Tis the season for a 12 days of giveaway......

NThey do call it the happy season!  With over $800 of prizes to giveaways we will be giving away one a day starting from the 13th Dec.

This is how it will work.  Enter the draw and make sure you get some bonus entires as well by following us on Twitter, signing up for our newsletter etc.  You only need to enter once as all entries automatically carry over the the next day and you can get extra entires for tweeting.

The winners will be announced here on the blog each day at random times and Ill put their name next to their prize.  We will not be emailing the winner and its up to you to check in. The winners have until the end of the giveaway  (Dec 24th) to contact us at sales@camerachick.com.au and must include the date, prize they won plus their postal details.  Prizes will be sent out AFTER xmas (just making that one clear).  If you dont contact us your prize will be forfeited.

The giveaway is open internationally. Have fun and good luck

Just an update on the prize draws.  We have a major personal crisis going on now which Ill explain later.  So the draw may not be daily but will be every few days.  We will have all the prizes drawn by the 24th - promise and thanks for your understanding.


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Day 1 (13th ) Danni Pouch - Sahara Sunset
~ won by  "Raspberry Bullet" ( yes that the name she has used..lol)

Day 2 (14th) Pink Keyring

~won by Julie Dobson ~

Day3 (15th) Green Necklace

~won by Danielle Simpson ~

Day4 (16th) Bronze Keyring
~ won by Ainsley Martlew ~ 

Day 5 (17th) ShutterBug - Angry Bird
~ Narelle Worthington~ 

Day 6  (18th) Red Necklace
~ won by Nicole Samuels~

Day 7 (19th) Molly Camera Bag
~ won by Karen Markham~

Day 8 (20th) Merlin Camera Strap
~ won by Natalie Carol~

Day 9 (21st) Pink Necklace
~ won by Linda Stevens~ 

Day 10 (22nd) Shutterbug - Elmo
~ won by The Almond Tree ~

Day 11 (23rd) Fotostrap Hibiscus

~ won by Claire England~

Day 12 (24th) Molly Camera Bag
~ won by Anne McKenna ~

With thanks to everyone for their entires and their patience while I got the winners up.  Due to a family crisis which resulted in my son being airlifted to a hospital some 3 hours from home pretty much on the first day of the giveaway, I was unable to get to this daily.  So we will allow the winners 2 weeks to contact us to claim their prize instead of closing it up as that is only fair. 

Son is on the road to recovery now after 14 days in a number of hospitals and made it home in time for xmas.  I am forever grateful to the many nameless nurses and Doctors who helped him on the road to recovery.

5000 fan Kelly Moore Libby Giveaway......

************************  we have a winner*****************************

congratulations to Linda Stewart ( who picked the Kelly Green colour).  Send us a pic of her when it get there and enjoy.

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I am so excited that we made it to 5000 fans.  2 years ago when I woke up at 3 am with an "idea" I never would have imagined the places it would take me to let alone the awesome people I have gotten to meet along the way.

There is not a day that goes by that I dont appreciate each and every one of you as its because of you that Camera Chick has been so successful.

In conjunction with Kelly Moore, we have a Libby Camera Bag in the colour choice of the winner up for grabs.  Its easy and quick to enter and you can get bonus entries for tweeting about it or when your friends enter.

Drawn on the 18th of November, make sure you get your groove on and get your entry in - and good luck!

OH - and dont forget to sign up for our newsletter as we have some amazing sales coming up with up to 40% of some Camera Bags.  You can sign up to the new newsletter HERE


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Instagram photo comp winner for August 2013

Thanks for entering our first instagram photo comp.  I hope it was easy to do and you will be happy to do it all over again.

As usual, there is only one winner so congratulations......

Kathryn Jewkes.

If you can please send me a message Kathryn with your postal address ( or a message via facebook) so I can get your goodies on the way to you.

I think the comp was so well received that we will do it again for sure.  until next time, Happy snapping!

Winner of the Molly Camera Bag is...........

Thanks everyone for your participation in our current giveaway.  We have SO much more happening in the next few months with a camera bag or 2 up for grabs from Kelly Moore and Fotostrap up for grabs as well.

But for now we can only have one winner for this giveaway so congratulations.......

Gillian Van Niekerk

Australia

You are our lucky winner and if you could contact me via email on sales@camerachick.com.au with a postal address so we can send her on her way to you.  I hope you enjoy her and take lots of pics and send them through to us and thanks to everyone who entered

Until next time........happy snapping

Necklace giveaway winners.......

we had an impromptu giveaway or 2 on our facebook page the other day and due to facebook's new rules not allowing you to do giveaways on your page ( which I just found out about) I have taken down the posts and put the winners up here.

