Nikon and TLC's 'Trading Spaces' Provide Picture-Perfect Tips for Photo Fun

Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- When redecorating a room, did you ever think to photograph your home with a digital camera and email the shots to friends as a "digital before and after?" Nikon and TLC's wildly popular "Trading Spaces" have teamed up for an exciting new website (http://tlc.discovery.com/ads/nikon/tradingspaces) which will feature "Cool Tips for Digital Photography" to expand people's creativity when looking to jazz up their home and holiday photos. The site brings together the Nikon Coolpix 2000 digital camera and one of television's hottest shows to challenge visitors to "Focus In On Your Home." The site offers innovative and creative tips on how to use digital photography to forever change your home during the holiday season.

Visitors to the "Cool Tips" site will find fast and simple tips to enjoy digital photography at home, including how a digital camera can become your personal assistant when redecorating your home, hints on capturing this year's holiday card or family portrait and even customizing your own wallpaper. Visitors can also enter a sweepstakes for the chance to win a Nikon Coolpix 2000 digital camera -- the perfect beginning to a new year.

"Digital cameras have become a hot new trend in planning and redecorating homes. We're excited about the 'Cool Tips' partner page with Nikon and we hope it will inspire visitors and 'Trading Spaces' fans to play digital interior decorator," said Roger Marmet, acting general manager, TLC.

The site is designed to be fun and informative, incorporating practical and useful hints on everything from taking family and holiday portraits to using photos as home accessories to create a new and unique look. Nikon and TLC's "Trading Spaces" will help encourage visitors to quickly and easily spread their holiday spirit with friends and family by framing prints as gifts and sharing photos and albums on the web.

"Cool Tips For Photography" also features the Nikon Coolpix 2000 digital camera, a 2.0 effective megapixel digital camera with a 3x Optical Zoom-Nikkor lens and the perfect camera for those looking to make an entry into the world of Nikon digital photography. Complete with five automatic Scene modes, compact body design and One-Touch Upload to your computer or the Web, the camera combines both form and function, ensuring anyone a smooth transition into digital photography.

To pick up some "Cool Tips" this holiday season, visit Nikon and Trading Spaces on the web at http://tlc.discovery.com/ads/nikon/tradingspaces.

About "Trading Spaces" and TLC
In each episode, TRADING SPACES equips two neighbors with a professional designer, a carpenter and only 48 hours for each to re-do a room of their neighbor's choice, all on a budget of $1,000 each. Participants have no say in how their own room will look and risk living next door to a sometimes not-so-happy neighbor. TRADING SPACES is found only on TLC, which reaches more than 84 million homes in the United States and 6.8 million homes in Canada. The show averages 15 million viewers a week and airs every Saturday at 8Pm and 9PM.

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Source: Nikon Inc.