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Photo of the Week

11 May posted by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

This week you can purchase “Sun Flare In December” in a 16×24 size for $40+$10 S&H. Regularly priced at $55.92+ $10 S&H, you’re getting a pretty good discount, on a gorgeous photo that would be a great addition to any room!

Also, don’t forget that you can now shop my photos right from my Facebook page, and until the 20th, I’m offering a coupon code, “1500fans”, that will give you a 25% discount when you spend $25 on my photography site (due to time constraints, I simply cannot combine it with the above offer).

Happy Trails! Have a great weekend, everyone!

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And the winners are…

4 May posted by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Drum-roll please…

Brittni Drennan
Kayla
Erika
Laurie B.
And….
Sunnie!

So you girls, need to email me, via the contact form or find my email on FB (I don’t need spammers grabbing it here), and claim your prize. The FIRST person to email me, will get their choice of prize! Please use the email you used when entering the contest so I can verify identities!

To those that didn’t win- never fear, there’s sure to be another contest, near!

Happy Trails, and Happy Weekend!

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A New Lens Around the Ranch

2 May posted by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Last week I ordered a new, wide angle lens.

Now for you camera junkies, this piece of glass is a 28mm Wide Angle f/1.8 Canon Ultrasonic. The reviews say it should be an L series lens. I’m not going to disagree. And because I know what I’m doing with a camera (or not) I’ll give you guys the “technical” details of each shot below.

I picked it up from the post office yesterday morning, first thing, and then ran around the ranch taking photos in between doing chores.

Here’s Sookie, stalking something.

ISO 400, f/1.8, 1/7999

You can really see her missing-due-to-frost-bite ear in this one:

ISO 320, f/1.8, 1/7999

And more Sookie, because I’m sure you’re not bored with seeing her yet:

ISO 250, f/1.8, 1/7999

ISO 320, f/1.8, 1/7999

Then there’s the fence:

ISO 200, f/4, 1/2500

And everyone’s favorite view of the fence, as was evidenced on Facebook last night:

ISO 200, f/4, 1/1250

Maybe these are contributing to my allergies:

ISO 200, f/2, 1/6400

Same as above.

My traveling partner from the trip, Crystal:

Same as above.

Tiger my wild Tom Cat:

ISO 200, f/2, 1/640

And no photoshoot I do would be complete without photos of everyone’s favorite ranch dog, Jake:

ISO 800, f/2, 1/3200

ISO 320, f/2, 1/3200

ISO 250, f/1.8, 1/1600
And my favorite shot of Jake for the day:

ISO 320, f/2, 1/3200

Because I had extra energy last night I decided to make this with three of the photos I took of Crystal:

I guess stapling up 1/4 mile of fence didn’t take enough out of me yesterday!

Now that you’re all bored to tears, go enter my 1500 fans contest. Hurry!

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It’s Contest Time!

30 Apr posted by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

This week, I should reach 1500 fans on my Facebook Page. And in honor of you folks, the fans that have made that happen, we’ll be having an online ~~party~~ contest!

There will be 5 winners in this sweepstakes- and you can have countless entries!

Here’s the really exciting part though- I spent my rainy Saturday creating a beautiful, 100-page, hard-cover journal just for this occasion. Two lucky people will win one of these. There’s 90 pages upon which you can write your thoughts, recipes or doodles if you’d like (though the pages are lined). Now, if you can’t wait to see if you will win one, or if you can’t leave it up to chance, check it out below and then go buy yours now!

For Your Thoughts- A collection of photos from The South Dakota Cowgirl Jenn Zeller | Make Your Own Book

The other prizes for this contest include two 8×12 metal float mounts (ready to hang and gorgeous -photo of the winner’s choice; retail value of $93.25), and a 16×24 signed print- again photograph of the winner’s choice (retail price $65.25). If you don’t know where all the goods are located, you’ll want to click here.

Now you’re probably all wondering what you’ll need to do to enter this contest, right? I need you to leave a comment right here, on this very blog post telling me you have liked me on Facebook, or already like me on Facebook, or even like me in real life or all of the above. There won’t be any Twitter entries this time, as I’m trying to make my life simpler! All the winners will be selected at random, thanks to my contest generator on the blog. You have from NOW until Friday (May 4, 2012) at noon central time to enter! Be sure to tell your friends!

Happy Trails, and Good Luck!

