The family went to the Providence WaterFire this past Saturday. We try to go at least once a year and this time I took the camera along to capture some of the events. Most of the shots were taken with the Sigma 24-70mm lens.

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DIY Photography is holding a Portrait photo contest with the prize being one of three copies of Portrait Professional 8 software.  There are 3 ways to win a prize as described below.

1. A Black and White Portrait

The first way to win a copy of Portrait Professional 8 is to submit a black and white portrait. The only two rules here are that the portrait must be in black and white and that it needs to be of someone meaningful to you. This someone can be a family member, a close friend or any other person who has positive impact on your life. In the picture description, write why this person is meaningful for you. You can submit a portrait to the contest by sending it to the DIYP Flickr group and tagging it with “DIYP” and “pp8giveaway”. You can see all the submissions here (slideshow). The judge for the Black and white portrait section is Brian - fine art - Auer of Epic Edits, Photo Net Cast and the Fine Art Photoblog.

2. A Color Portrait

The second way to win a copy of portrait professional 8 is to submit a color portrait. The rules are similar: Post a portrait of someone meaningful in your life, be it your wife, husband, child, parent, friend. Anyone for whom you feel strongly. Post the portrait to DIYP’s Flickr pool and tag it with “DIYP” and “pp8giveaway”. You can see all the submissions here (slideshow). This portrait will be picked by no other then Jim - Studio Master -Talkinton from Pro Photo Life.

3. A Portrait Tip

The third way to win a copy or Portrait Professional 8 is to submit a portrait tip. It can be a tip about lighting, posing, post processing, models, anything as long as it has to do with portraits and photography.

This will be an interesting contest as it will make the photographer open up to the viewer.  The results will be more personal that recent contests that I have seen.  Good luck to all that enter.