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December 16, 2010 /Photography News/ Do you dream of the opportunity to shoot side-by-side with a world renowned photographer? 

Nikon teams with National Geographic offering you the opportunity to win an exclusive photo excursion with National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths, a new Nikon D7000 digital SRL camera, and a private tutorial from a Nikon product specialist.

Consumers can enter one time per day at www.nationalgeographic.com/nikonaspire from December 15, 2010 - January 26, 2011.  The winner of the "Nikon Aspire" Sweepstakes will be announced in February, 2011.  

National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths will host the winner in an exclusive photo excursion during the spring of 2011.

Annie Griffiths was one of the first women photographers to work for National Geographic.  She began assignment work for the National Geographic Society in 1978 and has since worked on dozens of magazine and book projects for National Geographic, including National Geographic magazine stories on Lawrence of Arabia, Baja California, Israel's Galilee, Petra, Vancouver, England's Lake District, and Jerusalem.  She has worked on assignments in the Middle East, North America, and the Pacific and creates an annual photographic calendar for Habitat for Humanity.  Griffiths' work has also appeared in Life, GEO, Smithsonian, Fortune, American Photo, Merian, Stern, and many other publications.  Book projects include the A Day in the Life series, Baseball in America, The Power to Heal, Women In the Material World, One Digital Day and most recently National Geographic's Simply Beautiful Photographs, published in October, 2010.

Nikon's D7000 features a 16.2 MP DX-format CMOS sensor, 6 fps continuous shooting and breathtaking Full 1080p HD Movies with full time autofocus  Engineered as an ideal balance of durability and functionality, the D7000 is designed to fulfill the needs of passionate photographers who demand exceptional performance, reliability, and unprecedented levels of control and versatility in a compact form factor.

Eligibility:  Legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C. 21 years and older are eligible to participate.  For official rules, visit www.nationalgeographic.com/nikonaspire.