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June Giveaway: APC & WTF
June 17th, 2009
I got a nice surprise yesterday afternoon from Lew at APC (Artistic Photo Canvas). The Fed Ex guy came with a huge box containing two 20×30 canvases made from the Tunisian image that graces the cover of Within The Frame. That wasn’t the surprise. The surprise was how gorgeous the canvases were. I keep meaning to get a bunch of canvases made, just to see what they look like, and I keep not getting around to it. Lew made it easy and as a thanks to my readers for the support you’ve shown me for Within The Frame, and as a welcome to new readers that arrived here after reading the book, I’m giving away one of these canvases. It’ll be signed, and shipped to you straight from me.
So what do you have to do to get your name in the hat for this one-of-a-kind canvas? Two simple things. First, go check out APC’s website at ArtisticPhotoCanvas.com – then come back here and leave a comment that contains your name and your email in the email field. Every time I do this some wiseguy forgets to leave an email address. I have neither the time nor the inclination to send smoke signals or carrier pigeons to let you know you’ve won. But I want to give stuff away, so make it easy for me. Also, while the draw is random, it wouldn’t hurt to remind me of a reason why I should pick you. Will it help your chances any? Not a bit, but you’ll amuse me and you can’t put a price on that.
Finally – this is open to people from all corners of the globe. BUT if you’re outside Canada and the USA and you want this you’ll have to commit to splitting the shipping costs with me. I’ll pay half, but after seeing how much it costs to send a book to you international types, a canvas ain’t gonna be cheap.
Draw closes on or around July 01, depending on when I end up leaving for Ethiopia.
Why APC? They’re passionate and focused, and I like passion, vision and the kind of customer care that you don’t get much these days. They create exceptional stuff and serve their clients with abandon. My relationship with them is young but I’m hooked. Sure, they’re a long way away from me, but the canvases came in perfect condition by Fed Ex and their prices meet or beat most others while providing true giclee quality. I’ll post more about my relationship with APC as it develops, but I’m already pretty sure I’ll have them do some of, if not all, the images for my next exhibit.
Choose me, because I wrote the first review about your book for the German Amazon-website (http://www.amazon.de/Within-Frame-Journey-Photographic-Vision/dp/0321605020/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books-intl-de&qid=1245233954&sr=8-1). And I am a nice girl, so please be nice too
oh 2nd! I choose me! because.. I asked you if you could take me on for 2 weeks! lol
have fun @ ethiopia!
o btw my full name is Raymond Ip
thankks
I think you should pick me because…*sniff*…I think the man in the picture is my… Father! DUN Dun dun.
Okay, not really, but I do have blue walls in my house and this would look fabulous.
Mark
Oh, this would be great! the APc site looks nice too. Someday….
Oh these are cool! Before I got married, I had tons of family photographs on the mantle and on shelves. My husband never liked it so many got put away, and I scrapbooked others. He’s been dead for 8 years and it’s time to cover the bare walls again. Canvases would be very nice! Thanks for the contest.
Sharon
linnefaulk @ gmail.com
I lovethe colours in that image and it looks cool as a canvas. APC site looks good, nice to see someone offer free basic exposure and colour correction.
I have been visiting APC for a couple of weeks now and all I have to say is it looks like they make beautiful canvases. There have been some tweets of people sharing with their canvases and all I can is WOW. Please choose me…the WTF cover canvas looks AWESOME….
Congratulations on the success of WTF! Can’t wait for your next book.
Bryan
Who knows what might happen if you pick me. I may have some visionary explosion because of the print and go on to earn millions of dollars and then give it all back to you. Or I might not also. But your stuff truly is inspirational.
Jacob
Great job on the book. I love reading and rereading it. Vision can be taught! At least with me:)
Also thanks for introducing me to a whole bunch of good photographers through your site. If ever you’re in the Okanagan wanting to do a workshop I’ll help your organize and promote.
At some point, I’d like to put one of my shots on canvas like that . . . just have to decide which one. I’d truly appreciate the signed canvas because we have a huge wall in our home reserved for photos but we haven’t put any up yet. We just don’t know where to start. Your canvas is definitely something that both my wife and I could agree on (and that is a miracle).
Even though I’m based in Australia, if you pick me, I can actually pick it up from Vancouver later this year. That way you can actually get to meet the person who will have your print on their wall
The unstretched canvas looks like ti could be fun for creative home hangings. I am a CoD user so far but I will probably check these guys out as well.
I havent been as diligent recently coming to your blog David. Life is just crazy busy. Congregation makes their vote the 28th and then I will hopefully have a new full time job. Business is still on the sidelines for now. Whats cool though is that now I pretty much only take pics for me. I am my only client.
