*** GIVEAWAY CLOSED ***
Happy Tuesday!
Happy Tuesday!
For all you budding photographers out there,
I've decided to throw a spontaneous, impromptu giveaway!
Because I've learned sooooooo much from this wonderful book,
I want you to have it, too!
If you find yourselves struggling ( like I did ) with the concepts of
Aperture
Shutter Speed
White Balance
and ISO
and you really, really want to take better pictures,
then this book is for you!
The beauty of this book is that you can take what you learn
and apply it to ANY camera!
I went from shooting exclusively on
Auto Mode to Manual Mode
in a very short amount of time,
Auto Mode to Manual Mode
in a very short amount of time,
thanks to this marvelous, easy-to-understand book.
Trust me, if I did it, you can too!
To enter, just leave a comment, I'll pick a weiner this Friday, the 21st.
Good Luck!
Oh, I'll be the "weiner":) I would love to win! HUGS!
ReplyDeletePick Me! Pick Me!!! you know I need it!
ReplyDeleteXOXO,
D
Did you really say that? Oh, but of course I would love to be the proud new owner of this book, so count me in! Keep up the good work, Anne. ~ Angela
ReplyDeleteOh I could definitely use this.. what a nice giveaway, Anne! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThis would be perfect - I'd love to win. I need so much more knowledge to get the best out of the camera I use. No good having an eye if I can't capture the way I want! :-)
ReplyDeleteLove from across the pond!
Jem x
Hi Anne... please enter me in your generous giveaway... if I win, will my photos be as beautiful as yours????? xoxo Julie Marie
ReplyDeleteMy photo skills could use a bit of help so please throw my name in the hat too!!!
ReplyDeleteLovie Lovie!
LuLu~*xoxo
fun stuff!!! count me in! ;)
ReplyDeletewell some chic will be a delighted "weiner" ...
ReplyDeleteHot Dog! A great giveaway as I need instructions!
ReplyDeletexo Cathy
Sounds like a really useful book! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! I still need to buy a camera..but the book will come in handy when I do!;) Hugs,Rachel
ReplyDeleteFrench Farmhouse 425
This is weird. I just logged on to order this book but decided to visit some of my fellow peeps first ano lo and behold your post was right there. I must mention that I read your previous post about the book so that is how I knew about it. Either way, if I don't win I am still getting the book.
ReplyDeleteThank you for such a generous offer.
Sue
Oh Anne, I REALLY need this book... I need all the help I can get when it comes to taken pictures!!! Please count me in!
ReplyDeletehugs~~ Daphne
thoughtful anne - take a minute and peek at my latest post on my blog. you must have been standing behind me as i struggled all yesterday with it, kind of like my photography guardian angel.
ReplyDeletemy wonderful new camera deserves so much more than me. even if i am not the weiner, i may have to get this book for my camera's sake.
thank you for the chance!
deb in kodiak
www.dyingtobeyours.blogspot.com
Wow, do I ever need a book like this. :)
ReplyDeleteOh what a great book! I NEED IT!! Desperately!
ReplyDeleteMy pics are so bad and I even have a great new camera just like yours, so please please please pick me!!!!
What an awesome giveaway!! You are so generous! Count me in, I would love to have that book!
ReplyDeletehow fun! i'm always looking to improve my skills!! thank you sweet Anne!! susan
ReplyDeleteI need this book and ditto all of the other comments...misery loves company! I had no idea that so many are limping along too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this generous giveaway and good luck to all.
..definitely a struggling photographer. sometimes a struggling writer. sometimes a struggling living in Michigan WINTERS dweller. ALWAYS a reader of yours. and a cheerleader for what you have set out for yourself. your courage makes me want to continue...in my journey. Tilda
ReplyDeleteWow! Would love to win that book. I definitely need help with taking photos! Please throw my name into the hat!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'd love to win your book. I was taking a photography class last spring when my mom went into the hospital. I had to drop the class to go spend time with her in Grand Forks. I could certainly use the help!
ReplyDeleteTake care ~Natalie
Very exciting! Thank you for another chance at an awesome giveaway. I can use all the help I can get at working a camera! :-)
ReplyDeleteOh how exciting! I just started my own blog a few days ago and have recently bought a digital SLR and plan on posting lots of photos there. I'm anxious to learn, learn, learn and this book would be just what I need. I've been following your blog for a bit now and have added it to my blog list. I saw this latest post pop up while I was fooling around with my site. What timing! Whoever wins will be a lucky person (or weiner)!! Good luck to all.
