The first ever Fstoppers Workshop in the Bahamas is happening May 28th - June 1st at Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas and we want to give one of our readers the trip of a lifetime for FREE! We are actually doing 2 separate contests and they both end today, Friday May 28th at midnight eastern time. If you are looking to expand your own photo skills, connect with other photographers in your field, explore a different genre of photography, or simply take a vacation you can write off, this is going to be the event to attend. How do you win this trip for free? Details are below:
Contest 1: All expense paid trip to the 2014 Fstoppers Workshop in Nassau, Bahamas.
This contest is open to everyone world-wide. On February 1st, 2014, one lucky Fstoppers fan will win a flight voucher worth up to $500 to travel to the workshop in the Bahamas. They will also win accommodations for 5 nights at the Atlantis Resort and access to any of the courses offered throughout the event. A passport is required to enter the Bahamas so make sure your documents are current and up to date.
How to enter (each option below will count as a separate entry):
Fstoppers.com: All you have to do is leave a comment on this post below explaining why you want to win this contest. Vulgar or trolling entries will be disqualified/deleted so keep it nice
Twitter: Simply follow @fstoppers and retweet the following message between now and Jan 31st: "Follow @Fstoppers and retweet this message to win a free trip to the Bahamas for the Fstoppers Photo Workshop http://bit.ly/1afo3ky"
Youtube: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel at www.youtube.com/user/fstoppers and leave a comment on this contest video here.
Facebook: Like our Fstoppers Page and leave a comment on this contest post to qualify. BONUS: Share the Facebook contest post on your own wall and earn a second entry.
On February 1st we will randomly choose 1 name from each of the areas mentioned above and randomly draw one as the grand prize winner.
Contest 2: Full Refund on All Paid Classes
This second contest is open only to those who have signed up and paid for a class at the 2014 Fstoppers Workshop. To inspire you guys to sign up early, rather than waiting until the last minute, on February 1st we will pick one lucky attendee and reimburse their entire photography workshop class package. The full refund amount will depend on the number of classes bought prior to the announcement of the winner. Since this year's workshop is limited to about 200 students, your chances of being chosen are much greater than the above contest open to the general public.
Additional Rules and Terms:
All entries must be submitted before 11:59 PM eastern time on January 31st for consideration. Prizes are contingent on winner attending the workshop and are worth no actual monetary value. Winning trip and classes cannot be transferred or given to anyone other than the winner. Passport is required.
To learn more about the first ever Fstoppers workshop head over to www.FstoppersWorkshops.com or watch the video below.
Oh my goodness, I got married there 8 years ago, I am a photographer in Las Vegas AND this workshop happens on my birthday. Isn't that meant to be? What a dream. Perfect setting.
I'd love to win this opportunity to totally immerse myself in photography with no distractions & learn from some of the best out there!
Love photography!!! Working with and learning by the pros would help me greatly is pursuing my passion
This is exactly what i've asked santa for xmas ;)
Winning this would be so phenomenal! So phenomoneal that I wrote that on two websites ;) ANYWAYS...enjoying the sun with people who share the same passion as me....that's like pure perfection! :) Would LOVE to have the opportunity to go!
I haven't done much photography since I took classes in college and I absolutely loved them. I have been rolling the idea around in my head for a while now about getting back into it but don't really know where to start. For me, winning this trip would be so helpful in getting me back into photography and learning a ton of new stuff!!!
I would love to go :)
I would love to have the opportunity to meet and network with so many great people, build upon what I know, and of course, see such a beautiful location. Looking forward to the drawing!
This is great! I'm new immigrant in Toronto, this could be a door for me to fullfill my dreams. Thanks fstoppers for picking me up as a winner . . . :))
I want to go because it is a beautiful place and you get to experience it with ridiculously talented people! Win-Win!
What an awesome opportunity to learn photography tips and tricks from some of the most amazing photographers! Attending a workshop like this would really help me (or anyone) launch a full blown photography business! Could very well be the most important workshop one would ever attend.
Would love the opportunity to learn how to take my semi-pro photography to the next level. To push myself outside of my comfort zone and to run my business more efficiently.
I would love this opportunity! I've reached a point in my photography where self-taught skills are reaching its limits. This workshop will bring my photography game to that next level, and perhaps I can finally leap into the photography world full-time 24/7 everyday. #daydreaming
I would love to win this contest and here is why, I am a 20 year old Wedding Photographer Based in San Francisco. I picked up my first camera at 13 years old and Started out shooting skateboarding with a nikon d40. A couple years later I dropped out of school when I was 15 years old and ended up homeless in Los Angeles. After living homeless for about a year i decided I wanted more in life and starting shooting more and more. Eventually making enough money to buy some decent gear, then enough to get my own place to live, and then eventually enough to move to san francisco and Book 50+ weddings this year. I'm incredibly grateful for my success and my only desire is to continue furthering my career and be the best I can be. Certainly this workshop with help me with that desire.
Went to college for film, worked at a bank for 2 years, then quit my job on a whim to pursue photography. This is definitely the course I need to jump start my photography in the right direction!
This would be a great opportunity to learn from the best in the business. Plus, it's in the Bahamas.
No sad stories here, nobody died, did not get my car repossessed, didn't get laid off, I divorced but my ex left me the trailer home, the 32" TV and the jacuzzi tub in the back. The dog is also here. I just want to go to the Bahamas for the Fstoppers Photo Workshop and learn me something!!
I would love to win this to learn more about bettering my craft and business. Good luck everyone!
