BetterPhoto.com, the worldwide leader in online photography education, today announced a partnership with lens manufacturer Lensbabies. The partnership will be kicked off in November, with Lensbabies providing their award-winning Lensbabies products, as well as their new Lensbabies macro kit, as key prizes in BetterPhoto's monthly photo contest. The BetterPhoto contest, with ten unique categories, welcomed over 22,000 entries in September alone.
REDMOND, Washington (PRWEB) November 14, 2005 -- BetterPhoto.com, the worldwide leader in online photography education, today announced a partnership with lens manufacturer Lensbabies. The partnership will be kicked off in November, with Lensbabies providing their award-winning Lensbabies products, as well as their new Lensbabies macro kit, as key prizes in BetterPhoto's monthly photo contest. The BetterPhoto contest, with ten unique categories, welcomed over 22,000 entries in September alone.
Lensbabies are unique selective focus SLR camera lenses that bring one area of an image into sharp focus, with the sweet spot of focus surrounded by graduated blur. Photographers can move the sharp area anywhere within the photo by bending the lens.
Lensbabies have won American PHOTO Magazine's Editor's Choice Award and Professional Photographer Magazine's Hot 1 Award because they take compelling portrait, botanical, travel, landscape, wedding, fine art, product, fashion and other types of photos. Lensbabies are available for all digital SLR and 35mm film cameras.
"We're excited to partner with BetterPhoto because we have very similar goals," said Sam Pardue, CEO of Lensbabies. "They want photography to be easy, fun, and creative. That's what we're all about."
"Our 150,000 members love to hear about exciting new products," said Jim Miotke, President of BetterPhoto.com. "We're proud to bring such a cool new product to our members' attention."
Lensbabies' recently launched macro kit includes a +4 and a +10 lens that can be mounted onto the front of either the Original Lensbaby or Lensbaby 2.0. The Lensbaby macro kit allows photographers to focus as close as 2" away and get eye popping details with Lensbaby selective focus effects.
BetterPhoto.com brings together nearly 50,000 active members for learning, fun, and community. The site offers over 50 different online photography classes, taught by world-renowned, published authors; the Winter session will begin on January 4, 2006. The monthly BetterPhoto.com contest, considered the best on the web, brings in over 20,000 entries monthly, and awards winners in 10 categories.
About Lensbabies
Lensbabies, LLC is a manufacturer and marketer of selective focus camera lenses. Lensbabies' mission is to bring joy to professional and amateur photographers photographers who wish to see and document the world in a unique and personal way. Lensbabies was founded by Craig Strong, a professional photographer and inventor of the Lensbabies Flexible Lens Mounting System (Patent Pending). Lensbabies launched its first product, the Original Lensbaby, on February 23, 2004 in Las Vegas, NV, at the WPPI trade show. Lensbabies maintains its home office and manufactures Lensbabies in Portland, Oregon, USA.
About BetterPhoto.com
BetterPhoto.com is the worldwide leader in online photography education, offering an approachable resource for photographers who want to improve their skills, share their photos, and learn more about the art and technique of photography. Headquartered in Redmond, WA, BetterPhoto.com is a fun, approachable community, offering online photography courses led by highly respected and published professional photographers, who act as mentors. BetterPhoto also offers a range of gallery and web hosting options that are easy to use and powerfully customizable, and offers a rich community experience and the best photo contests on the web.
For more information, visit the BetterPhoto website at http://www.betterphoto.com.
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