Week 3 Winner Winner Chicken Dinner :)

Week 3 giveaway winners are

Ashley Hiss Grogg (winner of the prizes from the amazing vendors)

and

Stacie Shular (an action set of your choice)

email us at purephotoshopactions@gmail.com to claim your prize :)

Ohhhh snap we just released 7 free Easter and Spring cards for our fans!! Make sure to go snag yours while they are available!!!!
Thank you for being such amazing fans!!!

Our Big Celebration and Giveaway--Week 3

It is so funny. At the beginning of March we at a little over 8000 fans and we made a goal to hit 10K by the end of the month for a big celebration and sale. We really HOPED it would all work out and we would get 10K fans. We planned the giveaway, the freebie action set (which you can download on the fan page, if you have not!!), and a big sale.

Well, March just ended and thanks to our amazing fans, we have OVER 14K fans! That is simply amazing. (It feels a little impossible, really.) THANK YOU ALL.

And here we are at Week 3 of our big huge giveaway. (We thought there would be 3 weeks, but there are so many fans, it will be 4 weeks to give everyone their chance to shine!)

Ok, so how do you enter this amazing giveaway? Simple! You get to like these awesome vendors on their Facebook pages and then come back here and post on the blog that you did it and you are entered! (While you're liking them, leave them a little love, eh?) We will pick a winner from the comments. How simple, eh?

So one winner will scoop all the prizes listed this week and one winner will grab a set of our actions valued at up to $50. Seriously, you WANT to enter. We have LOTS of awesome prizes and tons of great vendors. You'll want to like them just to know what everyone's up to!

Let's get introducing our vendors!

Our first vendor is Jessica Vaughn Photography. She is giving away a guide to shooting birth photography! Birth photography is really growing and it is amazingly rewarding, but it can be totally overwhelming. Jessica's guide will help you hit the ground running and feeling confident.

Our next vendor is Glam It UP! Danielle of Glam it UP! says of her store:

Glam it UP is all about making women feel their BEST!! I personally have been using this on all of my ladies in the Boudoir sessions. I'm a photographer in Oklahoma and I can't imagine using anything else. All of our make up is FDA approved and made with LOVE!! Glam it UP now offers eyeshadows, blush, light coverage foundations, finishing powder and lip gloss. We are so excited for you to feel Glamm'd UP!

Next up is Marketing and Props for Photographers. Wooden trench bowls are all the rage for newborn photography. Marketing and Props for Photographers has so many AMAZING and artistic options available to the photographer looking to stand out. She has so many color and style choices. The bowls are truly classic pieces of art in and of themselves, just right to be showcased with your photographic art. Please check out all of her options for yourself!

Kelli of Made4You Boutique is our next vendor. Her store specializes in all things related to child photography. She has tutus, hats, hair combs, diaper covers...you name it! It is great to have a vendor where you can look at so many options! She is offering a newborn tutu with a matching headband to the lucky winner!

EmmaLou Banners is our next vendor. (She shows some of her banners on her FB page, but her etsy page is where you can see them all.) Erin of EmmaLou makes adorable custom banners for any occasion you can think of! Birthdays, anniversaries, babies, graduations...and the colors and styles are totally interchangeable! Announce your next event in style!!

Kere of Olive To Sew will be donating a zebra pettiskirt and hairclip to our winner! She says of her shop: It's All Things Crafty: Monogrammed items, sewn pillowcase dresses, camera straps, crocheted fringe bags, tutus, pettiskirts, bloomers, fur rugs, organza clips, feather clips, and pretty much everything photography related! Check out her stuff!!

Lisa of Tri-Bec Creations will be giving the winner a fabulous crocheted hat from her store! Her store is described as "Handmade Sweetness. Hand-crocheted, boutique-style photography props and gifts." Check out her amazing talent!

Whew, is that not a treasure trove of amazing talent? Make sure you like all the vendors and then come back and post for your chance to win it ALL! And stay tuned for Week 4 of our giveaway!

Week 2--Winner!!

Amy McCoy, come on DOWN! You are the winner of this week!!

And Lisa Smiley--you win a set of our actions!

Email us at purephotoshopactions@gmail.com!!

10K Fans and a HUGE giveaway--Week 2

Um.

Wow.

So it's been a week since we started the 10K fan festivities and guess what? Because of you amazing fans, we've hit well over 13K fans. Crystal and I kind of have no words to express our thanks or our love. Basically, you guys rock.

So we're still giving out our 10K action set on the Fanpage. FREE! Snap it up. It's under our exclusive tab.

We are now moving on to week two of our huge giveaway. We have such talented fans and amazing preferred vendors that we really wanted to showcase their complete awesomeness and let all of you fans know about what they're up to. We are so pleased to be able to share these outstanding members of the photography community!

So the rules of the giveaway are pretty simple. To enter, you need to fan each of these talented vendors on Facebook and then come back here and give us a comment, so we know you're entered. Simple, no? One lucky winner will win this whole week. One runner-up will win a set of their choosing of our actions. We are just so excited to have such generous vendors who share their products with our fans.

