iPhone Photo Contest
As a launch event for their newest update to the iPhone Book, Scott Kelby and Terry White is holding a contest. The whole idea is that you take a photo with your iPhone that you submit to either of the three categories which then goes to voting for the winner. You can enter as many as three photos in total. Below is an output of how it works that Scott wrote on his site.
- You can enter up to three photos (total) taken with your iPhone (doesn’t matter if it’s the original model, or the new 3G).
- There are five different categories; Friends, Pets, Family, Fine Art, and Office. The winner in each category gets a $100 iTunes Gift card and a copy of “The iPhone Book” 2nd edition.
- The Grand prize winner gets a $500 Apple Store Gift Card, and a copy of “The iPhone Book” 2nd edition.
- From the photos submitted by the deadline of Oct. 24, 2008, Terry and I will choose three finalists in each category, and then the public gets to vote for the winner in each category (the one getting the most votes wins). Then, from those Winners Terry and I will choose a Grand Prize Winner on November 3, 2008.
- This may seem obvious, but of course, the photo has to be taken with your iPhone’s built-in camera.
- You can edit your photos using any iPhone application available from the iTunes Apps Store, or any other image editing application, but no other non-iPhoto photos may be included in your entry (so you can’t take your iPhone photo and composite it with a photo taken with your DSLR, point-and-shoot, or a stock photo).
- You may not give your iPhone to Jay Maisel, Joe McNally, or Moose Peterson. Not even to make a phone call.
- There is no entry fee, and the contest is open to everyone; You do not have to buy “The iPhone Book” to enter, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt.
- Whining of any kind, about anything, is strictly prohibited.
- You can submit your photos, and learn more about the contest at the official contest site (here’s the link).
It’s a great contest and a great book. Get the full contest scoop at the official site, and get the book at the Amazon.com ($13.95). The book is an update to their previous bestseller of the iPhone book (now updated to include the new iPhone 3G) with tips and tricks on how to use and get the most of your iPhone!
End of the week goodies
It’s the end of the week and for me a countdown for when schools back on again (it’s just three weeks left now). At least it’s going to be three weeks of relaxing and hard work here. Here are some unexpected end of the week goodies.
- First off if you are interested in hearing a little first hands on thoughts about the D700 from tech master, Terry White, then check out his latest blog post, where he is posting his first impressions of the camera.
- The first iPhone application to support the major bunch of IM services there is has been released. It is called Palringo (app store link) and available for free in the App Store. I’m going to review it shortly after I’ve had some more experience using it. So far I can at least conclude that it is the best one out there.
- I talk about NAPP a lot here on my blog and I’m getting some questions on whether they really are good etc. I decided to take the time to write a review of them which is now available in the reviews center.
- Lastly a little look into the future. I’m working on developing some new cool things for the site and one of them is going to be a mac dashboard widget that displays the daily quick-tips being posted on the site. Another one is going to be an iPhone (and mobile) version of the site for better access on the road. Stay tuned!
Have a nice rest of the Sunday and if the weather is as nice where you are as it is here, get out there and have fun!
Monday News Tidbits
Today seems to be gadget day with most news being about some of the coolest gadgets available right now! 
D3 and D300 Stuff, site + review
- Starting off in the camera news, brought to you by the amazing wildlife photographer, Moose Peterson is an entire little (or not so little after all) site about the D that has just been released with more stuff being added along the way according to Moose. So go and have a look at the D3 Site!
- Following the news of the cameras in Nikon’s latest release we have a great review by Terry White on the Nikon D300 camera posted today over at his blog! It’s based on his first impressions with using the camera for about a week now and he really seems to be liking it a lot. So if you are in the market for a D300 or just want to read up on it, go and read Terry’s review right here!
New Web Design tutorials coming!
So I’ve begun to write a couple of highly requested web design tutorials for the site here and the first one to be released is a tutorial on how to make a stylish portfolio header right in Photoshop that we’ll use to build an entire portfolio site, right in Photoshop! So go to the tutorial section and check it out!
Learn to polish up your vector art in Photoshop!
The amazing illustration guru, Nick La has posted up a very cool tutorial or article on how he uses Adobe Photoshop to polish up his vector art made in Illustrator. I found it very interesting and cool to read so if you are interested you should definitely take a look at it here!
The Friday News
Alright so here we have the current Friday news with some cool goodies and some things to check out during the weekend as well! Also, tomorrow I’ll be posting a new little list of blogs I visit often so check that out tomorrow
Scott Kelby and Terry White’s giftguides are released!
Past week we saw the release of Terry White’s holiday gift guide only to this week see the release of the guru, Scott Kelby’s annual holiday gift guide which is the feature of the Layers Magazine and luckily of course, there is an online version, so go and check out Scott Kelby’s Holiday Gonzo Gadget Gift Guide over at the Layers Magazine site! My own gift guide will be coming in the next week when I have had a little more time putting all together!
Upcoming contest tip!
Without saying too much I’m just gonna give you a heads up of a big contest arriving very soon on the awesome site Photography Corner! So make sure you register at their forums and get ready for the big contest! (I promise you that it is worth the while and that it will be as large as I’m saying it is ;))
Discount coupon for y’all!
I have a little discount coupon that will give you a great 20% off a web design from XLD Studios! When ordering the design or requesting a quote, make sure to input in the message field also the coupon code, which is: “EB30pc” and 20% will be drawn off from the quote/order total!
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