To celebrate the release of our newest wedding tutorial, Fstoppers is giving away a free flight and accommodations to Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai! One lucky reader will fly out to GPP during March 2013 to attend one of the coolest photo workshops on the planet. If you win, you will pick the workshops you want to attend as well as win digital copies of Peter Hurley's The Art Behind The Headshot and Fstoppers' How to Become a Professional Commercial Wedding Photographer. All the juicy details are inside this post
In order to make this contest easy to enter and accessible to everyone, we have allowed readers to enter in three ways. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter and you can be from any country in the world. You can enter across all three platforms to increase your chances of winning.
Enter through Fstoppers.com:
Simply leave an encouraging comment in the Disqus bar below to enter. Any vulgar or inappropriate comments will be removed and disqualified.
Enter through Facebook:
Like Fstoppers and Gulf Photo Plus on Facebook and leave an encouraging comment in the Win A Free Trip To Gulf Photo Plus post on our Facebook feed. Due to the fact that we failed to mention it in the video, "liking" Gulf Photo Plus' Facebook page is not mandatory.
Enter through Twitter:
Tweet the following message in it's entirety to enter. While multiple tweets won't increase your chances, they will give you Karma points with the Fstoppers staff :)
"Follow @fstoppers and @gulfphotoplus and retweet this message to win a free trip to Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai http://bit.ly/US4SYy"
All entries must be made between now and Friday January 18th, 2013 at 11:59 pm US Eastern Time. One "semi finalist" from each of the three platforms will be randomly picked. One of those three names will be randomly picked from a Nikon Coffee mug as the lucky winner! Stay tuned for an announcement on Monday January 21st to see who will be packing their bags and meeting us out in Dubai.
What is the grand prize?
The flight and hotel will be covered by Fstoppers (up to a maximum of $3000). Make sure you can schedule time off from whatever you might be doing between March 1st - 8th. The trip is non refundable if you are not able to attend in which case a random semi finalist will be chosen to take your place. Gulf Photo Plus is supplying a winner with an all access workshop pass for any workshops that have availability.
You will also receive a copy of our newest wedding tutorial: How To Become A Professional Commercial Wedding Photographer. You can learn more about this in the video below.
The winner will also receive a copy of Peter Hurley's tutorial, The Art Behind Headshot. You can learn more about that here:
If you have purchased either of the DVD's or your ticket's to Dubai for Gulf Photo Plus and you happen to win, we will reimburse you for everything you have already purchased. Good luck to everyone who enters and I hope you are as excited about this as we are here at Fstoppers.
843 Comments
I could sure use this trip! Best of luck everyone!
Unreal opportunity! This is awesome!
i have been following your page ever since i saw the iPhone photo shoot, and i keep checking it daily first thing in the morning with my facebook and gmail. the page has been really helping me know and understand photography and accessories better, and winning this contest will help me go up another step as a photographer, my passion which am trying to turn into a profession. Thanks for the generosity! :)
Holy beegees. Winning would be downright incredible.
This would be an amazing trip to go on.
I would feel very privileged and extremely excited to be given the opportunity to attend Gulf Photo in Dubai. I can only imagine coming back a better photographer. Thanks.
I never win. :)
You guys are awesome and I would love to join you in the madness :) Crossing my fingers to win this thing :)
I would be the best winner you've selected. I'd document every important moment of the trip in both photo and written fashion. I'd jump for joy 2013 times as well !
I have always wanted to attend this since seeing Zack Arias post about a few years ago. This would be awesome!
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Thanks for the great contest!
Every night when I get home from work, FStoppers is the first email I open. I connect to most of your links with interest and your layout is simple, easy to learn, with insightful articles and a total joy. Thanks for this contest guys...Stay Awesome!
Thank you Fstoppers!! Such an invaluable photography resource!
Sweet! Keep up the great work guys!
Discovered Fstoppers a few months ago. Great site with great info. I would love to go to Dubai
wow i would love to grab this as it my aim to go full time this year as a wedding photographer. getting these dvd now would be amazing and going to DUBAI you guys are spoiling us….
Every night when I get home from work, FStoppers is the first email I open. I connect to most of your links with interest and your layout is simple, easy to learn, with insightful articles and a total joy. Thanks for this contest guys...Stay Awesome!
You guys are revolutionaries in the realm of photography. Thanks for offering this opportunity. VIVA FStoppers.
Damn, I am already going.
Sign me up! It's on the bucket list.
I'll throw my hat in the pot. Why not!
This is amazing, if I ever win this contest, I'll have to be careful not to break the ceiling of my house because I'll jump so high, unfragging believable!!!
You guys are again, freaking amazing! So excite, I hope I'll win this contest and fly with you guys! :) Cheers!!!!
Sign me up! It's on the bucket list.
This would be an amazing opportunity - best of luck to all!
Awesome giveaway! I would love to travel to Dubai as I have always dreamed going to that area of the world.
Q: the message we have to post on twitter is just this ? to win a free trip to Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai http://bit.ly/US4SYy” ? Tks in advance! :)
Patrick and Lee! I would love to join you guys at Photo Plus! It would be such an amazing experience and great opportunity to learn from the masters! Hope you can choose me!
- Joe
I have never fainted in my life. DO IT!
I'm up for expanding my photography skills and an adventure :) Count me in!
This is beyond awesomeness! You guys rock! :D
Awesome contest. It would be amazing to travel to that part of the world to continue learning and shooting the amazing sights.
-Brian
This is an amazing giveaway! I'm blown away by this generosity! And gulf photo plus is an amazing experience.
After 13 years in the IT industry and sitting behind a desk I have slowly been building a portfolio in hopes to transition out of the corporate world...your tips have inspired me and given me the courage to take this step...this would be my reward for the effort. Regardless of who wins...thanks!
This is an amazing giveaway! I'm blown away by this generosity! And gulf photo plus is an amazing experience.
To me, Peter Hurley's DVD is the grand prize. A trip to Dubai Photo Plus is just icing on the cake.
Well, it would be so nice to go Dubai.
I have just been introduced to FStoppers and I'm hooked! Great website, content, and an amazing contest! That is one of the places that I always wanted to travel to for shooting! Fingers are crossed!
Epic contest! You don't even have to do anything. Dubai sounds awesome
I can't wait to see inspiring photographers like David Hobby, Zach Arias, Joe McNally, Greg Heisler, and more!
This sounds amazing-thanks for putting together such a generous prize! :)
I can't wait to see inspiring photographers like David Hobby, Zach Arias, Joe McNally, Greg Heisler, and more!
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Dubai! That would be an awesome experience. Please sign me up!
This trip to gulf photo is nice addiiton to Peter's and Fstoppers DVD's :-)
great opportunity! would love to win and go be inspired!
This is great site with great articles which just got more awesome. :) good luck
What an AMAZING contest! GPP is on the top of my list of workshops/photography events that I want to go to, it's just so far away from Indiana that I haven't been able to make it happen yet.
This would be a great opportunity to learn so much!! Thanks for the chance!
Gulf Photo Plus or Bust! Fstoppers, you are the peanut butter to my jelly. Some would even say the Bees Knees. I know its gonna be a great trip!
Gulf Photo Plus or Bust! Fstoppers, you are the peanut butter to my jelly. Some would even say the Bees Knees. I know its gonna be a great trip!