To Fan the pages... make sure you right click their name and select view in new tab or window so you don't leave our blog... :) Then fan their page and let them know we sent you!!! Shout out the giveaway on your fan pages and make sure you tag @purephotoshopactions in it for another entry!!!

Ok, without further ado, let's kick off this week!

Our first giveaway makes us just crazy giddy. We LOVE Color Inc. Pro Lab. We've used lots of labs, but this is the ONE for us. It is such a pleasure to open my package from Color Inc, and KNOW that when I see the prints, they will look exactly like my color calibrated screen. Their customer service is top notch and their prints are just beautiful. We simply cannot overstate how happy we are to have them as our lab.

And to show how generous they are, they have donated a 16x20 gallery wrapped canvas to our winner! WHOA! About their prize, they say:

Gallery Wrapped Canvas is the perfect way to present your works of art. Each Canvas is hand wrapped around a 1 ½ inch frame with the finest attention to detail. Each piece is properly finished with a wire hanger, bumpers, and you can choose to leave the back open or cover it with Tyvek® backing. In addition, your canvas will be coated with Hahnemuhle protective spray which protects your work from harmful UV rays and other atmospheric contaminants.

By printing on Fredericks Canvas™ our Gallery Wraps are Archival Safe, have a Color Match Guarantee and are made in the U.S.A.

The Color Match Guarantee simply means that the colors on any canvas print will match the colors of the same image on a standard print - 4x6, 8x10, wallets, etc.

If you have an image that comes close to the edge of your wrapped canvas, there is no need to worry! Our experienced team of digital artists will apply our digital side stretching service to ensure that the image is showcased on the front of the canvas.

Lil' Sweet Prince is our next vendor and they have been designing all kinds of special occasion cards for many years now, and their experience shines through. Their cards are top notch and their designs are beautiful. Vanessa says of her shop:

Inspired by the creative chaos that comes from working at home with their little inspirations running around, and with sophistication, style and the sense of humor needed to tackle a full work-day while toting around their tots, this design-savvy team creates superbly stylish photo cards and elegant announcements. The collaborative team behind Lil Sweet Prince creates snapshots of family life that are filled with laughter, joy, and love.

Our next vendor is Nicolette of Love That! Crochet. Her designs are so cute and fun that everyone who sees her talent will certainly be saying, "Love that!!" Her shop has quite a few offerings, so check out her stuff. So adorable!

Amanda of alb|photography is donating the cutest little items! She is donating a headband and (get this!!) a TOP HAT headband! Having recently given birth to a boy, I love that boys are not being left out of the adorable headband craze!! Awesome!!! You have to check this out!

Amy of Props for Tots is offering a 36x36 maternity/newborn wrap in dark green. The color is just stunning. Wraps and fabrics are so flattering for maternity photography. Props for Tots has a large array of props for the maternity/newborn/child photographer. Please check out her page!

Marcy of A Photog's Boutique is offering an very very generous $50 gift certificate to her shop so that the winner can select a prize of their choice. She offers so many fun props (and CAMERA STRAP COVERS...I'm just sayin') that it will probably not be an easy choice. Not easy...but certainly a fun choice!

And the final offering this week is just TOO cute!! (I seriously am eying one...) Sarah of Treasured Rustique is offering a heart or thought-bubble chalkboard! I just love how much whimsy and humor these could infuse into a session. You have to check these out! She has other wooden props and gifts as well, so check out this unique store!

The winner of this week is SO lucky! I just love all of the amazing offerings from our incredible vendors. So, get to entering and fanning. I love having great vendors fanned because it really gives me a chance to see what their newest offerings are and I get to keep abreast of their latest happenings and sales and promos. Fan away!

Attention Photoshop Users!!! New Upgrade :)

Photoshop users!

We now have an upgrade that allows you to adjust the opacity of your action all at one time. Elements uers can not have groups, so we made all of our actions without groups to start off with. However in an effort to save our Photoshop users time, we have changed the Photohop version of the actions to include the groups for free.

If you have purchased your photoshop actions from us, and want the new actions with the upgrade please email us at purephotoshopactions@gmail.com include your paypal email address that you used to purchase your actions.

If you already feel established in your workflow, then don't worry about this update, as it doesn't affect the overall functionality of the actions. Or if you decide to just do it once in awhile in an established workflow, simply click the top layer and the one just above the background layer (while holding down the Shift key) and then click ctrl. (command on a Mac) + the G key and it will make a group. You can open and close the layer to edit individual layers, or close it and adjust the opacity together.

Again, this is only for Photoshop users, not Elements.

Please note that all future purchases will have this upgrade.

Week 1 Winners!

The winner of the WHOLE slew of awesome prizes from our amazing vendors is Sherrie Dates! And the winner of a set of our actions is Erica Baker! To claim your prizes, please email us at purephotoshopactions@gmail.com!

Be on the look out for a post in a minute with week 2!!