Posts Tagged ‘CanvasPop’
On top of being an award-winning singer-songwriter, Jason Mraz has one of the largest Instagram followings out there. We’ve partnered with Jason to present the #IWontGiveUp Photo Contest, running now until February 20.
What does “I Won’t Give Up” mean to you? Tag your photos with #IWontGiveUp and you could win!
Jason will select 25 winners and we’ll print their photos on beautiful 20×20″ Instagram canvases. These beauties will be displayed at a gallery event in New York City on March 8th (featuring a special appearance by Jason!). The winning photographers will be cordially invited to this exclusive event and have their canvases signed by Jason.
Check out the official contest rules and get tagging!
Are your office walls bare? Is your company still trying to pass off motivational posters from the 90s as “art”? Ugly office walls unite—help is here!
Enter our Office Art Makeover Contest with Office Snapshots—we’re awarding a $1,000 gift voucher to one lucky office. And because we hate ugly, empty walls, we’re giving a $50 gift voucher to everyone who enters.
How to enter:
• Take a picture of your company’s digs.
• Visit the contest page and upload the photo.
• Tell us why you deserve the Office Art Makeover!
Contest Rules:
• Contest closes on February 3 at 11:59pm EST.
• Winning office must be located in the contiguous United States or Canada.
• Home offices not eligible.
• Winner will be chosen by the awesome Office Snapsots and CanvasPop staff.
We’ll be announcing the winner on February 7—Good Luck!
P.S. Can’t wait that long to revitalize your walls? Contact one of our Office Art Consultants today!
Event Photos Courtesy of Justin Van Leeuwen
CanvasPop’s headquarters were a full house on January 24th as we hosted Photo-Tripping with Younes Bounhar. His presentation about travel photography inspired event-goers to take their photos to the next level and get tips from a pro.
What were some of Younes’ most impactful tips?
Before you leave:
• Research your trip and take note of interesting festivals, events and seasons
• If you’re bringing new gear, make sure it works, it works for you, and you know how to use it
• Bring what you need and use what you bring
On your trip:
• Create narratives or a story through your trip
• Identify your subject and draw attention to it
• Remove distractions, simplify the background
• Put people in their context and give them a sense of place
Four of Younes’ amazing travel photos on canvas provided a great backdrop to the event. These beauties were taken on his trips to Morocco and Spain.
Stay tuned for some video clips from Younes’ chat and more events from the CanvasPop floor!
Younes Bounhar eats, sleeps and breathes photography. His photos have been featured in several magazines in Canada and abroad including Canadian Geographic, PhotoLife, PhotoSolutions and Photography Monthly.
Our Instagram Tagging contest is still going strong!
We’ve had more than 3,100 entries so far and they’re still pouring in.
Check out some of the winners so far.
Want to win one of your Instagram photos on canvas?
How to Enter the Contest:
Tag your Instagram images with #CanvasPop in Instagram and type: “I want this photo printed on canvas with #CanvasPop” to be automatically entered to win!
(If you’re trying to tag an old photo, insert “I want this photo printed on canvas with #CanvasPop” into the photo’s comment section.)
Contest Rules/Conditions:
Maximum of 5 entries per person.
US and Canada residents only.
Your photo will also appear on our Instagram site for thousands to see. We’ll be featuring some of the winners here, too.
Winners must pay shipping ($14).
We’ll choose 1 photo a week to print on canvas. Cool, eh?
Don’t have Instagram? Join the fun and download it for your iPhone to start taking amazing photographs to print on canvas or share online via Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.)
Keep up to date on what’s happening at CanvasPop through our Instagram account or follow us on Followgram! Happy tagging and good luck!
Love,
#CanvasPop
In honour of our upcoming travel photography lecture, Photo-Tripping with Younes Bounhar, we’re giving away two of Younes’ stunning photos on canvas.
How to enter:
Simply vote on your favorite one for a chance to win!
Contest Details:
We’ll randomly pick two voters (one voter per photo) and they’ll win their preferred photo as a 20×30″ CanvasPop canvas!
One entry per person. Open to residents of the USA and Canada.
Don’t worry if you can’t attend Younes’ lecture—stay tuned for some video after the event!
CanvasPop Presents: Photo-Tripping with Younes Bounhar
• Be inspired to take your photos to the next level
• Discover how to make great travel photographs
• Get expert tips on how it’s done in the field
• Improve your portraits and landscape shots
• Have your questions answered by an industry pro
When: January 24 • 7pm
Where: CanvasPop • 6 Hamilton Avenue North, suite 004 • Ottawa, Canada
RSVP: heathersb@canvaspop.com
Make sure you book your space early!