Hope all is well!
Tim
Ok…I don’t know what OBA-FREE means but this must be good. There prices actually seem pretty reasonable as well.
Reading your book at the moment and it contains so many beautiful pictures. It would be great to have one hanging on my wall.
Hey, congrats on all the success with your book. I have it and will start reading it as soon as my final paper is submitted this weekend.
Please choose me because I need all the help I can get, and what better reminder of all your lessons than a canvas of the cover picture of your book hanging on my wall?
I found you, miss new canvas.
wrap it up and send it over to me.
get it right… get it right, get it tight?
David,
Love your material. Have been watching your podcasts and really enjoy them. This APC looks excellent and I look forward to trying one of my own prints on it. Keep up the good work!
Scott Van’t Land
http://www.vantlandphotography.com
Please pick me because I’m the 19th person to comment…hmmm…OK, I’ve undoubtedly got more to learn than anyone else posting her….nope, I’ll just rely on your random picking…thanks for the great blog.
You should pick me because this would look so good hanging on my wall! Congrats on the success of your book.
Here is to random luck!
Pick me so I can see with my own eyes if its better then mpix which is my current option
Love your book. Have bookmarked the APC site for further exploration. Looks nice.
I just got your book and haven’t been able to put it down (except to write this comment of course!). The APC site looks great….I have a couple of pics from India that I have in mind for their service.
Wow, they do great work at APC. I’ve had a few images converted to canvas and love the look–Canvas on Demand did mine. Would love to win the image, to go with your book, which I refer to over and over agian. Wonderful images!
Wow, David, …stunning! Tell RC you have answered the question, – photography is definitely art!
Read David’s book. Find vision. Let APC put it on canvas.
I’ve had some canvases made by MPIX, and they’re pretty good – also had some done at Costco, which was cheaper, but a pain in the ass so for now I’m back to MPIX.
I’ve had a client re-use one of their images on canvases as a gift that they give to outgoing board members. Something different, relevant, and nice.
APC looks like they have some MUCH larger canvases than either of those other options, which is very cool.
APC looks like a great place to try. I’ve always wanted todo one of my photos on canvas. Thanks for the contest.
Gorgeous! I like giving gallery wraps as gifts. Peopel love them and they think they are way more expensive than they really are.
I guess i don’t have any sob stories about my bare walls and dead husbands, but I will say hi to you on Sunday!
I would love this pic on my wall but I’m so far away. I really like the colours and textures.
This would look better in my house than in anyone else’s, fact!
David
Huge fan of your work and your words, but let that not sway you in any way . The canvas you are giving away would not be for me but for my children. I want it to remind them of a few things that have defined their father – his need to explore the world and his passion to photograph people in their environment and narrate their stories . Thanks for the inspiration, David. See you on Sunday!
Beautiful photo!
Serendipity caused me to find your incredible book while visiting in the Chicago area a couple of days ago. I literally started crying while reading it and looking at your amazing images. It is, by far, one of the best books I have ever read on photography, and I am spreading the word about it on photo sites I participate in.
I am thrilled also about the APC site you shared as I’m finally at the point where I would love to see some of my own images blown up on canvas, and I’ve recently moved into a home with lots of empty walls so would love to have the one your giving away for my “international” room. Reason is not just because it’s yours, but I’m REALLY into doors!
Can’t wait for your coming books, and I will be a devoted follower of your blog from here on out.
Pick me! Pick Me! I’ll proudly display it on my wall, it’ll be the centerpiece of home and possibly the first thing any visitor will see.
David,
Looking at the picture of the print and the one on the cover of your (excellent) book shows how much you recopped the image for the cover. My 2 cents: I like the recrop better. Probably because in my previous life as a photographer for news agencies I learned the impact a recrop can make. On top of that, I don’t see life in a fixed rectangle frame… Question: is the top of the wall in real life as blue as it is on the canvas print. Just curious….
You should pick me because I’ll save you the shipping. I’ll pick it up when I move to Vancouver at the start of July.
Is there such a thing as lucky #38? Anyway, I LOVE the book, can’t wait for your next one. As far as APC goes, I have seen 16×20 canvases up close (not sure who the printer was), and I agree that they can be absolutely stunning. Your Tunisian image would look awesome in its place of honor in our house!
I have the perfect place to hang that canvas!
Love the book.
Found you through TWIP Podcast a few months ago and have been following the feed ever sense. Thanks for the link always looking for a great place to get my pictures printed from.
I’d love to be in the draw—nothing really unique to say other than that I am an admirer of your work and think the image is beautiful.
I have a sketched picture of you on my wall, and this would go great next to it.