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Scatter Butte

23 Apr posted by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

I feel it is now worth mentioning (and I happen to have time right now) to share with you some good news. Some of you may remember my photo: Scatter Butte. Last fall I entered it into the Ex Arte Equinus International Art Horse competition. It was selected as as finalist. There were over a thousand entries from 40 countries, and I felt honored that the judges found it good enough to place in such high regard.

I’m offering it as a signed and numbered, limited edition, wrapped canvas in an 11×28 size.

I know you’ll love it as much as I do.

For those that don’t remember the photo, here you go:

I’m offering you the chance to purchase this now- instead of simply locally- as it’s currently offered. Priced at $215 plus shipping and tax where applicable, I think you’ll find this is a great addition to any art collection. Please allow 4-6 weeks from the time of order to the time it is shipped.

Happy Trails!

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Photo of the Week

13 Apr posted by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

This week, in honor of Spring, it’s all about mamas and babies and cute, Oh My!

So I’m offering this pretty, rustic, textured print in a 16×24 for $40+$10 S/H. It’s reguarly priced at $55.92 plus $10 S/H.

I hope you enjoy looking at “Whatcha Doin?” as much as I enjoyed taking it!

Happy Trails and Happy Weekend!

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Camera Love

27 Mar posted by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

I periodically lust after camera equipment and I do get asked from time to time what I have in my bag of tricks when it comes to equipment. Other than an artistic eye, Aperture, and PS CS5, here some of the tools of the trade that I own, and tools that I’d LOVE to own! You can click on each of them individually to see them at their source.

Camera Love by jenn-zeller on polyvore.com

Row one- L-R:
1. Canon 7D. My camera. $1599, 18mp. Shoots HD Video. Love.
2. Canon 50mm lens. F/1.8 $117. I use this lens a lot and I think it’s a must have for every photographer.
3. Photo taken of Miss Indian Rodeo with the 50mm.
4. Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens. $372. A good all-purpose lens.

Row two- L-R:
1. Photo taken of Miss Indian Rodeo 2012, with the 28-135mm lens.
2. Canon 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS lens. A good entry-level telephoto with image stabilization.
3. Prairie Chicken photo, taken with the 250mm Lens.
4. Canon 28-300 f/3.5-5.6L IS lens. Opens wide, for low light settings but only at 28mm. Still a great L series Lens. $2631

Row three- L-R:
1. Canon 400mm f/5.6L No image stabilization in this lens but the price is good! Would not be good in low-lighting situations. $1249
2. Photo of a Hawk, shot with my 250mm lens. It would be an even cooler photo with a 400mm lens. I might not have scared him off!
3. Canon 17-40mm f/4L Ultra Wide Angle Lens. What’s not to love about a lens that can take in more of the landscape? $779.
4. Canon Speedlight 430EX II Sort of a must-have for indoor weddings/parties. $299

Row four- L-R:
1. Canon 400mm f/2.8L IS. My dream camera lens. This lens opens up wide to let in a lot of light, and would really let me take a great photo from a distance in all kinds of lighting conditions!
2. Canon EOS 5D Mark III 22.3MP Camera.. Takes HD video in 1080. My dream camera. Someday!
3. A wedding photography flash and lens kit from BorrowLenses.com. Genius! $215 for a week. Includes a Speedlight, wide-angle lens, 50mm lens, and 200mm L-series Lens.
4. Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS. A great, all purpose lens that opens up wide to let in a lot of light, has image stabilization and let’s be honest, you can’t have too many camera lenses!

What’s in your camera bag or on your Wish-List?

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Photo of the Week

16 Mar posted by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

This week it’s all about the pickup men! They’re the cowboys that come to the rescue if you’re a roughstock rider, and they never get the credit they’re due!

I’m making this photo available as a 16×24, for this week only, if you order through me, for $40 plus $10 S&H. It’s regularly priced at $55.92.

“No Guts, No Glory”

Available until Friday morning, March 30th.

Happy Trails, and Happy Weekend.

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Friday in Pictures

12 Mar posted by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

I’m not sharing all the photos I snapped on Friday- only because sometimes the best things in life are those worth waiting for! Friday afternoon the light was just gorgeous and the weather had turned to spring. You’d never guess there was a foot of snow here the first part of March!

Here’s my naughty, dirty, Papillon, Higgins: