Weekend Update - onOne Deal, Contest Deadline

Hope you're having a great weekend everybody, and if you're here in the States, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well. It's not often that I post on the weekends, but I have a couple of items that I wanted to mention to my readers one of which is particularly useful for "Cyber Monday" shopping.

onOne Discount on "the Suite"

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know how much I love onOne's Creative Suite. Well as "the Suite" evolves into the all new "Perfect Photo Suite" our generous sponsors over at onOne have provided me with a $100 Off coupon to share with my readers. To take advantage of it, head over to the onOne Store and use the coupon code TJP100 in your shopping cart to grab this great deal. But hurry it's only good for a limited time.

Contest Wraps Up on Tuesday

Planning on doing some shopping over at B&H for the holidays? Would an extra $50 in B&H gift cards make things a little more merry and bright? If so, make sure you enter this month's photo contest, for a chance to win! You have until Tuesday at midnight to get your photos submitted!

The Joy of Family (and 10-Stop ND Filters)

Hello all. If you're here in the States, hope that you had a wonderful 4th of July. We headed down to my folks house outside of Richmond, VA along with all the extended family on my mother's side. It's a tradition which stands as a testament to the love we share as 18 of us packed into their house for three days. We all had an absolute blast.

Just before I left our place on Thursday, the UPS truck dropped off that oh-so-joyous delivery... a B&H box! Inside, a brand-new B+W 10-Stop Neutral Density filter to play with on vacation. (thanks for the recommendation, Chris)

I'll save a future post for a detailed review of this filter (in summary, it's fantastic) but for now, I have a fun family photo to share which required the help of two of my cousins (thank you, Taylor and Stephen). 

What is the benefit of a 10-stop filter? It reduces the amount of light coming into the camera by a factor of 1000. This means in full sunshine I was able to set my aperture to a shallow f/3.2 and still meter an exposure of 0.6 seconds. Very cool. 

Hoses just seem more fun when the water is blurry...

Nikon D3, 70-200 (at 90mm)  f/3.2, 0.6s, ISO 100, Post: Photoshop CS5

TJP Photo Contest #14 - Well That's Something - Winner

Congratulations to Rebecca Lund with a beautiful warm photo of a beautiful sight - a flowing river of milk chocolate. The combination of curves and lines provided an interesting compliment and the warm color balance fit wonderfully with the subject - great execution, Ms. Lund. Rebecca will be receiving a $25 gift certificate to our wonderful sponsor, B&H.

Many thanks to all the participated in this month's contest! Keep an eye out for another exciting contest coming up from Towner Jones Photography.