All of our Freedom Tour Friends have pooled together to create an amazing prize for one lucky tour attendee - to enter the draw, simply:

1. Book your ticket for one of our tour dates, or The Final Fling

2. Attend your chosen event and check in with one of the Folio Albums team.

The Freedom Tour Golden Ticket fulfils your marketing, management, and media needs - and with prizes totalling £4000* you have even more reasons to show up and enjoy!    

The Freedom Tour 2013 Golden Ticket - For Photographic Freedom, With Love from: Aspire, Light Blue, Professional Photographer, Olympus, Folio Albums, Epson, Zenfolio    

Aspire - a seminar to help you achieve your ambitions

Aspire are an industry leading training company, and you can attend a seminar of your choice to the value of £295.00 + VAT. Aspire have a range of courses to suit any need or fancy: from specialised courses covering specific areas of photography, to refining your product, building your business, branding, and marketing. Take your pick and get to grips with whatever topic inspires you!    

Light Blue - the software that will streamline your business

Light Blue's easily customisable software will stop your business from being swallowed up by admin, leaving you free to spend more time on shoots. Quickly find out about your jobs, clients, enquiries, and invoicing, in one powerful piece of software. Designed for Mac and Windows, and with upcoming iPhone / iPad apps, it's the digital assistant that can be used anywhere, and everywhere! Admin need never be dull again.    

Professional Photographer - your portfolio, in print

You can win a feature spread in a future issue of Professional Photographer, alongside a 12 month subscription. You will be able to have your portfolio of work featured across two double-page spreads of the magazine. This is the perfect way to show off your work to the world - and feature in a magazine made by professionals, for professionals. Stay in the loop on all of the hot topics in the photography world with a one-year subscription of Professional Photographer - delivered directly to your door!    

Olympus - a shiny, brand-new, hot-off-the-press PEN E-P5!

Released in May 2013, there's going to be one photographer who doesn't need to go on a wait list! The Olympus PEN E-P5, a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera that breaks free from the SLR appearance. Showcasing a more 'rangefinder' look, this attractive but compact camera is undeniably desirable. Alongside a 16MP MOS sensor, advanced image stabilisation, 9fps continuous shooting, and a tilting rear touch screen it has all the tech tricks you would expect, and one that you wouldn't - built in WiFi for instant connection to your smartphone or tablet! This is a camera that your kit bag will happily hold!    

Folio Albums - the full album package

So... you've taken the courses, organised your admin, and had a shoot with some tantalising tech, now its time to get your images into a stunning Fine Art Album. Get the full package of a 12x12 main album, 6x6 mini copy, and a DVD case to showcase your images in all of their glory. If the summer photographic season is keeping you booked up we will happily do the design for you, using your chosen images!    

Epson - Expression Photo XP-850

A 4-in-1 printer ideal for photo enthusiasts, therefore perfect for photographers. This top-of-the-range Epson printer will showcase your photography in crystal clear quality, with smooth tonal gradations, natural looking blacks, vibrant colours, and long-lasting prints. Smaller than previous models, with a touch-screen, interactive menu, and an output tray that automatically opens itself - what more could you want? Get creative and print directly onto heavyweight photo-paper, or card, and personalise your digital packages by printing directly onto CDs / DVDs.    

Zenfolio - your images, on-line, immaculate

Zenfolio are giving away a one year subscription for a Premium Business site. You can present your images in a professional and beautiful manner, so that prospective clients have the best viewing experience of your galleries. Streamline your business by running your entire online commerce from one convenient site - from your online portfolio, client proofing and custom shopping carts. Let Light Blue streamline your admin, and Zenfolio streamline your online presence.    

The winner will be announced on Friday 14th June - so watch this space!  

*Prizes cannot be exchanged for monetary value, total based on RRP of prizes

What is The Final Fling? Quite simply, it's the must attend party for photographers!  

It is the beginning of the summer photographic season so we want to help you all to kick it off in style - and we know how much photographers love to party. The Final Fling is your opportunity to get together and socialise with other photographers, network, make new friends, drink, dance and stay up 'til dawn.  

Last year's tour attendees were still hanging out at 8p.m. and Stewart had to wave them goodnight to get his beauty sleep before setting off the next location, however, this year's Final Fling will mean that we can all get our party heads on and dance until we drop.  

We want to make this an annual event, so make sure that you're there for the launch of what will become the photography party of the year!  

Come for the social gathering, stay for the awesome entertainment!  

We have got an exciting and eventful evening planned, so get prepared to be enthralled by:

• An Audience with Photographer... Lakshal Perera
• Live Music courtesy of Pulp Fiction
• Musical Fireworks... courtesy of Matthews Brothers Pyro
• The Hog Roast

An Audience with Photographer... Lakshal Perera

We took to our social media sites to find out which amazing and influential photographer you would like to see / hear during our nighttime entertainment.  

Whilst we had a lot of responses, there was an incredible amount of buzz about Lakshal 'Lucky' Perera - an awesome Australian photographer who has a personality just as captivating as his images. When it turned out that Lucky would actually be in the UK at the time of our tour, we knew that booking him for our Final Fling was more than luck!  

