I am excited to be celebrating our 1 year anniversary this month. I posted some thoughts about our first year in this post, digital photo buzz anniversary, but one thing I wanted was to celebrate our birthday with Gifts! And not gifts for me, this site has always been about its readers so I wanted to give you gifts. I contacted some amazing photography vendors out there and was grateful to have a good group of them get back to me and decide to offer some photography products to giveaway. We bundled everything together into 2 great giveaways!

There are a few different ways to enter, you can enter using any (or all) of these methods. The 2 winners will be selected on Nov 5th, 2010.

1) Enter on Twitter:

  • Follow us on twitter here: http://www.twitter.com/digitalphotobuz
  • Post a tweet saying this: “Enter the @digitalphotobuz photography giveaway, over $1500 in photo products Details here: http://bit.ly/9EtH7J Please RT”

    • 2) Enter on Facebook. Just go to our facebook wall, find the giveaway post, click “Like” and enter a comment.

    3) Comment on this thread

    4) Sign up for our email updates on the signup box to the right.

    All of these entries will be placed into a random raffle to pick 2 winners! Each giveaway pack is worth over $750! Now on to all of the awesome prizes:

    Giveaway #1

    $100 Giftcard from Black River Imaging
    1 month premium level ad on SnapKnot.com
    Free website + 6 months of free hosting at bigfolio.com
    1-month Pro pass to Animoto.com
    New LTp and UltraStrap from Lumiquest

    Giveaway #2

    $100 Giftcard from Black River Imaging
    1 month premium level ad on SnapKnot.com
    1-month Pro pass to Animoto.com
    One CB Folding-S bracket from Custom Brackets
    Camera Straps that Rock from Riley Design Works
    Ultimate Light Box., and a QuickSpot Honeycomb spots from Harbor Digital
    1 year free membership to greener photography

    For more information on our awesome sponsors check them out below. They all offer some great products for the photography industry so be sure to check our their websites for more information.


    Black River Imaging – A full service photo lab focused on their customers.

    $100 Gift Card


    SnapKnot – SnapKnot helps you book more weddings

    2 separate prizes for one free month at their Premium level.


    http://bigfolio.com – BIG Folio is a web design and hosting company offering sleek, sophisticated site designs especially tailored to suit professional photographers needs.

    Free website + 6 months of free hosting.


    Riley Design Works – Our goal at Riley G is to create quality camera straps that embody the creativity and style of the photographers who wear them.

    Camera Straps that Rock – One custom camera strap


    Harbor Digital Design – Harbor Digital Design LLC is a manufacturer of high quality light modifiers for photographic lighting equipment. Established in 2001, the company was formed with the goal of providing superior and quality products while also focusing on exceptional customer service.

    The Ultimate Light Box., and a QuickSpot Honeycomb spots.


    Custom Brackets – Custom Brackets is devoted to providing photographers with user-friendly products that rise above and beyond the competition. The CB Series has proven to be the standard for flash rotating brackets. Custom Brackets has gone the extra mile to make these brackets exceedingly lighter, more durable, and easier to use. All Custom Brackets products are proudly made in the USA.

    One CB Folding-S bracket


    Greener Photography Incorporated – Greener Photography, a non-profit organization, actively seeks to mitigate the environmental impact of the photography industry by educating photographers, suppliers and the general public about the benefits of going green.

    1 year free membership to greener photography


    Portfolio Sitez – Portfoliositez.com creates website and blogsite templates for the create professional complete with a content management system so updates can be made 24/7 with no programming required.

    One Free individual website


    Lumiquest – Lumiquest has over 25 different devices designed to solve real lighting problems in the field. All of our light modifiers serve specific purposes by combining the photographers’ needs with the basic laws of physics to create simple, effective accessories that work.

    new LTp and UltraStrap


    Animoto – Award-winning Animoto Pro lets you instantly turn your stunning photos and video clips into beautiful videos – not stale slideshows. By analyzing the nuances of your music, photos and video clips, Animoto automatically produces a custom video in minutes. There’s never been an easier way to give your clients videos they’ll want to share with everyone.

    2 1-month Pro passes for animoto

    Just a few rules and notes about the contest:
    – Contest is void where prohibited by law
    – Contest winner must be over 18 years of age to win
    – 1 winner will be randomly chosen to win 1 giveaway product