For the Green necklace the winners were

Kristy Donnelly

Lee Miller

and 

Linda Nancarrow

congratulations girls and Lee has already been in contact.

For the beautiful red Necklace, the winner was unusual to say the least and was

Jeffery Lynch

 ( who says on his post he was entering for his wife).  What a guy!

so congratulations to all of our winners.  You will be receiving a necklace worth $29 each sent to you as our way of saying thankyou for being a part of our everyday.

And his name shall be......

Thanks for putting up your names for the future King of England and there were some "interesting" ones to say the least.  We took all the people with the names George and Alexander and put them in the draw. The winner is

Frida Scarlat

Frida has won a necklace of her color choice from Camera Chick and just needs to contact us at sales@camerachick.com.au with her choice and postal details.

until next time....happy snapping.

Boy or Girl???????

Well ya all got that pretty darn wrong didnt you with the majority going for girl!

Congratulations to the lucky winners.  Please send me an email to sales@camerachick.com.au with your postal address so we can get your prize off to you.

Red Necklace - Jill Hamilton

Green Necklace - Emma Williams

Pink Necklace - Terri Mikitis Whitfield

Bronze Necklace - Lisa Gledhill.

thanks for playing along and hope you got a shot at the next one with the babies name.


Until next time

 Happy snapping.

The "Must Do" workshop if your a mum..................and $75 discount code as well.

I am one of those people that believe that in order to improve my photography, I have to be prepared to pay money and take a class that is going to help me improve in the direction that I see that I need more help in.

When I found this course run by Davina Fear aptly titled "Familiness Workshop" it definitely got my attention.  You see, I am not one of those super maternal mums that we see all over the place in pictures covered with flour while laughing over the making of cookies.  I (sadly) am one of the new age mums that work , run a house, look after a property and lot of animals while the husband is away with the Navy.

Those moments of being covered with flour on my nose are somewhere between the (currently) 4 full baskets of ironing, orders to pack and web pages to recode while deciding on dinner after the dog stole the meat off the bench adn chasing chickens around the yard after the pony ripped the wire of the chicken gate.  Sounds familiar huh?

So - I sat on the workshop for a few months and then like photographing your children thought each month that goes by is a month I am missing.  So signed up and have not regretted one minute of the 4 week course.

I can take a pretty decent photo so I did not sign up to improve my photography skills as such, but as we know there is more to photography than just knowing your way around the camera.  Composition, lighting, mood, attitude and having your "subject" so OVER you taking pics of them to mention a few.  Well this is the course that will well and truly get you on the way to understanding the subject so much better in any situation and how to create great memories of your family and also help you in abundance with paying clients.

Davina is amazing and so full of LIFE - trust me - there is nothing like a video from Davina to make you smile and brighten your day.  The lessons are in easy to watch videos broken into 3 so if you only have 10 min and not 30 that day you can easily watch what you need.  You also join a facebook group where Davina is in there daily and you can share your pics and get feedback along the way.  None of this "read the PDF - watch the video then pick one picture for CC at the end of the week".  If your struggling with something - she is there.

anyway, I could go on for hours but here is an example of what I ended up with.  It was a cold winter rainy day and I was happily sitting on the lounge reading a book and saw my


 youngest doing the same.  So I grabbed the camera and enjoyed him.

 Here is another pic that I never would have taken ( excuse the colors in this one - wrong WB setting :-) but its all about whats happening .

so.......if you want to add some story to your pics and want to work at your own pace over a 4 week class - then run - dont walk to sign up for the next class starting on July 28th so its not to late to sign up.  

Familiness Workshop by Davina Fear

PLUS - we have a $75 discount code for this class only.  Use the code NWFPW75 taking the class down to $225. I guarantee you it will be the best investment in your photography and family that you will ever make.

until next time 

happy snapping

Love Love Love - the "Love Project"....................

By now you would all be familiar with presets for Lightroom and actions for Photoshop and how they can improve your workflow and make you look much more super talented than you really are.  Some people use them, some dont but really they are the quickest way to improve your work flow.

I have found since discovering actions and presets that there are a lot of place selling them and they all look pretty much of a muchness with slight variances.  They seem to all be children, in meadow's, in long grass with sun flare behind them and on the softer side.  Dont get me wrong - I would be lost with out them and have my fav's but I guess if your style of photography is not the wispy dreamy type then where do you go?

