VSCO Film has been getting a good amount of attention recently, with professional photographers saying that the software indeed makes digital photographs look like they were shot with a film camera. Today we’re going to be giving away two copies of VSCO Film Studio 01 worth $199 each! This package has ACR and Lightroom presets designed specifically for Canon and Nikon cameras, in addition to the universal ones. You can watch a video intro of the software here.

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Describe your own photography in seven words or less

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following text anywhere in the tweet:
   

   http://bit.ly/ppvsco #ppvsco

   As long as the link and tag appear in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

This contest will end Thursday, January 26th, 2012. We’ll randomly pick two winners using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 452 comment entries and 254 Tweet entries for 706 entries overall. The randomly selected winners are…

#295: nightskymn

Capturing earthly wonders and creating cherished memories. [#]

#600: @notarnold

Creamy filmic simple relaxing heart-warming bokehlicious faded [#]

Congratulations! Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! Please stay tuned for more awesome giveaways!

A big thanks to Visual Supply Co for providing the prize for this giveaway!

We have a fun giveaway for y’all this week: three lucky winners will each receive 15 sheets StickyGram magnets made from Instagram photos. Each sheet contains 9 magnets and costs $15, so you’ll be receiving 135 magnets worth $225!

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Tell us what you’re trying to improve at in photography right now

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following text anywhere in the tweet:
   

   http://bit.ly/ppstkgm #ppstkgm

   As long as the link appears in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

This contest is open to readers around the world, and will end Friday, November 25, 2011. We’ll randomly pick winners using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 120 comment entries and 57 Tweet entries for 177 entries overall. The randomly selected winners are…

#114: Torre

Trying to catch the moments that are often missed…

#159: @j2erz

Trying how to get better with flash photography!

#86: Mollie

I’m tryin to actually get around to the projects I have in mind!

Congratulations! Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! Please stay tuned for more awesome giveaways!

A big thanks to StickyGram for providing the prize for this giveaway!

P.S. For the next two weeks, you can also order StickyGrams for 15% off with the promo code “PETAPIXELFRIENDS”.

Hello peoples. We’re back this week with another awesome giveaway. This week one lucky winner will receive a couple great prizes graciously donated by UPrinting: a 2×3 foot canvas print made using your photo (worth $122) and a $300 gift certificate to a camera store of your choice!

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Tell us what you’d buy with the $300 gift card

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following text anywhere in the tweet:
   

   http://bit.ly/uprintpp #uprintingpp

   As long as the link appears in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

Shipping for the canvas is free, including for international readers. This contest will end Sunday, November 20th, 2011. We’ll randomly pick a winner using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 660 comment entries and 307 Tweet entries for 967 entries overall. The randomly selected winner is…

#766: Joe Tobiason (@JTobiasonPhoto)

I would really love a 24mm f2.8

Congratulations! Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! Please stay tuned for more awesome giveaways!

A big thanks to UPrinting for providing the prizes for this giveaway!

It’s a bit of a slow news day, but we have something neat to make up for it: a camera bag giveaway. We’re giving away a Camps Bay backpack by ONA worth $429. Crafted out of waxed canvas and leather, the stylish backpack can hold a DSLR with a large lens attached, along with up to 7 extra lenses, a laptop, and personal items.

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Tell us what you love most about photography

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following text anywhere in the Tweet:
   

   http://bitly.com/onabpp #onabags

   As long as this text appears in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

Sorry, but shipping is free only to US residents. If you’re based overseas and enter, you would be responsible for shipping if you win (we’re not sure how much that would be yet). This contest will end on Friday November 4th, 2011. We’ll randomly pick a winner using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 786 comment entries and 442 Tweet entries for 1228 entries overall. The randomly selected winner is…

#206: Mark Antoniou

I love that photography makes you look at the world differently.

Congratulations! Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! Please stay tuned for more awesome giveaways!

A big thanks to our sponsor ONA Bags for providing the prize for this giveaway!

Our new Camera Stickers have been quite a hit since we introduced them yesterday, so we thought we’d do a fun sticker giveaway this weekend. One lucky, randomly selected reader will receive 60 sheets of Camera Stickers, worth $100! With 91 stickers on each sheet, that’s a whopping 5,460 stickers — enough to quit your sticker-earning job and retire comfortably.

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Tell us what you’ll do with the camera stickers

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this PetaPixel.com post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following text anywhere in the tweet:
   

   http://j.mp/cmrstkr #camerastickers

   As long as that text appears in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

This contest will end Monday, September 5th, 2011, and is open to international readers as well. We’ll randomly pick a winner using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 224 comment entries and 136 Tweet entries for 360 entries overall. The randomly selected winner is…

#275: Olga Bēma (@oldziniex)

i will stick them on my workplace.. everywhere xD

Congratulations! Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! If you didn’t win, don’t despair — you can pick up 3 sheets of stickers (273 stickers total) for just $5 over in our store. If you’ve bought some already, thanks a lot for supporting this blog! :)

It’s been way too long since we’ve done a giveaway — three months, in fact — so today we have an awesome one: one lucky (and randomly selected) reader will receive a large 30×40-inch SmugMug MetalPrint of their favorite photo worth $301.50 and a year of SmugMug Pro worth $150 — a combined value of $451.5. This giveaway is open to international readers as well, and it’ll be shipped right to your door for free.