Awkward? Yes. True? Of course not, but I do like that canvas.
lol, I think you’ve caused too much of a rush at the APC site because it wouldnt load for me.
I’d love an opportunity to be in the drawing. I just received your book and am enjoying it. I’m finding a lot that I agree with and also plenty of food for thought, along with beautiful images.
I’m not much for public banter, but i love the photo, and the book is changing the way i shoot
Put me in… Put me in the drawing… Please my walls could use the color!
Sign me up! Your photo is amazing and I bet it looks great big!
This looks amazing, and would look great in my living room!
It’s my father on the photo!
To be honest I bought your book just because of the cover. I hadn’t read any reviews and I didn’t know about it, but I loved the cover and after flipping through, I bought it and I haven’t regretted it so far. Awesome work!
Thanks David.
I just finished the book last week and it was very inspirational!
Always good to see a Canadian making it GREAT.
Travis
First post! Wait, oh well, I hope I get the print anyhow; I also think I may need to get some of my stuff printed at APS.
Your book is by far my favorite photography book. Whether or not I win I want to thank you for sharing your God-given talents. My pictures are already better thanks to what I have learned from you!
Wow, that canvas looks great on your wall. I’ve been trying to figure out if any of my images are “good enough” yet for such a fancy treatment… maybe someday. APC looks like they have a great product at reasonable prices.
I’m really enjoying your blog and podcasts. Thanks for the link to APC as I have been giving some thought to having a couple of my images reproduced thru this process.
Cheers
Rand
greybeard_imagery@yahoo.com
A great man once said “Living in the moment is more than just a principle upheld by the enlightened; it’s solid photographic wisdom.” Thx for the vision how-to.
David,
I’ll thow my hat in the ring.
Alex Saunders (alex(at)tenuousthread(dot)com).
Why me? Because the only other non-personal work I currently have hanging in my house is by a Asian Elephant.
You’ll be in good company
.
Sorry, that should be “an Asian Elephant”.
Thanks for the recommendation of APC. I’ve been looking into getting quality stretched canvas prints made.
I would be thrilled to have the WTFrame cover canvas hanging in our home!
I recently started to read your book and it’s already become my all-time favourite photography book and I recommend it to others.
~ Tim Shirey
Thanks for sharing your experience with APC! I’d love to have your print and eventually do one of my own from a favorite. Looks great!
Hi David thanks for the tip on APC, they look like a good service to have bookmarked. I think you should pick me for one of your beautiful prints because I live in Vancouver and would gladly pick it up from you so you don’t have to ship it…..
My daughter gave me your book for my birthday last week – thanks for writing such a great piece.
Ray
Hello David,
Your book is very inspiring. I picked it up in a bookstore, having never heard of you before though, sorry to say. I’m glad I picked it up, out of hundreds of other photography books. Yours is one of the best I’ve read–right up there with Freeman Patterson, in my opinion. I’m a beginner–and your philosophy of photography is wonderfully helpful. Thanks so much for your work.
I’ll enter the contest too–
Tonya H.
I’m loving your book! I think it applies to many areas of life not just photography. Especially love your images of Ladakh & Kashmir. I can’t seem to decide on art for my new home (after 6 mos. of residence), but I think a canvas of one of your photographs would look lovely in the dining room
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Great book, great site and you have a great heart for the community. Thanks for the reference to APC. I’d love to have your canvas hanging on my wall.
I love free stuff (and… Canada…?)!
W0_0T!
i’ve got your book! looks very inspiring! first thing in the weekend – promise! and i will gladly pay the the full shipping cost if i win
leif
your book is the next one on my order list – can’t wait to read it.
would love that canvas for the wall in our new home.
I’ll take it!
David,
I always enjoy your blog posts and your tweets. I can’t say why I should win more than anyone else. I just love your work and would give it a good home
I have asked for a copy of Within the Frame for my birthday. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Charles.
I would love to have your work in my home for daily inspiration!
You should pick me, because…hm. Well, there’s a guitar in your photo, my husband is a musician, and there are guitars here, too. Plus, that would look fabulous on my wall….
David,
I’m actually waiting for your book to arrive but I’ve been following your blog, twittering, and podcasts for awhile.
You seem like you are a genuine person.
I have an entirely blank wall (brown) in my office, much the same color as the wall in the photo above, I really think that the canvas would have less stress and travel trauma if it were relocated to a similar surrounding.
I’m really trying to look out for the well-being of your work…
You should pick me because otherwise I’ll be forced to frame and hang my copy of the book!
Thanks for the giveaway and for inspiring us.
I’ve only made one Canvas print so far. It was from a local Printer and they could only accept JPG.
