Saturday, August 23, 2014

My New Camera and a Giveaway!

For the past year or so, I've worked a ton of hours at work.  (You can probably tell since my blog posts are not as frequent anymore!)  Recently, I had to either use or lose vacation hours.  My company has an option to sell vacation time.  I sold a week, and instead of that money just going in the general fund of 'what did we spend that on?', I bought a nice camera.  I'd been thinking about getting one for quite some time, but was a little afraid of being a beginner with a big camera that I didn't know how to operate.  I ended up with a Canon EOS Rebel T3i.  It came with a couple of lenses, some accessories and a great manual.  I read through it and got started.  OMG!  Now I know what I'd been missing all those years!  Such clarity in my pictures that I'd never had before. 

 
A beautiful hummingbird coming to eat.
 
 

This pesky wasp was really annoying the hummingbird!
 

I think it's almost time for this baby to learn to fly!
 

Right outside my front door one night.  We have the most incredible sunsets here!
 
 
 

I love taking pictures of my flowers too!
 
 
Now onto the GIVEAWAY!
 
The folks at Easy Canvas Prints gave me a 16x20 Canvas Print to create and review.  And they're giving one lucky reader a free 16x20 Canvas too!
 
Here's the picture I started with.  I went to their website, downloaded my picture, went through the options and I was done!  I received an email as soon as my print was on the way.  All of it was so easy! 
 
 
 
 
I originally put it in this frame and hung it.  I loved it!!  (until....)
 
 
 
Until I had it made into a Canvas Print!  It is stunning!
 
 I love that you have the option to get the print to continue on the sides. 
 

 
 
 
How can you win an Easy Canvas Print?
 
 
  • You must be a follower of my blog
  • Leave a comment telling me what type of picture you'd make into an Easy Canvas Print  (one entry per person please)
  • And that's it!  I'll be picking a winner on Friday, August 29, 2014 using Random Number Generator 
 
 
Thanks for your visit!  And Good Luck in the Giveaway!
 
Pam
  
 
 
I am linking to the following parties:
 
 
 
 


Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home


 
 

16 comments:

  1. So pretty!! I took out my big camera the other day and the last pictures on there were from August of last year! Disgraceful! I need to start using it more - pictures are definitely much better clarity!

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  2. Pam,
    What a beautiful picture you had done. I would have a family picture done if I won and yes...I follow you:)

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  3. I blown up photo of my 4 chihuahuas in a group shot :)
    Ellenr886@comcast.net

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  4. Leslie:
    I can never have enough pictures of my granddaughter.
    leslieannstevenson@yahoo.com

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  5. Mine is about four years old or more, so you have the brand spanking new one! You're going to love it.
    Brenda

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  6. What a great giveaway! I'm a follower and I would have a family picture done.

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  7. you took right to that camera, lovely photos. I have a photo of my grandgirl, she's three, it's a candid shot of her turning her head, has that Marilyn Monroe look to it. I would love a canvas print of that.

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  8. Love all your photos - especially the sunset.

    I'm a new follower, and if I won the canvas print, I would have a landscape of one of my favorite lake road trips made.

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  9. Lovely pics!
    xx
    Mila
    milawayable@gmail.com

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  10. I am a new follower and newlywed! My husband and I have been renovating our new house! I would get a print of our wedding!

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  11. Living in the Pacific NW, which has so many beautiful landscapes, I would love seeing one of those pictures on canvas.

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  12. Great pictures and work. It will really help to decorate rooms. Thanks for sharing ideas.

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  13. Great pictures Pam! I'm sure I would use it for one of our daughters wedding pictures. Love yours, just beautiful!
    Blessings,
    Cindy

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  14. Hi Pam! I think I would probably pick a family portrait, but who knows, I may just have you send me the copy of your pic that you had done- that beautiful sunset that you get there in Utah! ; )
    Your new pictures are great. What a novel idea about reading the manual. I might have to try that someday. Ha Ha!

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  15. I have the same Canon camera as you. I LOVE it! I have a photo of a rare yellow lady slipper flower that is gorgeous. The photo was taken on a vacation on Mackinac Island soon after getting my camera. I would love to have this photo printed on canvas.

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