Starting out as in Medical Radiation Physics, detouring into playing guitar in a band, and moonlighting as a Slime Volleyball player, Lucky has definitely got an interesting background - and that's even before we get to the photography. Come along to be enthralled and entertained!  

Lucky will be interviewed by writer / editor / photographer supreme Adam Scorey. You may know him as the editor of Professional Photographer, but for our Final Fling Adam will be getting his presenter hat on to find out all about Lucky, what inspires him, and how he does his:  

• Shooting

• Post-production

• Marketing

• Branding

  ...and all about how he took that Milky Way image (check out the slideshow below) Adam will then open the conversation up the the floor so you can find out just how Lucky does it all!  

Check out our interviews with:   Lucky and Adam

Take a look at some of Lucky's beautiful images below:

The Photographic Sock Rock... courtesy of Pulp Friction

Yes, you read it right. We could have booked a band the likes of which you have seen before, but we wanted to go for something a little different.

Inspired by Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Friction cover the soundtrack to the classic film - yes, you guessed it - Pulp Fiction. Their set is accompanied by a projection screen showing clips from the film, so you can dance along to the likes of Chuck Berry and challenge John Travolta and Uma Thurman to a twist-off.   No need to be cool - get up and go crazy on the dance floor!  

Despite their love of all things Tarantino, Pulp Friction also play tracks from Queens of the Stone Age to The Kinks - so there should be something for everyone. From cinema inspired songs, to 60's classics, we expect to see you all on the dance floor!  

We will also have a DJ on hand in between sets, so feel free to make requests!  

Matthew's Bros Pyro: Musical Fireworks:

Don't worry... we haven't created a Tarantino inspired version of musical chairs.  

From the brilliant mind that brought you tour footage from last year's Flight of the Folio ... Cris Matthews, one half of Matthews Brothers Pyro, has put together an amazing fireworks show, set to music, to really get the part going and add some magic and sparkle to the evening!  

Everyone at Team Folio have made their [slightly over-ecstatic] requests, from a Folio Albums logo, to a cat, to Gandalf/Weasley Twins style dragons. This will definitely be a captivating firework show to remember!  

Take a sneak peek at what you can expect - and keep your eyes peeled for the Ghost Bomb:  

Merle & Ant's Wedding Fireworks from Cris Matthews on Vimeo.    

The Final Fling Food & Drink:

We could have gone all 'Downton style' with a formal meal, but we thought you would rather grab some food, a nice cool drink, and socialise with our tour friends and Final Fling attendees - so we have planned a Hog Roast, with all the trimmings! After all, this is about getting together, having a good time, and meeting lots of new and interesting photographers (much better than a formal soiree... no?)  

If you're not a meat-eater, don't worry, we have a lasagne option available in place of the Hog Roast! (So much better than a Facon roast... right? However - feel free to rock up in Top Hats and Tails if that's your style.)    

We look forward to seeing you soon!

If you have any questions, feel free to put us in the Hot Seat and get in touch on 01226 799004 or hello at folioalbums.com

The Folio Albums team are breaking free of trade-shows and exhibition halls to bring our products - and those of some of our awesome friends - out on tour! We will be visiting four locations over four different days so come along and say hello:

The Trajectory:

Manchester - 3rd June, The Green Dragon

Bristol - 4th June, Compass Inn

Camberley - 5th June, The Ely

Birmingham - 6th June, Wootton Park

Stewart, and our Tour Friends, will be at each venue from 1p.m. until 6p.m. so join us at any time during this period to chat photography, grab some shots with our tour tech, and see the products and services which can help to create more freedom within your photography. Whether they are programmes designed to simplify your business processes, or tour tech which inspires your creativity - there's something for everyone! So make sure you book your ticket and come along to say hello.

The Styled Shoots:

When you're running a professional photography business it can be difficult to find the time to try new things, or spare a few days organising your own shoot - so our Tour Friends at Aspire Photography Training have done it for you!

The theme is summer, with a cosmopolitan / Parisian theme - but apart from that they are keeping things quite top secret.

So if you want to update your portfolio, or just have fun on a made-for-you shoot, book your slot now - places are going fast!

The Tour Friends:

Alongside our friends at Aspire, we are going to be accompanied by:

Light Blue - get ready to love admin! Light Blue are here to revolutionise and streamline your admin so you have more time to be doing the things you love - like being out on shoots!

Olympus - the Olympus team will be happy to help with any technical questions you have about your equipment. They're also kitting us out with some fantastic tour tech - so if you want to get your hands on a brand-new PEN E-P5, or an OM-D, make sure that you come along and try them out!

Epson - will be on hand so you can find out more about fine art printing, and they will be printing off any tour images that you would like to see in print!

Our friends over at Professional Photographer and Zenfolio are also helping and supporting our tour - they won't be joining us on the road, but Adam Scorey will be making a guest appearance at The Final Fling during some of our evening entertainment.

We look forward to seeing you all there!