Spring is Almost Here Contest

January 13, 2009 ·

Michael Reichmann

The winner of this contest is Suzanne Offner of Dayton, Ohio.
Congratulations Suzanne.

Experienced photographers know that it’s the lens that makes the image. Great cameras are important, but it’s the glass that makes the difference between a ho-hum image and one that sings.

Our latest contest provides you with the opportunity to win any lens of your choice, from any manufacturer. (Well – almost any lens. Thereisfine print. See below.)

Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sigma – you name it.
If you win the contest, it’s yours.

How do you enter? Simple. Just purchase one of our download tutorials, Video Journals, prints, books or DVDs. That’s all there is to it. Every purchase is a chance to enter.

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Why The Contest?

The reason is simple. To entice you to purchase one of our products – either a download tutorial such asThe Luminous Landscape Guide to Camera Raw,From Camera to Print,ourLightroom 1.x Tutorialor one of our many otherdownload videosorDVDs. Every one of our products contains useful photography lessons and photography tips. The tutorials are in-depth photography classes with instruction by experts.

Do you want to…

– Explore all aspects of Fine Art Printing with inkjet printers?
– Better understand the current printers from Epson, Canon and HP?

– Learn how to use Camera Raw
– Learn how to use Lightroom

– Optimize the conversion of RAW files?
– Create better looking Black & White conversions?
– Speed up your workflow with Presets?
– Successfully Soft Proof your printsbeforeprinting?
– Better understand Render Intent?

– Calibrate your monitor?
– Create colour profiles?
– Calibrate your camera?
– Calibrate your printer?

The solutions and techniques to these topics (and many more) are found in our six hourFrom Camera To Printtutorial and in the five hourAdobe Photoshop Lightroom Tutorial.

The Luminous Landscape Video Journals 1-17 DVDscover a multitude of photographic topics plus interviews with famous photographers and feature photography in many exciting locations around the world.

There is content here for photographers of all stripes and interests.

That’s the end of the pitch. Buy something fromOur Online Storeand you’ll be automatically entered into our latest contest. Each purchase, made together, or separately at different times, is a new entry in the contest and multiplies your chances of winning.

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The Fine Print

There’s always fine print, right? There isn’t much, but here it is.

This contest is open to anyone in the world, except where prohibited by law. Any lens from any manufacturer that is readily available at retail with a value of US $2,000 or less will be awarded as a prize. If the lens chosen costs less than $2,000 then multiple lenses totaling up to $2,000 including taxes may be awarded.

There is no cash value to this prize. Shipping is included to anywhere in the world, but any local taxes or import duties are the responsibility of the winner. (The prizes awarded will be obtained through retail channels and are not provided by Nikon, Canon or anyone else.The Luminous Landscape Inc is the sole sponsor of this contest.

Any purchases made fromOur Online StorebetweenMay 1, 2008 and August 31, 2008will be eligible.

And finally, to satisfy the law in some countries – no purchase is necessary. You will be entered into the competition by simply registering your name in our store. But, if you do this, while within the letter of the law you are of course defeating the purpose of the whole exercise. You must decide if that’s really what you want to do.

All lens photographs copyright their respective manufacturers

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The winner of this contest is Suzanne Offner of Dayton, Ohio.
Congratulations Suzanne.

Visit our Online Store

Every purchase is an automatic entry in the contest – there’s nothing else to do.

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May 2008

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Michael Reichmann is the founder of the Luminous Landscape. Michael passed away in May 2016. Since its inception in 1999 LuLa has become the world's largest site devoted to the art, craft, and technology of photography. Each month more than one million people from every country on the globe visit LuLa.

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