BUT.........wouldn't it be great to find a bunch of actions that allow you to be a little different and a bit "out there" to make your images stand apart from the norm - a bit like this???

To diverse a bit......I do a lot of rescue photography of animals that are impounded or abandoned looking for homes and the pics I take get uploaded with thousands of others from around the country all competing for "your eye" to draw you in to look at adopting that animal.  So I try to make mine just that little different mainly in colour so that when people are scanning through their eye notices something different.

Back on track......  You can imagine my excitement when I came across this amazing Australian photographer that has just released her first set of actions for LR 3 & LR4 aptly called the "Love Project".

When I saw Julie's pics I fell in love and it was like I could say "I'm home" as the style is right up my alley and then some. Given the huge response since their release a week ago up a lot of other peoples alleys as well.

so - who is Julie Willis?  She is by far one of the most talented photographers that we have right here in our own back yard - check out her web site if you dont believe me.  She is a member of the AIPP and she offers workshops near her home close to Tweed Heads.  She is someone who took the bull by the horns and made up this amazing set of presets and has put them "out there" for everyone else to enjoy.  Oh - and she is a super nice person who actually wants to help you and they are few and far between!

The collection of 22 Presets for LR 3 & 4 will be $69.95 but as an introductory offer they are almost 50% off for $39.95 and can be bought from her at her "Love Project" page on her web site.

They are mainly designed for RAW but they work fine in JPEG and you just adjust the colours a bit to bring down the pop.  All presets no matter where they are from need adjusting and the sky is the limit.  Julie just give you the kick start to your own creativity.

so - pop over to her page and love project and support this amazing Australian and you wont regret one minute of it.  I promise.  You can also head over to her newly started facebook page just for the "Love Project" for tips and tricks on LR3, LR4 & LR5 or stop by her photography facebook page as well so you can see the presets in action.

oh - and just in case you dont think your "out there" yet - she has quiet a few "In there"....lol  The set covers everything from classic to Retro with B & W in between

Until next time - happy snapping

Natalie

Camera Chick

www.camerachick.com.au

Fotostrap winner

Thanks for your entries and there can only be one winner as usual.  The lucky chick this time is

Laura Hunter

We have sent her an email letting her know of her win and I cant wait to see what colour she picks.

Thanks to the amazing ladies at Fotostrap for the donation of the strap and we love the ongoing support we get from them for being their exclusive Australian retailer.

Till next time

Happy snapping


Natalie

Winner of the Kelly Moore Camera Bag giveaway

Thank you everyone for entering our competition and a big thanks to Kelly Moore bags for the bag that we have given away.  There were over 500 entires and as usual there can only be one winner.

So congratulations to

Fiona Brown

As luck would have it Fiona has been a long time fan of Camera Chick and is known by many of the regulars who will all no doubt be just as happy for her as I am.

To say she is super excited is an understatement and she is tossing up between Raspberry, Indigo, Mustard and the Grey.  Poor thing - I hope the job is not to hard on her.

We will have some more giveaways coming up with our lovely suppliers sending us stuff to give away including an awesome Fotostrap donated by Fotostrap,  a Shutter "Bug" or 2 plus another Camera bag which will be our very own best selling Molly bag.  Plus another Kelly Moore bag later in the year.

So stick around and keep your eyes out and thanks for being a part of our page.


Natalie

Camera Chick

Kelly Moore 2 Sues camera bag giveaway ...........

We were going to wait till 3000 fans but we are so close and we wanted to say thankyou to the over 100 volunteers for the "Mummy's Wish" data base that we are putting it up early.

So with thanks to Kelly Moore who are supplying the bag of our choice,  we decided to go with a 2 Sues in the winners choice in colour which is valued at over $260 delivered.  That is one awesome prize.

Entries close on Sunday 4th March 2013 at 7pm EST and the winner will be announced no later than 7pm on Monday 5th March.  You get one valid entry but can get a further 5 entries for sharing the link when asked.



Yes - there are rules and really if you dont want to play by the rules, please do not enter. Seriously.

1) All entries must be done via our facebook page and the official entry form on the tabs http://www.facebook.com/camerachickau  the quick link to the tab is http://a.pgtb.me/B1WJhJ

2) you MUST be a fan of Camera Chick and you are only able to enter once with 5 bonus entires for sharing the competition when asked when you enter.  This option is only available once when you register.

3) Online entries close at 7pm EST Sunday March 4th.

