Monday, January 28, 2008

Giveaway: Personalized Photo Collage

UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED! I'LL BE CONTACTING THE WINNER WITHIN THE NEXT DAY.





My wife is having fun with this giveaway, so I thought I would join in!

Anyone that knows me knows that I love taking pictures of our daughter and then manipulating them in Photoshop. Here are some examples of some of the work I have done:


























So I am giving one lucky winner (chosen randomly) a custom-made collage using up to five pictures of your choice. It could be pictures of you, your kids, your pets. Anything!

To enter, just leave me a comment telling me what pictures you would like to have made into a collage, along with some sort of contact information (email address or link to your blog).

This contest is open until Friday morning and a winner will be chosen after that. Good Luck!

And don't forget to come back and visit me. I regularly post tutorials on Photoshop and other topics related to photography.

136 comments:

Ramona said...

I love photo's and your Collages are beautiful!

Sarah said...

Will you do a tutorial on turning photos into sketches? I followed the directions in a Scott Kelby book and it didn't come out even close to how I'd imagined.

Love your blog. Great giveaway. Thanks.

ali said...

that's so great!!

Brandi said...

Those are beautiful! I'd love a chance to win!

mama2drama said...

I'd have to say it'd be separate pics of my four girls or if you prefer all of them together. But definitely the girls!

Nick, Megan, Chelsea and Tenlee said...

I would love to have one done with my daughter's pictures...thanks!!

Peggie said...

I love it!! Thanks!

phxbne said...

You are so clever! I think it would be pictures of my daughter with her cousins

Robin said...

I'd love a collage using some professional portraits I had done of my children (I've got access to the original hi res files).

Great giveaway!

Hillary (Mrs. Einstein) said...

I'd love to have a collage of my girls!

HilLesha O'Nan said...

Thanks for the giveaway :)

Stephanie said...

Probably a pic of my newest daughter! I don't have any really nice pictures done of her!

Anonymous said...

very cool!
thanks - camille

wiredwilsons [at] gmail [dot] com
www.snaphappymama.com

Miscellany Mom said...

how wonderful! i would send pics of my baby girl!

Julie said...

Your daughter is adorable. I love the black and white and color picture. I'd like to have my daughter's picture like that.
kevjul[at]gmail.com

Susan said...

Wow, your work is awesome...

Count me in!

Unknown said...

Yes please!! Excellent idea. I love taking pictures, but I hate messing with them--I don't even take away the red-eye even though my husband has shown me how no less than ten times. I would absolutely love your giveaway!!

lstanz3202 said...

Your daughter is beautiful.I would love to have this done for my 4 kids. Thank You!

Keryn said...

I have three precious children and would love a gorgeous collage of all of their blessing (like a christening) pictures. What an awesome blog, too...I'll definitely be back.

Teri said...

what great collages! :) I would probably do ones of my hubby & I since we have no children yet.

Someone Being Me said...

I would love a collage of my son from birth to 1st birthday party. The ones of your daughter are precious.

c allen said...

i would love a collage made with outdoor pics of my 2 kids.

Beth @ TheAngelForever said...

Absolutely gorgeous work! Thanks for the great giveaway :)

TheAngelForever
www.theangelforever.com

Laurel said...

oh you do some nice work!

Lisa Lou Hoo said...

What a unique and original giveaway. I would love a black and white photo collage of my two munchkins as I like to call them. I love playing around with photography and hope to get a little more serious about one day. I'm glad I found your blog and will definately be back. Thanks for the chance to win!
lmfamilo[at]hotmail[dot]com

Lisa said...

Very cool! I would send pics of my 2 little cuties at Disney World.

momofmhasr said...

Looks like you do nice work! I would use one of each of my five daughters.

Wendy said...

Great giveaway:) Count me in!

Real Life Sarah said...

I would probably do a tribute to my grandmother.

Michelle said...

Your work is beautiful! I would absolutely have a collage made of my daughter!

Anonymous said...

Cool prize! Thanks!

Stephanie Kay said...

I would do pics of my daughter, me as a child, and my mom & MIL as children.

Sarah said...