ReplyDeleteWell, this is exciting! I just started blogging and I need all the help I can get. Guess which mode I have my camera on ~ yep ~ auto pilot
ReplyDeleteI really, really, NEED this book, so pretty please pick me!!!
ReplyDeleteAlice
OH. MY. GOSH. I want this, and I want it bad! I love my camera, but I am struggling with the issues addressed in the book.
ReplyDeletePick me! Pick me!
Brenda
Perfect timing! We just bought a new camera and trying to learn more, but feel like we am reading another language sometimes! Even if we are not winners, we'll be adding this to our Library for sure!
ReplyDeleteHugs~
Wendy
Oh I am an Auto Mode girl and would love to learn more!
ReplyDeleteI would love to be the weiner! LOL! I seriously was going to order that tonight......great minds think alike! Pick me...pick me!
ReplyDeleteHi Anne, i definitely could use this book. I am anxious to see more of your wonderful pictures. I hope I win Take car. Your Missouri Friend.
ReplyDeleteSince I drool over all of your photos, I think I could learn a few tricks from that book! How generous and kind of you to host this awesome giveaway! Thanks Anne!!
ReplyDeleteTake care, Sue
OH My word I am so in need of this book or to take lessons at least LOL. A wonderful giveaway please throw my name in. Thank you
ReplyDeleteBrenda
Hey, I'd love to have that. I've seen the progression of your photography so I know it has to be a great help. Sign me up to be the weiner!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be the weiner!! I have a 4-day old granddaughter and better quality picture taking just went to the top of my to do list!!! BTW, love your photography. Glad you are in love with your new equipment.
ReplyDeleteI want this so bad. If I don't win it, I'm buying it. Thanks for the opportunity. Hope you're feeling better. Jan
ReplyDeleteHi Anne, I really need this! Make me a weiner! lol
ReplyDeleteKim:)
Oh my gosh that is a great giveaway. I bought me a 'GOOD' camera but that does not make me a 'GOOD' picture taker. I want mine to look just like yours, they are great. So what can I say I want that book. Sandra
ReplyDeletekeyskids@gmail.com
Please add me to the long list of people who NEED, WANT, MUST HAVE this book and enter me in your giveaway. Thanks for all the encouragement you give to those of us just starting out.
ReplyDeleteOh my, I would love this book. One of my goals for this year is to learn more about my camera and to take better photos. Thanks Anne!
ReplyDeleteME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME!!!!!!!!!! I'll be your BFF!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great book! How kind of you! I checked it out to learn manual when I got my first DSLR and loved it, but have never bought a copy. I don't know why not.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win that. I have been really wanting a new camera but not wanting to spend the money on one since I don't really know how to do anything beyond auto mode. I've even been considering taking a photography class or two at our local junior college. This book might be just what I need to get me started in the right direction.
ReplyDeletenettecan at hotmail dot com
Oh, I so want to get that book!!! I feel like I have sooo much to learn! Thanks for such generous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteIsabel
Assuming I may not win....could the winner (weiner) share a tip or two that they learned from the book. Maybe be a guest writer on your blog????? please........
ReplyDeleteTKS :-)
Yes! Yes! Yes! That is JUST what I need!
ReplyDeleteREALLY!
Deborah in NC
you crack me up...great giveaway! xo
ReplyDeleteLOL! I'd love to win this, Anne...thanks for offering it!
ReplyDeleteCrossing my fingers and toes!
ReplyDeleteThis would be so awesome to win!
Goodness knows...I need help understanding this new camera! Thanks for a chance!
:)
Cool giveaway! I'm still afraid to move my camera setting to anything other than the little green box/auto. I have this book on my amazon.com wish list. I'd love to win! Happy Tuesday to you :)
ReplyDeleteIt's on like Donkey Kong! lol I was just thinking about this book today and how much I need it. I was going to root back through your posts to find the title. I think it must be meant for me to win. I would understand completely if you just called the whole thing off and mailed it to me. lol Great giveaway...please include me!
