Friday, March 12, 2010

Our Blog has Moved!

Check out our new blog!

From here on out, all our updates will be on our new blog. We hope to be continually improving our new Wordpress blog, a platform I personally enjoy better than Blogger. It was about time for an upgrade!

See you there!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

New Contests are Coming Soon

Well, I had a lot of fun with the latest photo contest. I'd like to make this a monthly thing, but it isn't easy to keep everything organized. Also, I'd prefer to make the contest voting based instead of juried.

I'd like to organize a new contest very soon, something easy and fun for everyone that can get as many people as possible involved. If you have any ideas, be sure to let me know!

Also, stay tuned for mores pictures and video from WPPI and PMA, two photography trade shows that we exhibited at. WPPI ends today in Vegas, and PMA ended last week.


Thursday, March 4, 2010

Our PMA 2010 Experience


PMA 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center was a bucket of fun and excitement. Everything was great, except perhaps the Convention Center "hamburger", which somehow cost $8.00 despite having no flavor.

Our booth definitely drew some major attention! If you didn't get a chance to see it, we'll be at WPPI in Vegas next week. Any excuse to go to Vegas!

Pictures are worth 1000 words, but to be honest seeing the photos on canvas in person is much, much better. We even showcased images shot by low quality cameras to demonstrate how even small files can be used for canvas prints.

We had lots of photographers that were very impressed by the quality of our work, which was great. We firmly believe that our product is the best (yes, we've ordered from the competition to judge for ourself) and hearing it from professionals makes us feel that much better.

Our Indian Wedding panel was a real crowd pleaser, for obvious reasons. The center image was provided by Dina Douglass of Andrena Photography and the surrounding images were provided by Yogi Patel of Global Photography. If you think the photos on canvas look good here, you would be blown away if you saw them in person! These jaw-dropping, vibrant photos showcase our fine-art background in canvas reproductions.

Thanks to everyone that stopped by our booth to talk with us. We sincerely enjoyed getting to know you, and hope that we'll see you again soon.

Now we're off to Vegas for WPPI! Be sure to stop by booth #901 and take advantage of our exclusive show specials!

Contest Winner

"Alone" by Lens Artwork

There were many amazing photographs submitted. We had trouble picking a winner, because so much talent was clearly on display. So first and foremost, we'd like to thank everyone for sharing their photos. Photographs are a sensitive expression of art and emotion, so we are honored that you choose to share your photographs.

We choose this particular photograph because it combined technical skill with an artistic, emotive display that was certainly non-traditional.

We would love to do more contests in the future with a full uploading and voting system. Thanks to everyone for participating in our first photo contest, and congratulations to our winner!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Last Round of Entries...


Here are the last few entries to our photo contest. We will be selecting a winner soon, so stay tuned!

Entry #15
Another Day in the Field

Entry #16
Patriotic Grandkids

Entry #17, #18 and #19
Entry #20
"Someone's Sorrow Left Behind"

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Be sure to review past entries as well and leave feedback on who you think should win!

Thanks to everyone for submitting their great photos!


Monday, March 1, 2010

Free Pass to WPPI 2010

Click on the above image to download the full trade show pass.

Join us at WPPI in Vegas on March 8th!

Thanks for all the submissions

Thanks to everyone that submitted a picture to our photo contest! We will select a winner sometime this week after we process all the applications we got in the last couple of days.

All the photos we received were great. Some were very moving, the emotion behind the subject clearly evident, and others were artistic and technically skilled. This represents the very broad palette of photography. It can be a tool for artistic expression or can simply immortalize your grandchild's smile. Both are important.

That's one of the many reasons we love working with photos every day. While some photographs may not show off much technical skill, they are still amazing snapshots of time.

Thanks again to everyone that entered our contest! We look forward to announcing our winner shortly!