I would do my three children and then a picture of myself and of my husband as children.

Sarah
SeekingHim@gmail dot com

teri said...

Great idea. But I would I pick just 5 pictures of my daughter? She is 18 mos. which means my picture count is at about 10,000!

Anonymous said...

a picture of each of my children (7) so that may be too many as I don't have a photo with them all in it by themselves.


Thanks for the giveaway!

Stop by my place to win a bath set & candles or one of two copies of a book I'm giving away.

Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings

Jean said...

It would definitly be some pics of my kiddos and that includes the dog. These are great! I'd love to win.

Saph said...

Wow!! If I had the time, I would love to learn photoshop and photography! I would love to have this done of me and my hubby and daughter.

Truth said...

I love what you've done. Count me in please.

Michelle said...

Your daughter is adorable and your collages are wonderful! I'd like a collage of pics of my daughter and soon-to-be sibling (I'm due in 4 wks).

Momof4 said...

We have a 5 y.o. DD, 3 1/2 y.o. DD, and almost 2 y.o. DS. I'd like a photo collage or group pic altered. I really liked the sketch effect you had from one of your PhotoShopped pics.

Thanks for the chance to win.

T'aowyn said...

This is so creative. I would love pictures of me and my nephew.

taowyn (at) gmail (dot) com

Kristan said...

I would do a collage of my three beautiful children!! Thank you!

Cindy-Still His Girl said...

What a wonderful giveaway! You'll definitely bless someone!! My husband blogs, too...
www.honeyifedthekids.blogspot.com

Andrea said...

Sounds great!! Please count me in! :)

meddlingkidd said...

Great giveaway! Count me in! Thanks, Jen
meddlingkidd[at]aol.com

meddlingkidd said...

Great giveaway! Count me in! Thanks, Jen
meddlingkidd[at]aol.com

Unknown said...

I would use Brea's photos. I love stuff like this. I hope to learn some things from this site. Thanks

Our Home Schooler and Jen said...

please enter me the draw
Jen

jen34@atconzdotcodotnz

Mary said...

I would likely use photos of the C-130s with mountain shots for my husband - he is active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard and getting ready to move to another duty station, leaving Alaska behind. It would be nice to do a collage for him.

Tia said...

How beautiful

Betsy said...

I would like to have my kids and my dogs included!

naomicatgirl said...

Oh! Pretty! I'd use my boys, of course, as the subject matter!

Britni said...

I would love to have either my wedding photos or engagement photos made into a collage. Please pick me!!

Joanna said...

This sounds like it would make a lovely gift for Grandma on Mother's Day. Enter me, please!

ahiltz said...

Love your work! I am a scrapbooker and love taking pictures of my kids, too! I have a group of pictures that would be perfect, too! I took my 3 kids to a hilly field that was covered in yellow dandelions and took a whole bunch of darling photos of them sitting, lying or picking the flowers! They turned out so cute! Thanks for doing this for a lucky winner! :-)
ahiltzy@yahoo.com

Cathi said...

How lovely! Photos of my grandchildren would be my choice.

mindi said...

I'd love to be entered . . .

nthornsberry said...

Although I want two...if I won I would do one of me and my man...we are reuniting and that would be nice to see

Qtpies7 said...

I don't know what I would do. Maybe find some pics of my husband and I and do something for our anniversary.
Your pics are stunning!

Jenny said...

I would love to have photos of my 3 month old and his daddy.

Angela said...

Awesome work...would love to have a collage of my daughter!!

Gloria said...

I would love one of my daughter, or of my dog, thanks :)
saddeyezz(at)yahoo(dot)com

Dimple Queen said...

Great work! I would love this!

Jenna said...

Super prize. I'd love a collage of my baby girl's pictures!

Sheila said...

I'd love this! Thanks!

Fiddle D. Dee said...

I would love a collage of my 4 children! Please sign me up!

Lea said...

Good idea.
I would love to have a collage of my 4 grandchildren - Emilie and Emma - Johannes and Linnea.
See you soon.
Love from Denmark

Danielle said...

I would love to have a collage done of my daughter. Would you be doing the sketches with it?