4) The winner who will be drawn at random will be announced on this blog as required by facebook in order to run competitions and will be announced no later than 7 pm EST Monday 5th March. The will be notified via email before the announcement has been made.

5) The winner is final and no discussions will be entered into

6) If the winner is from any country other than Australia they will pay the international postage of the 2 Sues bag to them.

7) Any sign of bad sportsmanship will not be tolerated anywhere on Camera Chick in relation to this giveaway.  Failure to comply will result in your entry being removed and you will be banned from the facebook page as well.


Please take this giveaway as the gift that it is.  Some one will be one lucky chick and lots will miss out. Lets hope your the one that is smiling on the 5th March.

Should you have any questions relating to the giveaway then please contact us at sales@camerachick.com.au and good luck!


Natalie

January 2013 Photo comp winner.....

Thanks for your patience everyone.  I am learning more and more about the program and have done much better this time.  last month I lost all the entries on the link and only had small thumbnails and people were still voting after it has all closed.

This time, I think I have cracked it!  phew.  All the images and their votes can be found at http://a.pgtb.me/clxDZ0

The major winner for Januarys photo comp as judged by Camera Dude is

Lucy Crafter and her image

Summer by the Sea, with goggles when needed!

My little sister always makes a habit of taking her goggles to the beach, but I have seen her use them once, otherwise they stay up here on her head as a very expensive headband!

Congratulations Lucy and your image will be in the the final draw in July to win a Camera bag.  You have also won a Camera Chick Necklace of your colour choice so email me at sales@camerachick.com.au with your choice and postal address

and for the voters choice was this amazing image by Tracey Joyce. I adore the lighting on this one and it was actually in the final group to win so well done.  You also win a necklace of your choice so please email me at sales@camerachick.com.au with your pick and postal address.  

Thanks again everyone for entering and if you had no joy this time keep trying and keep entering as we love seeing people think outside the box!

Natalie

January 2013 Photo Comp....."Summer time"

I know we are a bit late in the month - but hey - its summer time!!!!!!!  Hence the caption of our Jan comp.

"Summer time"

here are the details just like every other month.......... It can be taken on any camera such as mobile phone, point and shoot or digital.  anything!

You can enter online via our facebook page or here is the direct link to the comp http://a.pgtb.me/clxDZ0  .  Sorry but we are unable to accept email entries to keep it fair and honest so you must upload them.

Here are the rules to be crystal clear.

1) you must upload the photo yourself to http://a.pgtb.me/clxDZ0  .  We are NOT able to take email entires to keep it fair and honest.  If you have a problem uploading try a different browser.

2) only 1 entry per person ( so you have to choose -  not us)

3) the winner will be judged by Camera dude who is impartial and not a photography so photographic quality/technique may not necessarily win.  He will pick a photo that makes him laugh as he has always done.

4) voters choice award will be the photo with the most number of votes as of the closing of voting on Feb 5th at 5pm EST.  Votes after this date will not be taken into consideration.  The winner of the voters choice will receive a necklace of their colour choice delivered in Australia.

5) The main winner chosen by camera dude will also win a necklace of their choice delivered in Australia to go into our major draw in June 2013.  This major draw draw will be decided by voters and will win a Camera Chick Molly Camera Bag in the color "Ocean" delivered in Australia.  International entires are more than welcome but they must pay postage costs of any prizes.

6) entries close on Feb 5th at 5pm as does the votes.

Please - take these comps in the spirit they are done - to encourage you and others to put up some funny photos that you really enjoy.  We love having you as a part of the Camera Chick family and enjoy seeing your photos.  In other words, take a chill pill and enjoy some great images. 

Any questions email me at sales@camerachick.com.au

and happy snapping!

Natalie

Decembers 2012 photo comp winners.......

Firstly Merry Xmas and happy new year.  I had a bit of problem where I went to delete the voting ability on the photo comp on the 31st but accidentally took off all the pics!  another lesson learned - edit and change the dates - dont delete the widget.   Luckily all the images and votes are on the main program so all is good.  The images I downloaded are very very small - sorry - maybe the winners can email me the images to sales@camerachick.com.au ( new images uploaded)

Some brilliant images yet again and such a hard choice but there can only be one winner - okay 2 winners.

We have the viewers choice based on votes and that winner will receive a necklace of their choice and then we have the overall winer judged by Camera dude who will go into the yearly draw to win a camera bag and also wins a necklace as well.

So - with out further delay  the major winner for the month going into the yearly draw is 

Dedrei Brummer

and the voters choice was 

Toni Hill

with 12 votes at the time the voting closed

Looking forward to January's one