It’s been a snappy week at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES)! We’re featuring Photojojo’s most noteworthy camera stories from CES—that means a round-up of the newest releases and fanciest features of the hottest new cameras.
Polaroid
The Polaroid Z340 and the SC1630 Smart Camera.
Like many Polaroid fans, we weren’t sure how to feel about the shift from analog to digital. Polaroid must’ve read our minds because they’ve kicked the look of their Z340 back a couple of decades, and we like it.
Fuji
The Fuji X-Pro1
It’s Fuji’s new mirrorless! What makes this one shine is its large 16MP sensor and the fact that it has an interchangeable lens mount (with 3 lens options) — something the X100 and X10 were missing.
Canon
The Powershot G1 X
Fanciest point-and-shoot ever? Yes.
At $800, it’ll cost you a pretty penny, but at least you’ll have a ginormous 14.3MP sensor to photograph that penny. That’s about as big as a DSLR’s sensor! The other rad thing about this camera is that its lens is f/2.8 to f/16 which means you can get some nice depth of field.
Nikon
Nikon’s D4 DSLR
The D4 is indeed Nikon’s newest, and it’s an awesome beast of camera. A full-frame 16.2MP sensor and 204,800 ISO means you can capture photos in incredibly dim light. Plus, it’s equipped with a 3D Matrix Meter III, a really long name for its ability to measure light and color very precisely. It’s going for $6,000, but it’s as good as it gets when it comes to Nikon DSLRs.
These are just a few of the most noteworthy CES findings, check out Photojojo’s full list and start shooting! You’ll be on your way to creating personalized art on canvas in no time.
When’s the last time you took to the sky? Today is Amelia Earhart Day and we’re excited to celebrate the anniversary of the first solo flight across the pacific. Amelia became the first person to accomplish this feat on January 11, 1935.
In the spirit of Amelia—one of the world’s most celebrated aviators—we’re giving away a free 16×20″ photo on canvas to a lucky person who shares an aviation-inspired photo. Be creative!
Post a photo on Facebook, share it on Twitter, or leave us a link in a comment here to enter. We’ll choose a winner on Thursday morning.
Good luck and happy flying!
We’ve had our eye on talented iPhoneographer extraordinaire Jack Hollingsworth for awhile now, especially all the amazing photos he’s been posting on his Instagram account (@photojack). Jack is a well-known 30-year career veteran photog who is “in love” with the iPhone as a capture device. He deeply believes that, when all is said and done, the iPhone may just be remembered as the most influential capture device ever in the history of photography. Wow!
When Jack approached us about helping to make the set of his worldwide online broadcasted 2-day seminar a memorable one, we were thrilled to print Instagram photos for him. Looks great, right?!
Tune in to Jack’s action-packed workshop on January 5-6 from 12pm to 7pm EST by visiting creativeLIVE (www.creativelive.com/live) where you can expect to get the low-down on:
- Stellar camera replacement apps (Camera+, Hipstamatic, Instagram)
- All the geek tools and gadgets you’ll need to pimp out your iPhone
- 26 tips to make you a great iPhoneographer
- Apps & Workflow (for people who want to raise their game)
“Morning in the Field” by Steve Smith
The CanvasPop team is loaded with photographers, designers and creative minds, so when we heard that Steve Smith—one of our Customer Experience Reps—is a winner in this year’s Eco Art Contest we had to shine a spotlight on his talent.
Steve is one of 40 photographers between the age of 14 and 24 who will have their work exhibited this winter in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at Dows Gallery on the Rideau Canal Skateway and have the chance of being awarded one of three top prizes.
When asked about his winning photo, he said: “My shot was taken in Chelsea, Quebec just outside Gatineau Park. We got up really early trying to catch the sunrise in the park but stopped at an abandoned barn off the road. The sun was still low enough to give a nice golden cast to everything.”
Steve first became interested in photography about 5 years ago and likes photographing empty urban scenes, especially at night. “They have a completely different look and the lighting can make an otherwise banal subject look really neat,” he says.
He found out about the contest last year when he saw the exhibition on the Rideau Canal. “Since I recently finished my degree in environmental studies, I thought the theme was really important. It ended up being a cool way of connecting my education and passion!”
We’ll be strapping on our skates and speeding down to catch a glimpse of Steve’s photo as it lights up the exhibition later this month.
