Are You #PenReady? You NEED an Olympus PEN E-PL3 Camera & I Have 1 To Give! {GIVEAWAY!}

I've been posting a lot of pictures over the past few months. I've been inspired by views and images, both grand and simple, and thanks to my new Olympus PEN E-PL3 camera, I've been able to capture these moments with beauty and ease.

visions of NYC thru the eye of my Olympus PEN E-PL3 cameraI'm the annoying photographer that keeps stopping you on the street to take pictures of the minutia of life. FDNY shield on the street, an old lock set on a brightly colored door, or one of the many fabulous window displays lining 5th Ave. But to me, those are the moments of a trip. The sights that are burned into your brain. The images that make up your experiences. 

While NYC is a {wanna-be} photographers DREAM, think about all the amazing photo opportunities afoot now that it's FALL! Changing leaves, apple picking, Halloween and the holidays... all things you NEED a new amazing camera to capture.

Well - YAY! I have one for you. 

The nice people at Olympus want you to love this camera as much as I do, so they giving one HipMamaB reader their very own PEN E-PL3!

Valued at (aprox) $599, this 12 MP camera gives you the benefit of being smaller, but with the chance to have more artistic control of your images (if you so want). 

Olympus PEN Lite key specifications:

• 12MP Live MOS sensor
• 120 Hz 'Fast AF' focus system with 35-point area AF
• Clip-on flash (included)
• Built-in autofocus illuminator light
• 460,000 dot tilting LCD screen (16:9 aspect ratio)
• Dual-core TruePic VI processor
• 1080i60 movies in AVCHD format
• Shadow tone adjustment control
• Revised and expanded Art Filter mode (with quick preview option)

Let's be honest. This camera is just, plain, RAD.

And I get to give one away! Wheeee!!!

Contest is now closed - winner will be announced shortly 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good Luck!

*disclosure: Olympus cameras gave me a PEN E-PL3 camera to have, and one to giveaway. Thoughts and feelings about the camera are my own.

Comments

[Annie]

I love to photograph my kids in their costumes :)

[Rachael]

I love fall!!! And pictures of my kids are definitely top on my list....especially dressed up on Halloween!

[Kristine]

Want!

[Grace {formerly gracie}]

I always do our family photos in the Fall because I love the colors and the light. To borrow a photography term, it feels like "magic hour" all day.

[Megan]

I live by Oak Glen and the apple trees there are fabulous!

[Becky]

I need a new, smaller(ish) camera so I can capture the moments with my kids on something besides my phone. (Because I hate dragging out the huge camera.)

[Terri]

All the festivities and decorations bring out the amateur photographer in me.

[Julia]

I totally want one! Yay!

[Carol]

What *isn't* my favorite thing to photograph in the fall? Leaves, pumpkins, apples from our tree, Halloween costumes... all of it!

[tiff]

I personally love to capture everything in the fall, but one of my recent faves has been my yearly pilgrimage to watch a football game at Virginia Tech. Getting the gang back together to relive our 'glory' days and photographing the fun is so much fun!

[Christy]

I'm in New England, so my favorite is to be at a farm with the leaves changing colors, and mums everywhere, and pumpkin and gourds. It's a gorgeous color palette.

[DC Beth]

I love to photograph my kids having fun at soccer, in their costumes, the school fair and at holiday gatherings!

[Nichole]

I love your NYC photos! It would be really nice to have a high-quality, small camera to keep in my purse. I love my "big" camera, but it isn't all that easy to tote around! My favorite thing to photograph in the fall is the year's first trip to the apple orchard!

[Angela England]

I love the colors, the decor, the kids, the softer light in the fall makes my kids' skin look amazing and my photos look better....all of it! :-)

[Gabe]

my two favorite things....pens and cameras. And to have one on you at all times to capture that moment in time

[Lisa Frame]

My favorite thing to photograph in the fall? Barns.

[Dixie]

I want to capture every fun moment with my kids! And i nice camera is the best thing you need! :)

[Danielle]

Super rad giveaway!! Love taking pictures of my girlies having fun <3

[bobo~]

My favorite thing to do in the fall is to relax with a generous slice of pumpkin pie, while strolling around the neighborhood taking phenomenal pictures and sharing them with my friends and family to get them the feeling warm and relaxed inside.

[Tracy H.]

OMG this camera would be perfect! I need something between my iPhone and my SLR. This could totally be it.