I’m following @APCPro on twitter and will use them the next time I want a Canvas.
I’m commenting because I like APC’s work, but I don’t expect to win the print because our family motto is: We never win anything. Feel free to prove the motto wrong.
I LOVE APC! I’ve seen some of their work, and it is excellent.
You should pick me because I think your picture is too beautiful not to have on my wall.
I love canvases! Though I never win anything you should pick me because we just moved to Seattle and our walls are bare – I need some beautiful art like that to grace my walls.
Great idea for a giveaway. I’m loving your book and a framed picture would go perfect with it
). Plus I’m a fellow Hoser, how can you go wrong??
I’ve been sitting here, trying to come up with some witty for a solid 5 minutes now, and I’ve got nothing. But would couldn’t use a beautiful canvas print?
I love canvases! Though I never win anything you should pick me because we just moved to Seattle and our walls are bare – I need some beautiful art like that to grace my walls. (megmj85@yahoo.com)
… because I’m awesome and you love my work….. wait, I have that backwards.
80 replies already, Your readers must have tripled 10 times over in the last couple years.
WTF FTW! – I’m half way through the book.
Hey David,
I use MPIX/Miller’s lab and would love to see APC. Their site looks great.
You should choose me, cause who takes care of you in the Midwest?
Thanks for offering the giveaway. These are always fun!
because it’s lunch and i’m hungry i really think i deserver the canvas.
oh, and i have a nice wall for it to live on until the end of time.
I hope I win because we are a portrait and wedding photography business and all our canvas prints are of clients… it would be really cool to decorate our walls at home for a change… with some art from a kick-ass photog. I have been following you since recently and your work and blog are inspirational, thank you for being an amazing artist. tourine@johnstonestudios.com
I dunno why I should get it but I will try anways.
Me because I actually visited and bookmarked the APC site.
Enjoy your site. Book is ordered hopefully be here the end of the week.
I’d love it – I tried hanging a copy of your book on the wall but a) it was a bit on the small side and b) it wasn’t signed
I imagine that would look very nice in the living room of the house my wife and I are building. If I don’t win I just might have to see about getting one of our photos done as a gallery wrap – that’s a nice touch for placements where someone will see it from the side.
You should pick me because my room has white walls and it only needs this canvas to be perfect!
Also if you pick me I’ll pay full shipping
Please pick me because… I’ve always wanted to go to Tunisia or Morocco, and until such time as I am able, this would be a great option. I could sit and daydream the days away, just gazing at it
Cheers,
Tim.
It’s bloody fantastic! I would la la LOVE to win it! Yay!
Great contest idea!
Hope I win!!
I love how Heather S is looking down on me!
LOL!!
Well, I’m sorta redecorating my room and that photo would look _great_. Not to mention the inspiration I can get out of such a great, big photo hanging above my monitors
pick me pick me pick me….
actaully I just wanted to make the people that want a freebie scroll down the page just that little bit further….
I like
how
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pb
I used ImageKind to print a pic my mom liked on canvas for mom’s day. I didn’t know of other services at the time, and I didn’t have time to research. I don’t know what the canvas print ended up looking like, because it was shipped directly to my mom. She loves it though, thinks that the print on canvas really make the print shine. (Then again, she’s my mom, and I think it’s in her contract to say nice things.) I have a feeling that getting prints on canvas is somewhat addictive (or maybe I just find frames fussy) so it is nice to hear of another service, and one that gets such high reviews.
I hope I win because I love that print. And I think it would spark me to finish decorating. (2 years after moving in.)
Thanks alerting me to this company. I have marked them in my favorites and will use them soon. By the way I have been told WTF is coming my way for Father’s Day. I guess all the hints paid off.
Okay, my hat’s in this ring now.
Pick me because I want it so bad I actually took on the herculean task of scrolling past Peter’s comment. And I just pushed this post that much closer to 100 comments.
And best of all, I’m not going to clutter up your blog with two meaningless comments just to get it there.
I’d like to win the canvas! I think it’s a great book, and I really like that photo on the cover (and the canvas print!)
Thanks for letting us enter this contest!
-nik
nikpetro@gmail.com
Went to the APC site. Its now in my bookmarks. You should pick me because my wife bought me your book for Fathers Day. She has NEVER got me anything I have ever asked for in 15 years of marriage. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. So you must be special.
Just found your website from a post on John Batdorff’s blog. Your images are beautiful! I would *love* to have a signed copy of your work.
I’ve bookmarked APC and plan to order from them soon.
Your work inspires ~~
David, I just got my Amazon package today with your book as an early Father’s Day present. I met the APC folks at Photoshop World in Boston and would love to be entered into the draw.
