PhotoNetCast #70 – PhotoNetCast turns 4

Episode 70 marks four years of PhotoNetCast. We annouce two competitions with over $1400 at stake, and take a look at the past 4 years in the photography industry.

4 years of Photography podcast

 

Yes, that’s right. Episode 70 marks four years of talking photography. It feels almost strange, looking back at the almost shy announcement (episode 1), to know that just over four years have passed, and more than 80 hours of published audio. Many awesome moments on the show, not only the ones that we publish, but also what happens behind the scenes, when things go smooth, and when things almost fail miserably. It has been an amazing experience and a privilege to be able to reach a great audience such as you.

Not everything has gone according to schedule (otherwise we would be running episode 100, not 70) but we do our best and I guess that what matters is that we have not podfaded just yet Smile

What about from your side of the show? What were the most memorable/funny/entertaining/horrible/insightful moments that you remember? Share with us in the comments…

To celebrate this 4 years, we have two competitions with amazing prizes for our listeners: a photo competition, and a social media competition. All details on how to participate at the link.

Also on the show we go through some news, and we take a look at the past four years in photography, with what we think were the biggest game-changers since we started the podcast. And just for the fun of it, there were also a few guesses at what the next four years are going to bring.

And also a big thank you to the great companies that have donated over $1400 in prizes for the competitions: OnOne Software, Nations Photo Lab, X-Rite, GMC Publications, CustomSLR, ThinkTank Photo, Artsy Couture, BorrowLenses.com and HDRSoft. It’s great to see these companies supporting the community. So, next time you need some gear, try to support them.

Here’s to another 4 years…

 

 

Show Notes

 

4th Anniversary Competitions

PhotoNetCast has turned 4, and is giving away over $1300 in prizes. Join the competitions.

As you know, in celebration of the 4th birthday of PhotoNetCast, we’re running a couple of competitions with great prizes. Here’s everything you need to know to enter either (or both) of our birthday competitions: a Photo Contest and a “Spread the Word” competition.

Photo Contest

 

Given that we’re a photography podcast, it seemed extremely appropriate that the first of these competitions should require you to actually do some photography so here it is – the 4th Anniversary PhotoNetCast Photography Competition.

To enter, post your entry photo (the theme is open so post whatever you want) on any social network (Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, SmugMug, wherever) or your own blog, then leave a comment on this page with the URL to the post containing your picture. If you want to link to this post on the page containing the picture we would love that but it’s not required to enter. If you entered the landscape photo competition in our Flickr group, we’ll carry your entry forward to the new competition and give you a crack at the prizes on offer here.

Entries must be received by midnight CST on June 16th. After this point, the show hosts will look at all the entries and, following a period of violent dissent and heated debate, will pick a winner. We’ll announce the winner on the first show recorded after the judging completes.

What about the prizes though? We’ll be offering prize packages for the first, second and third place winners as follow:

 

First Prize – Total Value $380

 

Second Prize – Total Value $180

 

Third Prize – Total Value $75

 

“Spread The Word” Competition

Even if you don’t want to enter the photo contest, we still have an option that gives you the chance of winning a fabulous collection of prizes and this one only involves you spreading the word about PhotoNetCast on your favourite social networking sites. You have the following options to enter and you are welcome to enter once per social network to maximize your chances.

On Twitter

Follow @PhotoNetCast then tweet “RT for a chance to win a valuable prize from @PhotoNetCast – photography podcast. Over $1300 in prizes! http://goo.gl/f2B9Y #pnc_4yrs”. Slight variations of this message are also allowed.

On Google+

Add the PhotoNetCast page to one of your circles then post a link to this page on your stream and reference +PhotoNetCast so that we notice your post.

On Facebook

“Like” the PhotoNetCast page and put a post on your timeline with a link to this page and a reference to @PhotoNetCast.

On Your Blog

Publish a post on your blog mentioning PhotoNetCast and include a link to this post. If your blog support trackbacks, we should see this incoming link but, just to be sure, add a comment here with a link back to your post.

On iTunes

Add a review of PhotoNetCast on iTunes then comment on this page telling us that you reviewed it (include which iTunes store country).

 

You will get 1 competition entry for your first post on Twitter, Google+ and Facebook, and we’ll give you 3 entries for a post on your blog or a review posted to iTunes. The competition will close on June 16th after which we’ll record all the entries and use a random number generator to pick the winners. You’ll be on the run for one of the following prizes:

Start spreading the word!

We also had a competition running during our San Francisco Photowalk. At stake was a copy of Photomatix Pro by HDRSoft. That prize has been awarded already (and we’ll post the winning image very soon).

HDRSoft Photomatix

 

Thanks to our generous sponsors

 

And of course we could not finish announcing this competition without a word of thanks to the amazing companies that have generously donated the prizes listed above. You rock!!

And the winner of our Lightroom contest is…

The winner of out Lightroom contest is finally announced.

After much delay, mainly due to the hectic holiday season, here it is. The winner of our Lightroom contest:

Heymo Vehse

Congratulations! You just cashed in a copy of Lightroom 2…

We’d like to thank everyone who participated and, of course, Tom Hogarty and Adobe.

If you didn’t win, maybe next time. And next time is already on the next PhotoNetCast. So, stay tuned.