ReplyDeleteI need this book! My photos should be a LOT better! :)
ReplyDeleteOh girl!!! This is right up my alley!!!! I would love to win this book! What a great giveaway! Thanks and I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed!
ReplyDeleteSince I'm now a "Anne-Wanna-Be", I TRULY need to win this book, Anne! lol! Thanks for thinking of us rookies out here with this thoughtful giveaway, friend! ♥
ReplyDeletexoxo laurie
I really need to learn more about my awesome camera. It is way smarter than me!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win this book! I'm still learning how to use my Nikon and an easy to read book would be such a help!
ReplyDeleteAbby
wow, there are quite a few comments. i don't know if they just want to be picked as a "Wiener" or to get lucky and win the book. either way, i would like a chance also, so please put my name in the hat also. Bestest,Denise i always love it when you have a giveaway as it always come to a complete surprise for me.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your offer! It sounds like a wonderful resource to own :)
ReplyDeleteI just went ahead and downloaded it to my e-reader. I probably would have won if you knew the whole story, like how I bought the big lense like yours for my D5000 and I only had it one day when I saw you had a whole new camera. Yikes! And how this is the first blog I've ever really looked at (the window picture blew me away), and because you looked like a friend I lost track of. Weiner? Maybe I should have had my hubby write in. Anyway I'm just glad to be here.
ReplyDelete"If you find yourselves struggling ( like I did ) with the concepts of
ReplyDeleteAperture
Shutter Speed
White Balance
and ISO" - check
"and you really, really want to take better pictures," - check
"then this book is for you!" i'm convinced! i need this book! thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to step away from AUTO more often... this sounds like a wonderful book! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd we have a Weiner!!!
ReplyDeleteThis book is on my wish list, but hey, if I won it, even better! I'd gladly be the weiner, the hot dog, even your gal Friday if I could win this book! LOL! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Judy
Oh my gosh!! I soo need this book. Thanks for the awesome giveaway. Love your blog!
ReplyDeletethanks for the giveaway, I hope I'm a weiner!
ReplyDeleteI could certainly use help! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! ~ sarah
This sounds like something I need. Things just aren't coming together in the photo area like I hoped. Got my fingers crossed :)
ReplyDeleteOuuu I admire your photography and wanna be like you when I grow up! :-)
ReplyDeleteAny help, advice and tid bits would surely help me!
Smiles, Dolly
I really do want to learn how to take better photos...planning to take a class in February. With this book, I could get a headstart and impress the teacher! ;)
ReplyDeleteI want to be the weiner , please, please, please! I have always wanted to be a weiner and be able to take better pictures. Please think of me as your top 'dog' (get it?!) and let me win, even with that random thingy.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to Friday when I get my prize!!
Would love to have this book. Love your blog! Jonette
ReplyDeleteback to say ... there ain't never no way I'm getting a different camera
ReplyDelete( 12.2 Canon)
can't afford it ...
don't have time to learn even this baby ...
so
I decided that I need not compete with all of you pros.
what I do best is design and style ... my calling is to do just that.
I think sometimes we all think we need do do it all ...
and of course, we can't ... so we shant ...
now you on the otherhand ... you're my idol- picture- taker- girl
I AM learning manual, tho and love it
I've been trying to learn about my Nikon D5000. It is very sophisticated. But I practice and practice. And I've had helpful hints from a photographer dude, too. But this book needs me, I think :) Thanks so much for the chance!
ReplyDeleteBlessings
Becky C
Boy, there must be lots of bad photographers {and wieners} out there...........
ReplyDeleteSo I guess I fit right in.
Sign me up, please.
Thank you.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE PHOTOS ON MY BLOG? They're not focused, blurred, burned out, and boring! Oh wait that's me! But yes I need this book! Does it come with a cute camera man?-many thanks-cindy
ReplyDeleteOh my word, I would LUV to have this book. I hope I am lucky enough to win your giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWooppee,,,there is help out there. I love to take photos and wonder about all those settings, reading my cameras how-to booklet is so vague, and I need a magnifying glass for the tiny print.lol...great giveaway!
ReplyDelete♥
marcie
I just bought
ReplyDeletethis book because
of your recommendation
{via Becky} and am
looking forward to
reading it. My dad
got my mom a new
dslr for X-mas and
she was just telling
me YESTERDAY on the
phone how much she
loves your pictures,
so if I my little 'ole
name got pulled, I'd
give this book to her.