Don’t pick me. I just wanted to comment that it’s a bit sad that this post gets more replies than any of the others.
Gordon
Absolutely loving the book! Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us all.
Si
I love photos on canvas, just haven’t been able to afford any yet.
D.
The image looks amazing on canvas! I’m halfway through WTF and I’m hooked. I find myself looking for time during the day to read another chapter.
I think that like me, a lot of photographers enjoy and sometimes get more inspiration and motivation to create better work by the images of others. I know the perfecct spot for this one! Haha.
Hi David,
I reckon you maybe overloaded the APC site.
I just checked it out and get the following message.
“APC is undergoing maintenance.
We will be back online soon.”
I’ll check back later
Hey David
Would be great if you sent it down-under. I’d hang it on the bedroom wall then it would challenge to go out and find a matching duvet! Do APC print on fabric duvet size?
Cheers
Alistair
al.mcnaughton @ orcon.net.nz
I just received the book (shipping to Italy takes a looong time) and can’t wait for the weekend to start on it….BTW if you don’t want me to hang the book, you better pick me for the canvas
Ciao,
Luciano
After our home addition we have nothing on the walls, clean slate and what better way to start off but with your canvas.
That canvas looks gorgeous! I think you should pick me because it’s getting pretty humiliating to keep begging for free stuff here and not winning anything.
Oh, and I’m moving to a new home soon and I’ll need to decorate my walls.
Well… what can I say… your a mentor to me. I’m really impressed with your book, with your writing… you’re breathtaking!
For all of this, I think I deserve the canvas.
Oh, I almost forgot, I admire you so much that I have a picture of you in my wall!
Think of how good it will make you feel if you pick me for the signed canvas. I love your work, read every blogpost, tweet, etc…you can’t put a karmic price on brightening the day of one of your most ardent readers.
Wonderful peace of art!
If I hurry, I can be comment number 115. Please enter me in the giveaway extraordinaire.
Rats. Wasn’t quick enough.
I think you should pick me because I bet you do not have any of your wonderful works on a walls in Slovakia yet, where I am from;-)
I love that photo! I’ve never had a canvas print, I’d love to have one on a wall at home. I hope I win!
Thanks for the APC recommendation. The canvas wraps always looked intriguing, and this is the motivation I need to try printing/hanging up some of my work at home.
Would gladly hang up your Tunisia photo if you pick me – not only a beautiful shot, but would be a daily reminder to go out and continue seeking and forming my own vision.
Thanks for being a virtual mentor!
Pretty sweet! I was actually looking to make a few gallery prints to hang in my new home so I will definitely check this out!
Of course I love that photo and as an owner of your book, would love a copy.
I just received your book from Amazon and cannot wait to start reading it!
Pick me because, if you’re still ready comments, you need a break, and my name is right here and handy.
Roger
Hey David, just found your work and blog through Corwin’s Creative Mix site – super stoked to see all the wonderful things you are up to!
Love the canvas – 10 years ago I was working at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, and made friends with a wonderful group of Tunisians living in Santa Fe – we would get together every weekend and speak french, eat, drink, sing and dance together. Your canvas reminds me of my awesome memories encompassing both photography and Tunisia! Beautiful work.
Stellar contest, photos on canvas look awesome!
Looking forward to reading your book.
Hi David. Love the book – it has given me a new insight into the way I create pictures. Even since reading the first half of the book I think more about what to include within the frame and the message I hope the image will deliver. I will recommend WTF to my son who has just finished travelling in Morocco. Thailand & Laos and is about to start a design and photography major at Emily Carr, Vancouver. Keep up the great work.
Choose me because:
A) I’m a fellow Canadian (aka shipping is cheeeeeep)
B) I’m an avid follower of your blog……naught you already have many of those (quality attracts quality)
C) I have a funny Canadian email joke to share!
>> *Subject:* HOW TO CALL THE POLICE (when you’re a senior)
HOW TO CALL THE POLICE WHEN YOU’RE A SENIOR
George Phillips of Ontario,Canada was going up to
bed, when his wife told him that he’d left the light on
in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom
window…. George opened the back door to go turn off the
light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.
He phoned the police, who asked “Is someone in your
house?” He said “No.” Then they said
“All patrols were busy. You should lock your doors and
an officer will be along when one is available.”
George said, “Okay”. He hung up the phone and
counted to 30.
Then he phoned the police again.
“Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there
were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don’t
have to worry about them now because I just shot them all”
and hung up.
Within five minutes, six Police Cars, a SWAT Team, a
Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic, and an
Ambulance showed up at the Phillips’ residence,
and caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the Policemen said to George, “I thought you
said that you shot them!”
