SkeieScapes: Up Close & Personal Photography Review & Giveaway


I'm proud to introduce everyone to a fairly new photographer, Cindy Skeie. She's had a passion for photography for years, but only recently fell in love with macro photography, the art of taking up-close photos of small subjects. You wouldn't be able to tell she started taking these photos only about a year ago! From Cindy's backyard to Central America, she can find the beauty in ordinary things like water drops and bugs and turn them into breathtaking works of art.


You can find numerous galleries of photos on Cindy's website, SkeieScapes. I would say there are 100s of different photos of flowers alone, along with dragonflies, frost, and intricate patterns found in sand and tree bark. Any image seen on the site can be purchased in several sizes of prints, from 5x7 to 16x20, and all can be purchased in a matted version as well.

My Opinion

Now, I'm not a photography expert, but I know good work when I see it! I mean it when I say Cindy's work could easily be featured in National Geographic. I was drawn mostly to the "purple flowers" gallery. Although, the images I saw in the "water drops" category were amazing. The website is very user friendly, making it easy to browse.

I was sent a calendar to review. I was happy to receive it since I actually DON'T have a calendar for this year! It features 12 stunning photos of various flowers. It was of very nice quality, thick pages. It has all holidays listed so you know exactly what day each falls on, which is good for me because I'm never sure of holiday dates other than Christmas or Halloween!

Cindy would love to offer one of you the chance to win the same calendar I received!

***Win It!***  
A 2011 calendar full of beautiful photgraphs!

Mandatory First Entry: Go to SkeieScapes.com, and let me know your what your favorite photograph is!

Extra Entries: (Available after mandatory entry is completed. Please leave separate comments for each entry)

1. Vote for my son and fiance's photo here. Simply leave a comment under the photo saying "I vote for A Kiss from Daddy". You can vote daily until July 10th. (2 entries)

2. Check out this post about the new BARE Bottles that need our help to make it to production and leave a comment about something you like about them for 1 entry. If you pledge $1.00 or more, you get 5 entries!

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Giveaway will end on July 14th at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be chosen be Random.org and emailed. Winner has 48 hours to respond to email before a new winner will be chosen. Make sure you leave your email in comment or make sure it is visible in your profile so I have a way to contact you if you win! This giveaway is open to US residents only.

I received a 2011 calendar to review so I could form an opinion of  the product. No other compensation was received, and all opinions are 100%  mine. Sponsor is responsible for prize fulfillment.

40 comments:

Lisa Brooks said...

Dwarf Iris water drops, Creeping Philox water drops. I narrowed it down to two Barely LOL They are Great photos

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I love the lady bug!!

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i like the toad lily picture
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Melissa Haggerty said...

I love the Touch of Frost collection! Beautiful. My favorite was I think the Touch of Frost 38.

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Jenn Spencer said...

I visited SkeieScapes.com and i like the Dwarf Iris Water Drop.

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Stephanie said...

My favorite is the Nicaraguan butterfly 13!
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I like the water drops picture. ashley wheeler - ash_wheeler@hotmail.com

April said...

I like the red blossom picture

susansmoaks said...

i like the Brunneria 4

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Brittany C. said...

Porcelain Vine 4 is absolutely breath taking

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-Favorite photo: Dianthus 3

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I like the spider web water design
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cman said...

Touch of Frost 5.

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I voted!

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