Thanks for your continuing
inspiration, Anne!
xx Suzanne
Oh, I think I need this book! Thanks for the chance!
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Camila F.
naomemandeflores@gmail.com
Great giveaway! I'd love to read that!
ReplyDeleteI took Kim Klassen's Photoshop online class, and feel comfortable using it. It would be so much better to take decent photos first. I would love to win this book so I could do just that. Thanks for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteHOT DOG, I wanna' be a wiener, I'll be the bestest wiener ever........I promise!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity.
Hugs,
Meri
I could use all the help I can get, thanks for this give away...count me in, I would love to wein!!
ReplyDeleteOh please count me in! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThis is a subject I always need help on.
ReplyDeleteTheresa N
weceno(at)yahoo(dot)com
i'm borrowing this book, but i'd love to have my own copy. it's awesome!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for wanting to share with your fellow bloggers...great! I also can't wait to see photos of Willow Nest. Cheers! Agnes
ReplyDeleteDoes Mr. Peterson come with the book...'cause that's the only way I'll ever improve.
ReplyDeleteDeb
Wow! Thanks for letting us in on the book-even if I don't win, now I know where to turn for help-it just may be the thing that will finally encourage me to start my blog:) Thanks so much Anne-as always you are fun, inspiring and altogether terrific!
ReplyDeleteAnne, oh please enter me in this wonderful contest! Just look at my photos on my blog...you know I need it!
ReplyDeleteI would love a chance to win this book! Thank you for the great opportunity.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo
whoo Hoo! I would love this book, maybe I will be brave enough to move out of the auto mode! I am so happy for you and your new profession! Can't wait to see the pictures!
ReplyDeletePick me, Pick me! I would LOVE to have this book. I checked it out at the library a few months back and it is now permanently on my wish list!
ReplyDeletewhew. my mouse ran outta juice coming all the way down here. Anne, you have 95 other people (so far) wanting to be chosen. I have follower envy, camera envy and Anne envy. not a good thing, but good things come to nice people. That being said, hope the random picker thingy choses me
ReplyDeletefor da book. I need a boost.
I'm sure my little camera can do sooooo much more if only I knew how, so I would love to win this book - for my camera's sake as well as mine. :) xx
ReplyDeleteHow sweet of you to think of all us camera inept bloggers...seriously! If it is part of your success with the camera, it must be good!
ReplyDelete:)Heidi
Would love that book! Thank you for the generous give a way!
ReplyDeleteOoooh! Count me in girlie!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Missy
OHHH...that is just what I NEED! I shoot all my photos on auto. The little book that came with the camera must be written in Greek, cause I just don't get it. LOL
ReplyDeleteWhat a great give away...
I need this book! I bought myself a new camera. I have read the book that came along with it,( That was a first, I never read the instructions until I get in trouble)and I still am just looking at all those buttons and dials. Lucky to be able to find how to turn the flash off! I even checked out a digital camera for dummies book from the library!
ReplyDeleteDeb
I would LOVE to win the book!!! And if i don't i will search it on amazon since it is a recommendation of yours---your photos make me smile and say ahhhh......
ReplyDeletechris
If I don't win, could you just come over and show me how to turn the dial from A to M? Please? I've tried, I've failed, but I keep on trying. Maybe this book is just what I need (but I'd rather have you come over!).
ReplyDeleteOh good grief there is hope for me. Please let me win as I am desperate!!!!!!! Have a great day.Sharon
ReplyDeleteI am an auto mode girl, lol, so I could definitely do with this book. Fingers crossed. x
ReplyDeleteHmmm...well I guess if I sound like I know what I am talking about it could justify the purchase of a new camera?!
ReplyDeleteI'll be keeping my fingers crossed!
Oh Anne, I would love to win this awesome book. Since I live way out in the country, it is 40 mins to the local jr college for a class and they are not offering one this semester :( I really could use a good book to help with my new Nikon camera.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway.
I would love a chance to be the 'weiner' of this book :-) Thank you for being so generous, I really would like to start taking photos like you do.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing a resource that will up the quality of photo taking. I am off to Amazon to snag a copy!