Who wouldn't want to go to something as career enhancing as this! There's not a lot of opportunity for these kind of courses in Australia where I am, and you couldn't really ask for a more picturesque location than the Bahamas!
I've never been to the Bahamas. I would love to go and flex my photography muscles in such a beautiful location!
It's freezing in Wisconsin. I would like to be warm on photo shoots for a change!
Looking forward!
I live in the midst of the beautiful Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, but I'd love a chance to visit the Bahamas.
I have a sob story like many, which I could use in an attempt to cry my way to the Bahamas, but do I deserve to be there any more than others? Probably not. We all do, and have, struggled at some point. However, the journey I have been on over the last few years has taken me to a place where I have been forced to totally transform my life. I'm still on that journey and will be for some time. This will help immeasurably so...
I would love the opportunity for some great learning from these kick a$$ photographers! It's exactly the kick in the butt I really really need right now!
OMG guys, after seeing your video I am so positive charged, it is going to be the best workshop ever! With so many stars like Aaron Nace, Mark Wallace, Rob Grimm,... It would be more than my dream become a part of this workshop. I am sure it would helped me to fulfill my kid dream to become a professional photographer one day. Thanks for giving us this chance fstoppers.com
This workshop would be a great oportunity so i can be able to experience something that otherwise i couldnt affor! I would love to have the chance to learn as much as possible. Also to have the opportunity to do so in such an amazing place will be incredible!!!!!
Why i need to go? Because this is gonna be a Jedi Master Class!
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I'm a young guy with a passion for landscape and travel photography. This workshop would mean the world to me in helping gain the necessary skills to create better images and get noticed in the photography world. I would love to have this opportunity!
What a fantastic opportunity for all who can be involved in this!
An amazing opportunity for anyone going and an amazing gift for anyone winning! ...And of course I do hope to go as well. ;)
All the best!
Opportunities like this rarely come along and it would be such a great learning experience for me. I have been following fstoppers for some time now and know that the knowledge they share has been invaluable to me. I can only imagine what else I could learn from these professionals. It would be fantastic to go.
I haven't had any photographic tuition for more than 30 years, so it's about time and what a wonderful location to learn in
Well worth a try :)
Would love to be able to attend so that I can improve my lighting and posing skills as I build my portrait business!
Thanks, would love to participate..
Why? Two biggest reasons? Peter and Mark. Oh. My. God. Yes!
Having taken Peter's Headshot Intensive Online, I'd like nothing better than to hang with Peter and thank him personally!
Talk about the one thing I would love to be able to attend. Not to mention the fact that I would love to have the chance to actually travel and get on a plane for once in my life! As a person who has never really had much of a chance to travel this is the one workshop I would love to attend. Being able to learn more about photography and a chance see a part of the world that I'll probably never really get the chance to see.
I would love to win this contest so I can learn photography from the best photographers!
Having a passion for photography is one thing, starting a photography busoness is another; but at 20 years old I still have a lot to learn. After spending the last year focused on the business side of photography, this would be a great opportunity to see the great photographers of the world against and expand my photographic expertise. After going through the headshot intensive online, focusing on the fstoppers DVD the art behind the headshot, and venturing through your extensive wedding workshop, this addition would be a vital key to the success of my business. I am always looking for new ways to grow and would Absorb the information from this workshop. The reason I chose photography is because zack arias taught me that there is nothing more important than family, and I want to be able to spend time with mine and support them without spending 8 hours a day in a cubicle.
Hi! I am an aspiring photographer and would love, really NEED to learn Much More to fulfill my dreams!! This sounds like a GREAT Opportunity for whoever attends.
What an amazing competition - I'd love the chance to learn from Peter Hurley. I've learnt so much from his DVD and I'd love to attend one of his workshops.
This would be a game changer. Photographers that rock my world and in the Bahamas? Well that is crazy good.
Hi! My name is Aaron I'm 21 years old and I'm from Mexico currently living in Guatemala. Right now I'm taking a gap year to rediscover myself and to find inspiration to wake up the creativity and the talent that I know it's inside of me. So far I've learn a lot about photography all by myself watching tutorials on YouTube by great photographers who inspire me to create stunning images such as Aaron Nace. Most of my work is done with no budget at all and because I live in Guatemala sometimes getting the right equipment can be difficult but this has not been an obstacle for me to grow as a photographer. I always find the way to improvise and replace the expensive equipment with something I have in front my eyes to create the image I have on my mind. Winning this trip would be an amaizing opportunity to learn more about my personal work and to finally meet the people that have helped me this year to grow as a photographer and give them a personal thanks. Plus the fact that I would be hanging with lots of photographers from all around the world. It would be like living a dream where you could find inspiration in a paradise (literally). If you want to check my work please do not hesitate on visiting my website www.snaidermanmedia.com. I really hope you consider me for this amazing prize!
Making beautiful photographs is my passion, and this would be my chance to get me sooo much closer to my dream as an established photographer who makes that difference! Please F-stoppers, pinch my arm on May 28th!
After graduating this past December with a BS in Photography...It would be nice to compare all the BS I learned to what real world professionals have to say.
i dont always enter online contests. but when i do....
I would so love to be there. Planning to make this year the year of shooting, and F/Stoppers has definitely helped my so much already. Either way, enjoy the warm weather attendees!! Hope to see you there! :)
Choose me because I have a passport, I'm TSA prechecked, photography is my passion, I'm a life long learner, I've never been to a REAL workshop, just workshops that turned out to be shootouts, and I love to pay things forward. I don't know everything about photography, but I'm always happy to help someone who's just beginning. And finally, I live in DC and I've been stuck in the polar vortex for the last 30 days!