Unknown said...

That sounds like a neat prize, of course, I'm here. :) I may have to check back about those tutorials. My husband play on CS3 but I have yet to attempt anything more than adjusting levels and such.

Char said...

Sounds awesome, I am a photographer in the making. This is awesome!! Thanks for the give away!!

http://seeyourjackson5.blogspot.com/

Kailani said...

It would definitely be photos of my girls. I would love to win this. I have photoshop but have no idea how to use it!

anislandlife at yahoo dot com

kailani
An Island Life

Snowbird said...

Oh wow. I have 5 grandkids and this would be fantastic.

Kelley said...

Wow! What great photos...and, of course, your subject is stunning! I would love a collage done of photos of my girls. I do stuff in PSE, but nothing near what you create!

Kelley
kaprahl @ sbcglobal.net

Brittany said...

This would be great to have done of my boys! Please count me in! Thank you!
prettybritty425 @ gmail .com

Hélène said...

I would love a collage of my children.

Kristi said...

Great idea...please sign me up.

Ginny said...

I'd love to win, I'm not that great at photoshop & this would be nice addition to my scrapbook. If I won, I'd pick something of my daughters probably in a dance outfit.

Blessedw5mom said...

LOVE IT!!!
We are expecting our 5th child ... I could send you pictures of each child once she is born!

Hope I win!

Tania said...

I would love to win this and get a collage of my little kitty. He is only seven months old and adorable. Thanks for such a great giveaway.

Becca Mae said...

I would have one of my daughter. She is the 4th child and we have no pics of her and she just turned 1. I know bad momma!

Unknown said...

Great giveaway. Thanks.
hickcrazy1@gmail.com

Britt said...

Definitely pictures of my niece! What a great giveaway, thanks!

Tracy DeLuca said...

What a great giveaway! Enter me please!

missreneer said...

Your work is beautiful and your daughter is absolutely darling. I would love to do a collage of my oldest daughter.

Thank you for sharing your talent and Good Luck Everyone :)

Michelle@Life with Three said...

So glad to find your blog -- I have had Photoshop Elements for two years now and can only do the most basic stuff with it! Your work is beautiful -- I would love to do a collage of my 7 month old daughter -- I just took some pictures of her the other day that would be perfect. Thanks for the chance to win! mlciavola(at)yahoo(dot)com.

Unknown said...

Great idea for a giveaway - I don't have a CLUE when it comes to Photoshop but I love seeing what other people can do. Your collages are beautiful!

fizzledink (at) gmail (dot) com

Katie said...

Ooh, I want this! Your daughter is very pretty. I would do a photo shoot here at home of my 5 month old if I win the collage. I hope to learn to use Photoshop myself, someday.

Thanks for offering such a generous giveaway, and thank you for the chance to win!

katie at dekabyte dot com

Virginia said...

nice. i would love one with my cats. i can never get good pictures of the two of them together, so perhaps a photo collage of individual pics will do.

Liz said...

What a great giveaway! Please count me in! Thanks! I would love to have you do something special with pictures of my son!

Taryn said...

Please enter me. I would love to win this!

crafty_kat said...

Oh wow, I love the bottom left one you posted.... amazing. Would love to win this

Jennifer said...

It would be great to have something like this of my 6 month old daughter!

Hedi said...

Great idea for a giveaway!

your pictures look lovely!

Katie said...

What beautiful work. I would love photo's of my 4 kids.

Chelsea said...

My family! There are 4 of us total and the last pictures done were over a year ago.
www.jcbgrange.blogspot.com

Elise @A Path Made Straight said...

Looks wonderful- thank you!

Rebecca said...

Oh this would be SO fun! Hmm...I've got LOTS of pictures to choose from. Maybe some pictures of the kids & I to send in a care package to my hubby. SO many options. Thanks!

noreen said...

I would use pictures of my girls dressed up like princess bunnies (you kind of have to see the picture)

Amy said...

I think I'd enjoy having some of my travel photos turned into a collage or maybe some pictures of my nieces.

Please enter me?

thank you!