ReplyDeleteI would love to understand all of that jibberish...shutter speed, apeture, ISO is all Greek to me! Thanks for the chance to win, Anne.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! I would love to win this book. I have been taking pictures for two years now and there is so much I have to learn.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean I can be as good as you???
ReplyDeleteA girl can dream right?
Thanks for the chance.
xx
Carole
This is an impromtu comment to go along with your impromptu giveaway! It is kind of fun being compulsive! Seriously, I would love the book and need any hints and ideas on photography possible! Constance from Utah constanceoc@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteThat is a very cool giveaway Anne! I just read Suzanne's post about her photography classes and I'm trying to follow along as I've been an auto mode gal for so long. Thanks for the chance to win! xoxo ~Lili
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for a giveaway! I've had my eye on this book for a while now and sure would love to have a copy
ReplyDeleteIf you say it works for you, I may have to pick it up even if I'm in the losers line!
ReplyDeletewow what a great give away and although i'm here in australia and may not be eligible i would love to have a copy of this book. i've been into photography and own my own canon dslr and love it however i am still struggling with shutter speeds and apertures even though and just when i think i've got the hang of it...it appears not quite yet. thanks for a chance to win. hugs xo
ReplyDeleteI'm so lost with my camera :( I'm going to go buy this if I don't win....OK I guess I need a few more hours in my day too :)
ReplyDeleteXOXO
Kristin
looks like a good book...thanks for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteerin
Ha ... a 'wiener' ... you crack me up!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be your 'wiener' ... okay, that just doesn't sound right! ...
xo
Jill
I really enjoy reading your blog! Thank you for the give away. I'm trying to learn all of capabilities of my Canon Rebel T1i.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great, I'd love to learn more about photography. I a new comer to you blog, I added you to my blog roll a few weeks ago, so glad I did!
ReplyDeleteYou have no idea how much help I need with my photographs, this book would sure help. Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteeeeeeekkk manual mode!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I found your gorgeous blog! I am nuts about your photography. I especially like the one of the blue pitcher on the white chair. So clean and vivid.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a beginning digital style shutterbug myself. While it might be nice to be a winner, win or lose, I and my blogging companions are sure to stop by here again and again.
Rose McGuinn
thanks anne i actually bought this book because of your recomendation ;). but wouldnt it make a fab gift for an aspiring photographer?
ReplyDeleteI am working on my photography with some frustration . . . thanks for the hopeful words and the good book recommendation.
ReplyDeleteImpromtu giveaways are fun.
Fondly,
Glenda
I so need this. If I'm not the weiner I promise not to be a whiner though I may have to "wine" just a bit to dull the disappointment! Many thanks!
ReplyDeleteI've always had a dream to be a fabulous "photographer". I would love a chance to have a book like this especially after seeing the wonderful photos you take!! Thank you!
ReplyDelete~Trisha
I would love to learn how to take better pictures and to be able to do more with them once I have taken them. Sounds like this book would be the perfect learning tool. Thanks for recommending it, but better yet, pic me...lol.
ReplyDeleteThanks & love your blog.
I need help in all areas of photography! Thanks for a sweet giveaway! Suzie purrpage3 at verizon dot net
ReplyDeleteGot home just in time to enter your giveaway! I really, really need this book!
ReplyDeleteThanks
Theresa
aka:tot
Who knows what doors would open to me if I could operate a camera!
ReplyDeleteI am a very amateur photographer who would like to finally get off AUTO mode on my DSLR. I could use this book for sure!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a very needed book. I use auto - no flash - and haven't learned to edit! This sounds like a great book!
ReplyDeleteOh, I do need this...between trying to learn about my camera and Photoshop I'm a wreck...so much to learn and so many things to do!!!!
ReplyDeleteI forced myself to never shoot on auto two years ago and I still don't have it down... so this is me, jumping up and down, spazzing out, saying,
ReplyDelete"Pick me, pick me pick me!"
Angela
ParisienneFarmgirl.com
Just found your blog. Such great pictures! would Love to win the book! I'm trying so hard to learn to shoot in manual. I'm currently reading the Unmanual by Drew Bittel. But, would love any helpful info on manual!!! i don't have a blog but my email is melinmississippi@aol.com Melissa Shepard
ReplyDeleteMy daughter in law would love this book ~ thanks for the chance to win it!
ReplyDeleteOh, how I would enjoy this book! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to have discovered your blog!