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Tell us the best photo advice you’ve ever received

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this PetaPixel.com post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following link to this post anywhere in the tweet: http://j.mp/ppsgmg

   As long as the link appears in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

This contest will end Friday, August 26th, 2011. We’ll randomly pick a winner using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 444 comment entries and 253 Tweet entries for 697 entries overall. The randomly selected winner is…

#538: Claudia Cooper (@claud26point2)

I learned this advice – BSE (background, separation, edges) in a photography workshop [#]

Congratulations! Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! Please stay tuned for more awesome giveaways!

A big thanks to SmugMug for providing the prizes for this giveaway!

We just passed the 10,000 fan (well, technically they’re called “likes” now) mark on our Facebook page, and to celebrate, we’re going to do a pretty exciting giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a ThinkTankPhoto Retrospective 30 camera bag worth $179, a ThinkTankPhoto Pixel Pocket Rocket for storing CF cards worth $16.50, and three 24”x36” UPrinting canvas prints worth $366 (they cost $122 each). The combined value of the prizes is about $560.

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Tell us how you first heard about PetaPixel

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following link to this post anywhere in the tweet: http://j.mp/pp10000

   As long as the link appears in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

This contest is open to international readers as well, but free shipping for the three canvas prints is only offered to US residents. If you win and would still like the canvas prints, you will be responsible for the shipping charges.

This contest will end Sunday, May 22, 2011. We’ll randomly pick a winner using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 534 comment entries and 186 Tweet entries for 720 entries overall. The randomly selected winner is…

#434: Sasa

Like all good friends in life, it seems that we’ve known each other forever :)

Congratulations! Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! Please stay tuned for more awesome giveaways!

A big thanks to ThinkTankPhoto and UPrinting for providing the prizes for this giveaway!

This week we’re having a giveaway for a lesser known but pretty nifty product: the Pogoplug Video. It’s a device that hooks up your external hard drives to the Internet to create a “personal cloud”, allowing you to access your photographs and files from anywhere. We’re giving away three (3) of them, with each one worth $199.

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Tell us the ISO number you use the most

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following link to this post anywhere in the tweet: http://j.mp/pppogo

   As long as the link appears in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

This contest is only available to people in the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

This contest will end Sunday, May 15th, 2011. We’ll randomly pick the three winners using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 532 comment entries and 201 Tweet entries for 733 entries overall. The randomly selected winners are…

#483: Kevin Abrams

iso 200 most of the time

#60: ChelseaSektnan

I like to get my 400 on, unless I’m feeling a little dark, 3200 lights up my shots! http://j.mp/pppogo

#443: Zack

Almost always 100, never about 400

Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! Please stay tuned for more awesome giveaways!

A big thanks to Pogoplug for providing the prizes for this giveaway!

Ready for another giveaway? We are. This week we’re giving away a Tamron AF18-270MM F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD lens for Canon, Nikon, and Sony DSLRs worth $650. This is the world’s smallest and lightest 15x zoom lens, and is designed for crop sensor cameras. If you have a full frame DSLR and win this contest, you’ll receive a substitute lens of equal value.

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Tell us the most recent photography related purchase you made

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following link to this post anywhere in the tweet: http://j.mp/pptmrn

   As long as the link appears in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

Sorry, but this contest is only open to US residents, unless you’re willing to pay for the shipment of the camera overseas yourself. In that case, feel free to enter (though we don’t know how much shipping would cost right now). This contest will end Monday, April 11th, 2011. We’ll randomly pick a winner using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 1050 comment entries and 460 Tweet entries for 1510 entries overall. The randomly selected winner is…

#720: Ajeet

Just purchased a Canon 50mm 1.8 II

Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! Please stay tuned for more awesome giveaways!

A big thanks to Tamron for providing the prize for this giveaway!

This week we’re doing a smaller giveaway just for fun, but the prize can only be shipped to addresses in the US (sorry international readers!). We’re giving away the two Sharan cardboard pinhole camera kits that we featured here a while back. The Std-35e shoots normal 35mm images and is worth $25, while the Wide-35 does panoramic photos.

To enter this giveaway, all you need to do is:

Link us to a favorite photo of yours taken in 2011

There are two ways to enter, and doing both methods will give you 2 entries in the contest, and thus double the chance the win!

1. Leave your response as a comment on this post
2. Tweet your response, and include the following link to this post anywhere in the tweet: http://j.mp/sharan

   As long as the link appears in the tweet, you’ll be automatically entered in the contest.

This contest will end Sunday, April 2, 2011. We’ll randomly pick a winner using random.org and update this post. Good luck!

Update: This giveaway is now over. We received 31 comment entries and 17 Tweet entries for 48 entries overall. The randomly selected winners are…

#2: John Dunahoo (STD-35e)

one of my favorite photos… Orlando, FL

#24: Michael Wilson (Wide-35)

Recent HDR photo of Goldwater Lake in Prescott, AZ

Please email editor@petapixel.com to claim your prize (we’re contacting you as well).

Thanks to everyone who entered! Please stay tuned for more awesome giveaways!

A big thanks to Brooklyn5and10 for providing the prize for this giveaway!