it has to be something original and artistic. hmm.... =)
11.09.10 - 11:40 AM / 5cantgracefullyagree said:
Such a gracious gift. I was thinking of a "winning idea", but being a photographer and blessed as I am with 2 nice cameras, I am passing this link along to others. :)
11.09.10 - 07:30 PM / 6Kathryn said:
Jen - was also sad to see the only US thing - hopefully it will open up to Canadians?
11.09.10 - 11:56 AM / 7lizwritesbooks said:
In order to win a camera, you must first own a camera. If this had come ten years earlier, my cynical teenage self could have blogged about it for months.
11.09.10 - 11:57 AM / 8blondevixen said:
This is possibly the only time time I've ever been sad to be Canadian. :( Boourns. But good luck to everyone else!
11.09.10 - 12:11 PM / 9mightymarce said:
lizwritesbooks-- you can take creative and interesting photos using any point-and-shoot camera or even a camera phone (especially if have a fancy smartphone with cool photo apps). You don't have to have a DSLR already to take "good" pictures.
11.09.10 - 12:31 PM / 10mom2avamax said:
OH MAN! No joking here...I was just looking up what kind of camera you use because I am trying to finally figure out all the technical crap that goes along with manual shooting. I even signed myself up in a photography class 2 days ago!! Are you feeling my camera-lovin vibe here?! It's like it was meant to be. Not saying I'll win, but I'm going to give it one heck of a try because these darn devices are much more pricey than my husband cares to see. So give me a week, I'll give you something hopefully cute and fun to look at!! Yahoo Dooce!!
Oh, and (whisper)...pick me. Uh-hmm, I mean, have a great ole time judging!
11.09.10 - 12:31 PM / 11napangel said:
What a fun idea.
11.09.10 - 12:38 PM / 12sonjabean said:
The rules state that "The Submission cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly through any means." Does this include public photos you've uploaded to Flickr or other social photography sites?
11.09.10 - 12:47 PM / 13RyantheGirl said:
Oh man, I'm so excited! We'll see what kind of photobook my crappy little $80 camera can produce.
11.09.10 - 12:48 PM / 14mommica said:
That's awesome because I've already started a photobook on Shutterfly! It's the finishing it part that concerns me...
11.09.10 - 01:08 PM / 15luv and kiwi said:
my guy and i so desperately wanted a camera for christmas, but the price of one of those bad boys stopped our wishing in its tracks. thanks for this opportunity to win. he has already threatened me that we have to win or else. i'm on it like white on rice. like morman children to jesus pajamas!
11.09.10 - 01:09 PM / 16Kathi BG said:
oh I would so love to win this for my wife. She loves taking pictures and does some amazing shots. Mine don't even compare. Thank you so much for offering this. I hope the Canadians can join in too though.
11.09.10 - 01:23 PM / 17azonicbruce said:
Am I missing something here? It seems the rules state that the books are to be a maximum of 5 pages, with a maximum of 20 images. It appears that many people who've already uploaded are posting books with well over this limit. In fact, many are 20 PAGES or more. So, am I misunderstanding something? Or does each "page" really only count as one "image"?
11.09.10 - 01:37 PM / 18Norabloom said:
I have a question about one of the rules as well:
"The Submission must not contain images or artwork not created by entrant;"
Of course I understand that this means you cannot submit someone else's photo as your own. However, does this include photos of someone else's artwork? For example, if I took photos of a sculpture exhibit, are those photos ineligible because they are photos of someone else's artwork, or does the fact that I'm taking the photograph make it my artwork?
Thanks
11.09.10 - 01:39 PM / 19mightymarce said:
"The Submission cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly through any means."
I'm assuming The Submission means the entire photobook as a whole, correct? Or the pictures included? (meaning, can I make a photobook using pictures I've posted on flickr?)
11.09.10 - 01:48 PM / 20Norabloom said:
I apologize . . . I see that we're to submit questions to the the Shutterfly group on the Community site. I will post my question there.
11.09.10 - 02:13 PM / 21raynshannon said:
Ugh...always with the no Canadians on all the *good* contests.
Good luck!
11.09.10 - 03:47 PM / 22Jessica Eiden S... said:
Just submitted my book and I'm blown away by all of the talent out there. Took a gamble and did not include any captions.
Great contest, Heather!
11.09.10 - 04:02 PM / 23jon said:
Submit your questions about the contest on this discussion page:
http://community.dooce.com/groups/dooce%C2%AE-shut...
The 5 page thing is just for judging. The book can be as long as you want.
11.09.10 - 04:27 PM / 24Lillabilly said:
All your Aussie fans will be saying "Crikey!" We wanted to enter too :(
11.09.10 - 04:57 PM / 25actcreative said:
I'm with lillabilly. super mega :(
11.09.10 - 07:05 PM / 26ophelia174 said:
I'm trying to become a member on the shutterfly site, but I still havent been approved...I requested to add it like 7 hours ago, does it usually take longer than that?
11.09.10 - 07:49 PM / 27pickledots said:
Holy shite! This is the best web contest ever! I love that there's something to do for it other than enter.
11.09.10 - 10:16 PM / 28ladysarah said:
I'm sad for all the international people. Especially myself in the UK!
11.10.10 - 07:13 AM / 29ChristineM said:
This was seriously a lot of fun to enter. And I swear I drew the images of Paris landmarks myself, I'm just a photoshop nerd. :D
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