Krista said...

sweet, you just went into my reader. I need help with Photoshop!
I'd do a collage of my son of course, and probably send it to one of the grandparents! (probably the ones with no computer access!)

Emily said...

love it! great idea for a giveaway!

Lisa Garner said...

I would love to have a collage made with my childrens pictures. Yours look wonderful. I'm definetely going to keep checking back so I can try to make some decent photos of my own. Thanks for the great giveaway!

Mary512 said...

i would love to win a collage of photos of my daughter.

my emails in my blogger profile.

thanks for the entry!

M the Mommy said...

I wouldn't even begin to know how to do that with my photos. I would have you make a collage of my twins. Please count me in and thanks for the great giveaway.

MamaGames - Alexa C. said...

Oh I'd love collages of my kids! Thanks for the contest.

Christine said...

Your work is amazing. I would love to have a collage of the different members of our family. Please enter me.

Tara @ Feels Like Home said...

I would like to have a collage made of my daughter's photos.

Missy said...

i love it! i would choose pictures of my four kiddos.
thanks~missy

Kathie said...

please count me in

Unknown said...

No kids, but I'd love something of my husband and me or me and my sister.

Forgetfulone said...

Wow! I would do family members. Those are great!

Unknown said...

what a great prize! Please enter me. Thx! jlazztoo at yahoo dot com

Laura said...

please enter me!!!!!

Jennifer said...

I would love to have some photos of our 3 month old done.

Jennifer (dj3hill98@bellsouth.net)

Kathie said...

please count me in

Rockin' Mama said...

I would love a collage of my baby's pics!

jasonncaryn at yahoo dot com

Chantelle said...

this is an amazing offer! i would love one of my 2 boys. dh and i recently married in april '07 and our boys looked so adorable in their tuxes this would be great to win!

Audra Marie said...

Those are beautiful! Do you do tutorials? I'd love to learn how to do some things like this in Photoshop.

Thanks for the chance to win! :)

adashofsassitude(at)gmail(dot)com

Suzi said...

These look wonderful! Count me in :)

Sarah said...

I love photo's and have four adorable kids that would look fantastic on a collage. Thanks for sharing your talent.

Unknown said...

Thats a fun idea, I would love to win this for photos of my daughter. adavieau@comcast.net

Ashley said...

Your collages are gorgeous!!

ashleyspierce@gmail.com

Romie said...

Wow - you do great work, would definitely love to have something like this. Please count me in.

Michelle Olsen Sasak said...

Jacki is such a wonderful woman, and I know she thinks you're great too. Thanks for holding this giveaway.

I'm not 100% sure of what pictures I'd want to use, but it would be something that included both girls. Sorry I can't be more specific right now.

Anyway, I’d love to be entered.

http://unmainstreammom.blogspot.com/

Thanks!

Julie Donahue said...

Wow! Nice work. I'll have to come back and check your site out!

Amber said...

I would love to have a collage photo of my friends from our spring break trip to Italy! Thanks for the contest and please enter me!

Josie said...

I'd love a collage of my husband and my wedding. We eloped so we don't have any professional photos or anything.

jdeguzman0930 at gmail dot com

Stacey Moore said...

my little loves!! please enter us in your awesome contest!! we would love to win!!

Busy Dad Mumbles said...

This is really cool. What a great giveaway.

My pictures would be of my four kids and lovely wife.

I try to stay out of pictures so I don't ruin cameras/

Please consider me for your prize

Marsha said...

I love taking pics, but don't know all the ins and outs of making them fancy. I'd love to win.
BTW, your photos are beautiful.

Linda SS said...

I love your collages & this would be such a fun prize to win. Of course I'd chose a grandchildren collage:)

Unknown said...

wow those are really good!!! I would love a collage of my little men!

A New Life said...

I would love to win this. I have a baby girl and this would be such a neat thing for her photos!

Aisha

Uniquely Yours said...

I'll be attending a Photoshop conference next week I hope they teach me how to do some of this. This is awesome I think I would use some of our beach pics.

Jamie said...

Wow--
These are incredible. I hope I win!

Alison said...

I'd want one with photos of my two boys. nottheplan@gmail.com