PhotoShelter’s Shoot! The Day Community Prize

The interest in Shoot! The Day — our killer day to replenish stock photography — is growing daily, so instead of just waiting until July 20 to start having some fun, we approached some of our friends and partners and came up with a little weekly contest idea.

So on Thursday June 26, we’re going to pick three people in the Shoot! The Day Community Site who have the best avatar as judged by us! That’s right, all you have to do is create your community site account and upload a square photo that represents you. Next week Thursday we’ll pick the ones that tickle our fancy the most.

THE PRIZES
Nikon Capture NX 2.0
Nikon’s just released RAW processing and workflow tool. I don’t think you can even buy it yet (although there is a free trial download here). I use Capture NX to process all my NEF files from my D3.  So does Darrell Young and Ed Rooney.

Apple Aperture 2.1
Grover loves this software. Vincent Laforet loves this software. And version 2.1 is seriously awesome — much faster than its predecessor, and still with all the great image processsing and batch processing capability that defined this category of software.

Lowepro
I’ve been using Lowepro bags for years starting with their Reporter bag, then a Stealth Reporter, then a big Photo Trekker backpack, and currently I use a Computrekker because it’s better for my back and holds a laptop. The stuff works, it’s durable, and we’re psyched that they joined us as a sponsor for this prize. This week, they’re giving out the just announced Lowepro Nova 190 AW (that’s “all weather” to you).

Could it be any easier to win a cool prize? Big ups to our friends at Nikon, Apple and Lowepro for helping us support the community!