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Don’t Forget Our North Store’s Grand Opening!

Quick reminder everybody: our north store is celebrating it’s grand opening tomorrow and Saturday. That’d be August 6th and 7th, for those in THE FUTURE reading this in the archives (ha! you missed it!). For those of you reading it live, in the present, we hope to see you tomorrow or Saturday. It’s being catered by MBP Catering, and there’ll be prizes. We mentioned those before, yeah?

So, don’t forget to swing out and see us. What’s that? You need the address? Why, sure!

Roberts North Store
12761 Old Meridian
Carmel, IN 46032
317-818-9800

Alright, so, you got the address, you know we’re giving away free things (including one of those hot Kodak Zi8 Pocket Camcorders we’ve been talking about, and a Nikon D3000 kit), so, there’s no reason for us to not see you there, right?



Shoot to Win: Lime Rock Park’s First Motorsports Photography Workshop

You like it fast, don’t you? Fast and dirty. Motorsports, baby. Horsepower, metal, poly-carbonates, dirt, hydrocarbons, speed. Like me, you know how to set your aperture in relation to shutter speed, pick an upper max for auto-ISO, and try not to screw up the composition.

Lucky you, Roberts is proud to co-sponsor a workshop at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut with an option for one day or two days attendance where you’ll get to work with the best Motorsports photogs in the business and have access to some extra Nikon gear. Hit the jump for the full press release. read more



Roberts’ New North Store Grand Opening

You still got your calendars marked for August 6th and 7th to come see us in Carmel, Indiana for the grand opening of our new north store? Good! Great, even! Perhaps, dare we say (dare! dare!)… fabulous?

Wait, you didn’t mark your calendar? Tch. That’ll never do. Let’s see if we can motivate you to do so. Did we mention there’ll be prizes? You know, nifty things for free?

Ah, I see you perking up now. So, let’s see what’s in the bag, yes?

Nikon D3000 with 18-55mm VR

GRAND PRIZES:

Nikon D3000 with 18-55mm VR
Canon SX120 IS

DOOR PRIZES:

AUGUST 6
  • 12pm • TAMRAC Zip Shot Tripod
  • 2pm • KODAK Zi8 Video Camera
  • 4pm • WESTCOTT 417 Green Screen Kit
  • 6pm • SLIK 700DX Tripod
  • 7pm •  TOKINA 35mm Macro Lens

Kodak Zi8 Pocket Camcorder

AUGUST 7

  • 12pm • TAMRON 70-300mm Zoom Lens
  • 2pm • CANON PowerShot SD1300 IS Digital Camera
  • 4pm • LOWEPRO Pro Runner 400AW Back Pack
  • 6pm • TAMRAC Evolution 6 Back Pack
  • 7pm •  CANON PowerShot SX210 IS

Now are you marking your calendar? We bet you are, and we look forward to celebrating this momentous occasion in our company’s history with the people who matter most: you all.



Indy Air Show Photo Contest Entries

So, it has been pointed out to us (by my own father, nonetheless), that there was no actual link pointing to where you can look at all the entries that got submitted before the deadline for the Indy Air Show Photo Contest. This lead to some serious face-palming, and there’s now a nice big graphic when you first land on the blog. You can also hit the link below and go off to review all the photos, and you can even give ones you like/dislike thumbs up/thumbs down. The contest is closed, though, so it’s all just looking now. Winners will be announced on here the first week of August.

http://blog.robertsimaging.com/indy-air-show-2010-gallery/

[UPDATE: The link is broken because both entries and community voting for the contest are closed. Please visit The Indianapolis Air Show's official Flickr page to view this year's entries.]



The Indy Air Show Starts Today, We’re Running the Photo Contest

Today’s the first day for the 14th Annual Indianapolis Air Show. That means only two days until the Roberts Indy Air Show Experience (tickets still available, btw).

And, don’t forget that we’ve partnered with IAS this year to run their annual photo contest. We’ll keep the link for where to go upload those big and up-top here on the blog as long as submissions are open (through the 30th).

You can upload up to three pictures, one in each of three categories: Civilian, Military, and The Air Show Experience. You can also up- or down-vote other submitted photos. In addition to the juried contest (judged this year by Jim Koepnik), the crowd-favorite will also win a prize.

So, don’t forget to join us Sunday for the Experience, and if you can’t make that, at least get out there today or tomorrow and get some good shots in, yeah? Check out the prizes afer the jump if you need more reason to enter.

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Indy Airshow Pictures

Just in case you haven’t gotten your tickets to the Roberts Indy Airshow Experience yet,and are wandering what it’s like, why not look at some photos submitted from last year’s?

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May’s Photo Contest Winner Announced

by Eric Phillips

After a long delay, we’ve finally made it through the over one hundred submissions for our May contest, “Doesn’t Bug Me,” and you should all give a warm round of golf-applause to Eric Phillips for that lovely shot you see above.

The complete list of winners looks like this:

1st prize: Eric Phillips
2nd place: Mary Dezelan Wieseman
Special prize for imagery:  Gregory Nixon
Honorable mentions:
  • Jason Balog
  • Rich Judd
  • Gina Vertrees
  • Connie Etter

See more about this and all winning photos via the external link.



The Roberts Indy Airshow Experience Is This Weekend!

by Mark Norris

It’s close to that time of the year again, oh ye fans of aviation! This Sunday, the 13th of June, in the year 2010, shall be the glorious return of the Roberts’ Indy Airshow Experience! Planes, thrills, and exotic lenses await those seeking adventure, those with the spirit of freedom flowing under their wings.

Come ye with soaring hearts, come to Indianapolis (well, Mt Comfort, anyway.) Come try equipment from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Manfrotto, and Gitzo. Come meet fellow adventurers in this arena called life. Come eat our food.

And, lest we forget, come see the 14th Annual Indianapolis Air Show! Be wowed by The Horsemen and their P-51 Mustang aerobatic show. Be amazed by the VFA-122 Super Hornet Demonstration Squad. Revel in the antics of Michael Goulian. Stroll down history lane with the many grounded planes, bombers, and helicopters.

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New Contest Theme For June

It’s a pretty rare day that I get to put something sexy on our homepage (unless you count the rounded curves of an EOS body, but I don’t swing that way), being the all-ages venue as we are. Which is a bit of an odd compromise, since so much photography is devoted to making things sexy, or glamorous, or what-have-you.

But, I at least got to use this lovely image to illustrate this month’s photo contest theme: feet.

I’m proud of this theme. Feet. It’s pretty open-ended, and it makes you look at mundane things and try to make something spectacular of them. Take a chance, look at things in a new light. And, they’re awkward to compose for, so it’ll make you work on your composition, up your game. Good times.

As always, full details and the link to upload pics available via the external link below (if you’re in a feed you’ll have to click through to the full post).



PhotoWalk 5-24 (Monday – no really, it is.)

We’re meeting at 6:15 on Washington Ave in the parking lot which is East across the river from the Indianapolis Zoo and West across Washington Street from Victory Field. Look at the picture!

at 6:15, whoo hoo

This is where we'll meet and then go someplace interesting. Taking pictures.

It’ll be a ton of fun. Thanks to the Photowalk loyals and newcomers.