Ooo boy! I’m so excited! Today the Nikon Festival launched and I’m one of the judges along with Rainn Wilson and Chase Jarvis. Above is my video example entry where I show you that it’s okay to go out and film yourself all day.

Right now I’m editing a fun behind the scenes video of how I made that video.. everything from concept to editing and a few outtakes of people making fun of me while I film myself. Will hopefully be posting that today if I get it done!

Anyways, this is a really fun contest and you have a chance to win $100,000 or $25,000 plus a Nikon D5000 D-SLR kit. All you have to do is film a cool video 140 seconds or less around the theme of “life through your lens” — I know you guys are creative so I’m sure most (if not all) will come up with something pretty hilarious.

HERE’S THE TWO WAYS YOU CAN WIN!!

• If your video has the most views and highest ratings, you’ll win the Audience Award. So..basically spam everyone you know if you’re a finalist to watch and rate then win $25,000

• Us judges will be looking for videos based on the following criteria: quality of video, originality, and the ability to stay in the 140 seconds or less time frame then win $100,000

FESTIVAL TIMING:

• You have until December 15th to upload your videos.
• Once the video submission period’s over, we’ll choose up to 50 finalists who will be eligible for the Audience and Judges awards.
• Decisions on finalist videos will be made and announced on the site by December 22nd. Don’t worry, we’ll remind you in case you forget.
• If you’re one of our lucky finalists, tell your friends and family to come back, view your video and rate it for your chance to win one of the huge prizes!

(yes, I copied that right from their website but just wanted to give you some more calirty if you were still confused as to what’s going on!)

Wooo!!! Definitely keep me posted on if you guys enter the contest. I’m going to be also doing a fun askij video where I review some of the entries.. so start filming :) I shot my video and edited in a day so there are no excuses!