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lensbaby – a resource and a giveaway

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I am beyond giddy to tell you that we are giving away a Lensbaby today.  I know, you’re jumping up and down too, aren’t you? isn’t it so exciting?

Ever since I heard about the amazingness of Lensbaby Lenses it was instant infatuation. And then I got my hands on one and it’s everything I had hoped for and more; the ideal photography partner of the most fun and creative kind. Each time I use it I am delighted by beautiful surprises and irresistible unpredictability. I can only liken it to photographic poetry. Look at that bokeh up there. Are you swooning yet? And what about how well it translates to black and white? Sigh. I even take my baby on vacation with us. That’s how much I love it. I’m just sayin’.But you don’t have to take my photo word for it. It seems there are some Lensbaby fans in our Flickr Pool too. Check out these gorgeous images by Lifeography, Jamza, Donna and work2snap. Wow!

Of course, a lot has changed since the birth of theLensbaby a few years back. They have a brand new site that is a pleasure to explore and a variety of babies too. Not to mention cool accessories. Everything you ever wanted to know and more about what Lensbaby is all about is offered at the site. If that’s not enough to have you yearning for your very own baby, I’m sure today’s giveaway will.

One incredibly lucky reader will get a $270 credit to spend at the Lensbaby web store any way they’d like. It’s heaven I tell you. Just leave a comment here to be entered in our random drawing.

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And for another slice of heaven, pay a visit to Design Mom today. She’s featuring Shutter Sisters as she kicks off her 12 Days of Christmas and hosts a giveaway that’s near and dear to our photography hearts.  For a chance to win a Shutter Sisters Flash Bulb Necklace or an All in One Wireless Printer by HP click over and leave a comment there as well. It’s like the best pre-holiday celebration ever, isn’t it?

Comments

  4. lol at posters above. As If LOL!!! Oh I would jump thru HOOPS to win this one. Babyyyy come to Mommma!!!

  5. So exciting! I’d absolutely love to play with one of those lenses… what a fantastic giveaway!

  7. WOooow, that is like Christmas coming early! I really would like to win but if I don’t, heeey, someone else will have been made happy and that’s what matters in the end.

  10. Whoever wins this is going to love the lensababy I’m sure. Heres hoping its me. 🙂

    Love this site. Happy holidays to all!

  24. a slice of heaven indeed! so many of us will have our hopes up today, and all because of this! hope is a great thing

  37. Oh my gosh I am so excited about finding out about these! Such a great idea and I love the effect it has!

    Thank you for diong all these giveaways!

  41. I wanted one of these since I first saw some shots from one awhile back. What a wonderful surprise to come upon your site and have this be the first post I read!

  46. Have you guys peeked at my Christmas List? Because you seem to be giving away all the things on my list!! I would love a lensbaby!

  49. I’m just imagining all the fun I could have with a Lensbaby. It’s got my creative juices flowing already just reading about it. I’ve always yearned for one of thoses babys! No pun intended 🙂 ColleenM

  52. i already have a lensbaby and haven’t really played with it much. now i am ashamed to say i *was* thinking about selling it.

    but NOW… after checking out those amazing links to photographs taken with a lensbaby i have reconsidered. i just need to learn how to use it!!

    thanks for this post, it’s given me the kick up the backside i so seriously needed 🙂

  74. oooh! what a fantastic giveaway! i would love a new lens to play with. my shots are feeling booooring and i currently only have a 50mm on my camera. this would be oh so fun to have!!!

  86. AAAAAHHHH! Yea! Yea! Yea!! I would be estatic, over-the-top, to the moon and back delighted to have a lensbaby! Oh, the creative possibilities are endless! Santa would be so pleased to have one less gift to shop for this year!

  93. You guys just take the sweet cake! Not only do you have one of the best photo blogs out there in net land, and the best stories to go with it, along with your heartfelt insights into you’re everyday life, but now you’re doing this daily giveaway. Wowzer, you’re fabulous, just fabulous.

  104. oh oh ohoh! i was shrieking at even the possibility of winning this one! i want a lensbaby so badly. i’m travelling to israel in february and i’d love love to have a lensbaby in my camera case as i meet that beautiful country. thank you so much for the fantastic giveaways. maybe, just maybe one day i’ll actually win one.

  123. You all are the best! I would love love love a lensbaby of my very own! Happy Holidays and thanks for all you do!

  125. I’ve been thinking about renting a lensbaby lens when I go on vacation next month. . . along with the fisheye I plan to rent.

  130. AHHHHHHHHHH! I’m so excited. what an awesome giveaway! Oh oh! Pick me! Pick me {hand in air like jumping up and down like I’m in grade school}
    Pick me. =)

  134. oooo…i have been drooling over the lensbaby for some time now. it might even get my picture taking mojo back for me!