George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available!”
(A True Story)
Thanks for your canvas. I will take it, but only if it is signed by you. Waiting to get your book – hopefully for Father’s Day.
I’m 2/3 of the way through your book and will be writing a glowing review when I’m done this weekend. I’ll also be recommending your book to the advanced photography group that I lead.
Would love to hang a signed APC canvas print of your work in my home.
I loved the book – leaving for Mongolia on Sunday to try out what I learned. Your canvas would look great next to something I hope to bring back from the Altai.
Why should you pick me for your totally Random draw?? Well, I’m just a young Canadian kid who has been extremely inspired by your book and and would love to place the canvas above your book and tell everyone how I won it in a Random draw.
Cheers,
Jeff in Jasper,AB
I love this image. I bought the book because of this image. After I read the book, I signed for the Kenya safari in January with David.
Yves
Elvis has the book, Creepy Elvis should have the canvas.
Hi David!
I hope you’ll pick me because that print would look AWESOME in my office! (and of course I would be honoured to hang it there!!!)
Cheers!
trevor.
Hi David,
Thanks for running another contest
Now, as to the “why” in “why you should pick me”:
I have followed your blog for i can’t remember how long already. I got the WTF book for my birthday and was most excited of all to get it (even though i also got an iPhone 3Gs!) I follow you and your wife’s witty banter on twitter, and it makes me smile
Although i first came to your blog for photography reasons, i am sticking around because i think basically you are just an all around good guy. 
And lastly, even though i never win anything, your contests still give me hope that someday i might! 
Have fun in NYC!
oh…and, wOOt!
David,
First…Thanks for the offer and the drawing. That would be sweet to have one of your prints hanging on the wall….take about inspiration!!!
Why me??? Well I found you originally when I was researching a backup strategy. I have watched your video cast of your backup workflow and although I have not gone to the lengths you have, I now have a solid backup implementation and I don’t have the fear of losing images. Since I have found you your blog has been a daily visit and the thing I like most is your willingness to give back, not to mention your wonderful images. One day I hope to attend a seminar and soak up some of your vision and knowledge.
Thanks again for all you do….
Rob Jaudon
http://www.jeezopeezo.com
Je suis une nouvelle fan de vos photos que je découvre avec plaisir à travers vos sites et votre livre! Je quitterai en septembre pour un voyage d’UN AN AUTOUR DU MONDE!!! En tant que photographe amateure passionnée, vos conseils et ‘votre vision’ de l’importance de ”trouver SA vision” me sont très précieux! Merci pour vos images inspirantes et touchantes!!!
Hi David,
Yay contest time. Of course you should pick me because the blue color of the windows on the canvas is pretty much the complementary color to my painted walls. That´s a sign
Greetings from Bavaria
You should pick me because I promise to brag about you endlessly when people come over saying that guy has my life and is soooo cool, i met him you know? and he’s like famous, and smart!!! Like yeah! And never mind it looking great with my home decor, i would repaint my whole house just to match the brilliance of your photographic skills…. (how my doing so far haha) and of course it would be very patriotic of you to give it away to a Canadian on Canada Day and i live so close the shipping would be pennies! Heck ill even hop the ferry and buy ya a round two of soup just to pick it up!
So when it comes down to it, i think there is little logic left but to give it to me! YAY!
Have a great time in NYC!!!!
Hey David, congrats on your book. went to chapters last week and saw it there, leafed through it and captivated me. Unfortunately my budget is limited to food and a roof under my head, but maybe I will be the lucky recipient of a brand new book and / or (greedy I am ) a lovely stretched canvas. BTW I checked out the APC website and am quite impressed by their product and if you say so too, I will likely use them when I get the dough to do so!!!
Enjoy NYC, say hi to Mc Nally and tell him I am available to assist
especially for his tour in the carribean but not limited to.
Make sur you let us know Vancouverites when you will have a speakung engagement in town!
Cheers, K
Hi David:
I have thoroughly enjoyed learning from your book WTF. The examples and images are excellent and appeal to my phototravel spirit. Only regret that I did not read this before going to India and China in 2008 (wasn’t published).
Would love to have the canvas version of the photo on the cover of WTF as it would be a great inspiration to me and all who see it at my home.
It will impress the wife!
Thanks for pointing some of us to the APC site.
Always welcome new ways of presenting photos.
I’m an amateur photographer who is looking to get a little better with each photo.
Here is a quote I hope you Professionals can chuckle at:
“Amateurs built the ARK, Professionals built the TITANIC.”
Thanks again.
Bought the book, even moved it’s location in Chapters to make it more visible. The image evokes great memories of my one and only trip to Tunisia when I was 13. Also I have minimal art on my own walls, and this would be a beautiful addition.
