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They don’t happen very often folks, but when they do, they’re GOOOD.

Vote for us as BEST PET PHOTOGRAPHER in the King 5 Best of Western Washington contest!

It has been a long time since I participated in this contest but this year it just happened to grab me at a moment I had 5 minutes to spare to update my account! Hop on over to the site by clicking the image below and cast your vote. Thanks everyone! :-)

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P.S. More images to come soon! I know there has been a draught on here for a long time, but I have lots of new images to share, along with some really exciting news. Stay tuned!

…and the winner of the $150 borrowlenses.com gift certificate is…..

TRICIA!  Comment #180, randomly selected from the 197 comments using the random number generator.

Tricia said: “I’d love to rent the Canon 5D…or possibly the Mark II so I can experience a full frame camera.”

Oh Tricia, once you go full-frame, you’ll never go back! Congrats on winning lady! :-)

Borrowlenses lens rental contest- you know you want it!

It’s that time again dear photographers. Time to enter the new Borrowlenses lens rental contest! I know you’ve been drooling over that 24mm 1.4 IS L, or the 45mm 2.8 tilt-shift. Or what about a macro lens for those adorable up-close nose and paw shots, or the 70-200 2.8L you’ve been debating on buying? What lens would make your pretty little heart sing in this wonderful new year? Think about it!

Up for grabs is a $150 gift certificate to the fabulous borrowlenses lens rental service, who we all know and adore. You know you want it, but you gotta follow the steps below to enter!

To enter, here is what you need to do:

  1. Leave a comment on this blog post (if reading via rss or facebook, you must click through to the Cowbelly blog and leave a comment there. Facebook comments won’t be counted). Your blog comment should contain the item you would like to rent if you win.
  2. Go to the BorrowLenses.com fan page (hyperlink http://www.facebook.com/borrowlenses), become a fan (like them).
  3. Link to this giveaway and post it on your facebook page. You must tag BorrowLenses in your status. To do this all you have to do is be a fan of BorrowLenses.com, and in your status update, type the @ symbol and type in BorrowLenses.com. Before you hit share, you will need to click on the lock icon left of the share button and choose that everyone can see it. If the link turns blue on the page, that means you did it correctly.
  4. Follow borrowlenses on twitter (hyperlink twitter.com/borrowlenses)

That’s it! Pretty sweet and pretty simple considering it might mean a week spent with your favorite lens!

Contest Deadline: extended to Tuesday February 1st at 11pm PST! This means you’ve gotta get your entry in before February 2nd! Do it now peeps, do it now.

Best wishes dear readers, and I’ll announce the winner here late next week! :-)

…..annnnd, the winner of the 2011 Cowbelly Calendar is….

Commenter #2- Adam Koenig of White Patch Photography! Yay Adam, you just won yourself a 2011 Cowbelly Dogs Wall Calendar! You can hang it, you can frame it, you can stare at it all day, you can use it for kindling, you can give it to your dog as a toy, you could even break it up into 13 coasters for the year of 2013! Yippee! I’ll be emailing you momentarily for your shipping addy. Congratulations! :-)

For the curious- the comments on the blog display from oldest to newest, with the oldest displaying at the top of the comment list, and the newest displaying at the bottom of the list. #2 here made it easy for me! lol

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