  138. I was considering asking for one for Christmas, but we’ve reorganized gift giving in our family with a price limit…so that makes big photography gifts impossible. I would love love love it!

  161. Santa baby, just help me win the Lens Baby, for me
    Been an awful good girl
    Santa baby, so let the Shutter Sisters choose me tonight

  182. OK is it wrong to be this excited about this giveaway?? I would soo love a lensbaby!! All I can say is….OOOO! OOOOOO! OOOOO! Pick me Mistah Kahtah!!!

  185. Oh, I’ve dreamed about getting a lensbaby! I would loved to be picked … it would be a dream come true!

  189. all i want for christmas is a lensbaby…

    but also – just found this blog and i’m PSYCHED about it! definitely added to my bookmark list.

  202. I have three kids now (the second pregnancy surprised me with TWINS!) and I tell everyone I am all done having babies. But I think I will make an exception for THIS baby! No, I KNOW I will make an exception for this baby! Woooot!

  213. What a great giveaway! Cross my fingers! i’d jump for joy if I had such an early Christmas present! Oh, Santa baby – please!

  217. I’ve always wanted to try a Lensbaby. Not in the cards financially right now for us, but it would definitely be a special Christmas treat!

  225. I saw a lensbaby in a magazine and it’s really unlike anything I’ve seen before. count me into the draw please! Thank you!

  226. Ooh…I just came over from Design Mom and I’m so happy I found shutter sisters! Awesome! May I be granted beginner’s luck!

  235. This is a great giveaway! I love what you’re doing this month. Thanks for spotlighting so many great things this month a providing such a great community for us. Of course I’d love to have the lensbaby.

  245. As a someone relatively new to photography, I’ve never heard of lensbaby, but now I’m itching to try it. Amazing. I so want to get my hands on one just to see what I can do.

  248. seriously, a lensbaby is the ONLY thing on my list this year…. oh! this would be the best present ever!!!!!!!

  254. Oooh, a lensbaby… I’ve always wanted to try one. I’d love to get my hands on one. Good luck to everyone and thanks for such a great giveaway! – May.

  259. Oh, ahhh! This is on my gift wish list! (we’re getting a dishwasher instead.) Pick me, pick me! 🙂

  270. OH MY OH MY OH MY!! I want a lensbaby so much!! When I saw the title my heart started pounding, and I actually have not read the whole post, but I swear I am about to do that now. I have it posted on my WishList on my blog even … and there are only 3 things on my wishlist, so you know I REALLY REALLY REALLY want one. I am starting my own photography business in the new year … this would be AWESOME to add to my bag!
    I am seriously begging! I know this is probably a random number generator thing, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!
    Everyone laugh at the lady begging for a lensbaby! The hubby said I can’t have another real baby right now, but this would be a close second! And then I could take fabulous pictures of the two real babies I already have.
    So, SERIOUSLY … I would really love to win this prize!!

  279. Oh, I covet these…. I was just dream shopping the other day on their site!!! What a fun givaway!

  285. Oooh. How did I not find you gals earlier?! Love your site, and eveything that you do with it! I’ll be looking forward to reading the rest of it…of course I had to post here before I did 😉

  286. I would be so incredibly lucky to win one of these. Since I’m just starting my business, I have very, very few lenses…ok, just one for now. : ( I would love to have one (have been to their web site so many times drooling over the lenses), but right now there are so many other basic things I have to buy before I can have the fun stuff! Please, please, please pick me! (Ain’t too proud to beg!!)

  287. I can defiantely use that credit! I have never seen this until now and now I have MORE photography things that I want. I hope DH keeps letting me look at this blog 🙂

  293. Okay, this has to be one of the coolest things around! Here’s hopin’ that I’m the one. : )

  297. Oh my. Oh my! How I have longed for a LensBaby! I’m holding my camera now . . . just wishing that this dream will come true!

  311. How FUN! Thanks for the give-a-way!

    Like everyone else, I sure do hope you pick me 🙂

    p.s. thanks for posting links to lensbaby users in the flickr pool! Wonder full!

  327. I’m getting quite a kick out of everyone’s responses on here . . . I can just FEEL the excitement!

    Thanks so much for the beautiful photos, the fun giveaways and the humorous responses. The smile I have right now is well worth the time and effort to read all those responses!

  332. i’m actually just happy to learn there is such a thing…i’ve never heard of this before, and after browsing through the photo links and their website i am sharing in the enchantment…they’ve definitely been bookmarked for future reference 🙂

  358. I’ve been eyeing the Lensbaby for awhile now but haven’t gotten around to purchasing one. Would be sweet if Santa left one under the tree!

    Love the photo!