Oh, and *Pick me!* *pick me!*
I believe Scott Kelby mentioned you book at a recent D&D seminar in D.C. The Amazon.com reviews were great. Yesterday I got a 40% off Father’s Day email coupon from Borders. They had the book in stock and I treated myself to a Father’s Day present. While my wife slept in this morning, I tackled the book with highlighter in hand. Had to go slow and reflect on your inspirational message of vision. This is changing my thinking in a VERY positive way. Thanks–even if I don’t get one of the prints, you’ve already blessed me richly!
Me… because it reminds me of a photo I took in Algeria. Because your photos are about places/countries I have strong memories of…
Oh yes, and because… between signed images of Valli & Depardon, a DuChemin will look great!
I came across your blog after reading a review of your book by one of my photojournalist colleagues (http://tinyurl.com/l3unuf). I’ve got his blog bookmarked, and now I’m adding yours! I’d love to have the canvas too …
Holy smokes David – 149 comments – I have no chance at being the random winner this month. Your popularity is increasingly making it impossible to win your free stuff and this … disappoints me. Good for you I suppose. Hmmmph. On the other hand I do love me a canvas print so if the random gods like irony, they can choose me after this little mini diatribe. Choose me indeed. Oh – and did McNally order for dinner? Was he a pig?
Please ignore everyone else and pick me. I’m sure they’re lovely people… but still. Pick me anyway. Thanks!
Pick me! Choose me! Show me some love! Because, (sniff) I haven’t had any love in a long time (sniff). Besides, I’m just across the water a little ways in eastern Washington, so shipping to me will be cheap. I’ll be in Seattle in August. I could just pick it up – it’d be close!
I was part of your audience today at B&H. For me the most inspirational talk I have ever been out of my processional field (science). I had a good laugh and a almost a few tears (really!), thanks for both!
Ah, and, pick me or not…, but keep up the good work with those kids.
That would be a nice print to have. APC looks like a great place. WWHC is in my town, and I have been pleased as peaches with them, and the canvas I have of theirs looks amazing too.
Your blog is always an interesting and inspiring read. Many kudos for all you give back to us – your followers. I’m heading to NY next week for JM’s last workshop day. I can relate to your excitement for having dinner with him in NY this weekend. The real deal -absolutely! Enjoy the Big Apple.
I am in Morocco with Tewfic Elsawy. Sorry that I missed you in Seattle but you can send me the picture. I will be very happy to have a duChemin on my wall.
lllarsen8@comcast.net
Will try one the canvas. It was nice hearing you speak in NY yesterday, you did a very good job and balanced context and commentary nicely. Thanks for the dedication, my son was actually touched by what you wrote.
Why I want that canvas? Well, my wife keeps telling me that we should put something up on one of our walls. And what would be better than a duChemin?
I would love to win that canvas – that photo is AWESOME! Even though I don’t have the book, it is on my Amazon wish list. I read the free chapter and can’t wait to see the entire book. I’ve got this wonderful spot in my house that would be perfect for that canvas.
Why me: because my bedroom wall is vacant, and I’ve always wanted to live ‘under canvas’.
Cheers, Paul
your canvas would uber compliment another canvas print i have from a recent trip to Italy – they would look FABULOUS next to each other
A beautiful photograph which I most definitely would love to win. Regardless, thanks for the link to APC, I’ve been meaning to print on canvas for quite a while too…
Beautiful image!
I found your book resonated with me. Lots to ponder on what I am trying to say when I take photographs. Your pictures – and the one in question here – also speak to something deep inside. Not just a pretty picture!
I love that image.
And you should choose me for the canvas giveaway, because I am also having a giveaway on my blog, and I think karma works in mysterious (awesome) ways, right?
I love these. And it would be my great honour to hang one of your photos on the wall in my study. Cheers and feel better soon!
oh ya, not that I am looking for another entry (but I can try) no shoipping fees here, I’m local!!!!!!!
Hey David!
As I read through some of these comments, I realized that, in all honesty, I am probably much LESS deserving of this beautiful print/canvas than many of your readers. I started following you after a #followfriday tweet through NAPP (or maybe Scott Bourne) a month or two ago but I have since read some of your articles and blog posts as well as the interview on Photofocus and the better I get to know you the more I like you! Within The Frame is actually on its way to me as I write this comment! Thanks for doing what you do!
I’ve bookmarked APC. Will read more about them and consider them for some artist canvas.
I’ve just gotten turned on to your work after listening to you “Guest Question Answerer” bit on Photofocus. Within the Frame is on order and I’ve bookmarked your blog. Fantastic images and vision. Thanks for sharing with the photography community at large.