  360. Would I like one? Yes Please. Do I need one? Yes I do. Will I put an awesome photo up for you to view when I’ve taken my first Lensbaby photo? Abso-total-lutely!

  362. I love this site. today is my first time here but I will definitely be back. What a great forum for sharing photos and learning new and exciting ways to express creativity!

  366. I have had a lensbaby on my "covet" list since I first spotted them years ago. I’ve never managed to get one in all this time, either, doggitall! That would be a lovely, artsy Christmas present!!

  369. I would LOVE this little baby to join my family!!!!! I can’t wait until spring so I can play more outside since my passion just started the end of spring last year and I had NO IDEA what the heck I was doing then…LOL I would love this sweet baby!

  376. I’ve always wanted to try out a lensbaby! Imagine the possibilities! AHHHHHHH I just got so excited- Please pick me! I will forever be a fan of shutter sisters!

  379. Even commenting on this give away has been a moral struggle – I’ve already won a wonderful gift, and in any other circumstance would back away from trying for another… but this, this……SO….wonderful…….. must…. try……. ahhhhhhhhhh…..

  383. Oh man. I’m jealous of whoever wins this if it isn’t me!! Thanks for the opportunity either way 🙂

  384. …and I thought I was done with the baby thing…WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER, non-human kind 🙂 You guys are the greatest!

  391. I don’t know what a ‘lensbaby’ is, but I know I want one. And as soon as I finish this post I’m going to find out. Here I go!

  398. Oooooh, a Lensbaby! I’m already drooling in anticipation… I fell in love with them when I checked out their site a while back. Pick me! Pick Me!

  407. I kid you not, I have a Lensbaby in my shopping cart right now! I’m gonna wait until tomorrow now to place the order, because I just know for once I’m going to be lucky. Well, one can only hope. 🙂

  420. I am sooooo excited! I have been drooling over those for a while now. I cant wait to experiment with one.

  424. I’ve wanted a Lensbaby lens for a while now. And it’s finally come to the top of my lens wishlist. I hope to get one in the next few months. I know it will add a lot of fun to my picture taking.

  434. oh, my goodness! i am rather excited about this drawing! i have been following shutter sisters for quite a while & will continue to follow, wither i win or not.

  435. That looks like so much fun. i have just recently become interested in TtV…and this looks like just as much fun. How exciting

  448. Zoikes! Pulling out all the stops, huh? I heart lensbaby, and especially those photos you’ve shared.

  451. This is such an amazing prize, I almost feel guilty entering.

    My fingers and toes are crossed like pretzels.

    To be able to create photographic poetry..sigh. I know one needs more than a lens baby for that. The other essential element is learning from the inspirational mentors and examples on Shutter Sisters :-).

  452. I am a tad on the boring side. One of these babies would spice my life up! I can only imagine the fun I would have with this exciting little gadget.

  453. Oh wow! Thanks so much for introducing Lensbaby! They look like so much fun to play with.

    Good luck to everyone and thanks to Lensbaby for this awesome giveaway!

  456. You have to pick me!!!!! I never win anything – LOL – like this will help – hehehe

    But really, I was giddy when I saw the title. Thanks Shutter Sisters for these great give aways!

  461. This would make a great gift for my spouse. She says she doesn’t need one, but I don’t believe her!

  473. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! I’m screaming like a teenage girl inside! Yes and I’m waving my hands close to my face and oh! Just fainted.

    Can I please be the lucky one?

  486. Oh, wow! I borrowed a friend’s Lensbaby once and used it just enough to know that not only would I love to have one, I’d need to practice at length to perfect using it! Won’t you help me learn a new skill? 😉 Thank you for the opportunity to win prizes here, and for providing great content the year round. I LOVE the shuttersisters community!

  502. So much movement, I love photos that take me out of a flat piece of paper (or a flat screen!).

    I’d love lensbaby credit.

  504. wow that would be fantastic to win! just in time to take pictures of seabirds in maine next summer!!

  512. I had already told Santa that I’d love a new zoom lens for my camera to help capture shots of the favorite son and nature scenes around the farm. Well, Santa now that I see the Lensbaby I NEED a Lensbaby…

  514. Oh how I would love a Lensbaby for Christmas! I entered another contest for one months ago and never ever heard who did win. If it’s not too late, I’m crossing my fingers!

  515. Wow! I dont know if I could do it justice but I’d sure like to try. Thank you for your generosity…

  521. I don’t know what the rules are for time limit but I was away from my computer this weekend. Is there still a chance for me?

  522. I asked Santa for a lensbaby, but I also gave Santa explicit instructions not to spend very much this year so I know it won’t be sitting under the tree. Winning a credit to go shopping would be terrific though! 😉