Oh yeah, APC looks like they have a great service, too.
I look forward to hanging this canvas over the fireplace.
I am currently volunteering as an English teacher in Kazakhstan, but home for the summer. I love making travel photos for myself and to share my experience with others. Most of the places I’ve traveled to are obscure and unknown to most people and I try to help them see the heart of the people and places I go to.
I read most of your book while sitting in Borders tonight and then came straight home and got on your website. Vision is something I feel like I’m continually trying to identify and develop and your book was very motivating.
I will definitely consider using APC for gifting photos in the future, too.
Thanks for sharing your heart!
For the sake of serendipity. I was purchasing your book on Amazon.com for my (Ethiopian) husband’s birthday. I do not know who you are (sorry), but this image on the cover of your book captivated me. When I read the reviews of your book I felt that my amateur photographer husband would also be inspired.
Very cool giveaway!
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No special reason you should choose me over the 170 some other photographers listed here. But I really admire your work and would greatly appreciate having an image of yours hanging on my wall to remind me of the heart you pour out into your images. It is a driving force behind my own recent work. Your blog is a constant source of great content and well worded thoughts! Thank you for giving both of yourself and your passion for art/photography. I’m looking forward to buying your book!
I’ve been looking for a Canvas place to try. Thanks for the tip! So why me? Why not?
Would look really, really cool on our wall!
APC might as well stand for Amazing Photographic Creation for this print. I’d be honored to hang it in my home!
Very nice, would love to see it in person. Pick me because well, I love your work.
this would be an incredible addition to my wall. You’ve been a tremendous inspiraiton in my work and the way I have started to look at things. congrats on the success of the book!
would love to represent your work in my humble home brother! all the best as you head to ethiopia where my sister spent the last 10 years serving the people there as a missionary…all the best!
Pick me because I work as a missionary teacher in Nairobi, Kenya. It would be a great piece of work to show my students. I’m actually currently in Vancouver for another 3 weeks so I can pick it up or get it at the photowalk
. (I feel so dirty trying to convince you to give me something for nothing)
Just under the wire. Even a picture of one of the canvas prints looks really nice!
[...] June Giveaway: APC & WTF [...]
I don’t know whether it is already too late but the picture looks beautiful and would fit nicely in my living room.
Of course i would split the shipping costs to Germany, or even cover them completely!
Have a safe trip to Ethiopia and back,
Marc
I’m speechless.
oooh oooh choose me! choose me!
Hmmmm….. now where do I leave my email?
Would love to see how these compare to MPix.
Half-way through the book and enjoying it immensely. Seeing its cover on the wall would keep reminding me to apply the lessons learned to my photography.
Awesome image and a very cool, generous giveaway. Thanks for the report on APC. I’d previously been skeptical about what could be achieved printing on canvas. After finding out how expensive it is to frame some large images and then reading your positive review of APC, I’m going to check them out.
Love the book. It’s laying on my coffee table and I can’t help but pick it up every time I sit down and every time I do, I find some great new nugget.
Thanks and looking forward to the next one.
Wow, that canvas is beautiful. APC did a good job.
Eli Gray
Eli@Grayimaging.com
Read your book cover-to-cover. Most photo books, I don’t even buy!
Bruce Hemingway
bruceh@cs.washington.edu
Just bought the book and I would like to thank you for helping me to reinvent, or at least recall my ‘vision’. I would be proud to display your work, but who wouldn’t be…?
Because I own your book and I’m a Canadian too, eh!
Reading WTF for the 2nd time… does that count? When does book #2 get announced?!!? Great work!
Wow, #198 (I think). Currently meandering through WTF, enjoying the ideas and contrast to my day job. I’m no more deserving than the 197 before me, but I’ll send a gift image your way with no strings attached, related to both a recent posting and your NYC trip. Best wishes for your upcoming travel.
David – I saw APC at PhotoshopWorld this past spring and was impressed with the quality of the samples they showed. I’d love to win the print…and you can contact me at cpbeyers@gmail.com. Thanks, and have a safe trip (be healthy, too…we enjoy your insights and photos).
CPB
Thanks for sharing you in site, knowledge, and great photos
Throwing my digital hat in the ring. Love your blog, the “Oh Sh*t Bag” really resonated with me. My wife and I shot weddings for 20+ years and our “Murphy Kit” was a life saver. Most used item? A new pair of black socks for the occasional groomsman who either wore white socks or went without while wearing a tux. It’s the only thing they don’t rent….
Cheers,
-Jeff
It would be one more reason to buy your book!
Pick me! The left side of my brain has gone missing and I need all the inspiration I can get!