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Photo walks, a popular activity among photo-sharing communities, let us all be a part of something no matter where we are in the world. By taking a walk this weekend and sharing the pictures with us, you’re contributing to a global mural of life.
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So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and go for a walk. You’ll be surprised at the photographic opportunities that present themselves. We’d love to see all of your photos as you can submit as many as you like!

Please tag your photos with Weekend Photo Walk 162 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

Photo walks, a popular activity among photo-sharing communities, let us all be a part of something no matter where we are in the world. By taking a walk this weekend and sharing the pictures with us, you’re contributing to a global mural of life.
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So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and go for a walk. You’ll be surprised at the photographic opportunities that present themselves. We’d love to see all of your photos as you can submit as many as you like!

Please tag your photos with Weekend Photo Walk 161 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

Have you ever watched a cat pounce on a ball of yarn? Or an excited child run looking for Easter eggs? Then you know the anticipation and tension of “the hunt”. From sneaky cats and kids, to wild predators, this challenge should put you into stealth mode as you hunt for a creative challenge win!

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-hunt. You can then view them and everyone else’s submissions on the DISPLAY PAGE (it updates about every hour). To find out more about this, read the Using Tags on Creative Challenges post.

Submission Guidelines
1. Our editors look for sharp, clear horizontal images that are at a minimum resolution of 800×600 (submissions can have larger resolutions than this). Currently, vertical images cannot fit in the homepage template. Therefore, we cannot publish vertical or narrow panoramic images.

2. Images with added text or images, including watermarks, logos, copyright symbols, graphic borders, frames and time stamps, will not be considered for first place or being featured on the homepage at a later date. Collages, however, are acceptable. Images submitted should be your own.

3. Please do not submit pictures that have already been featured on the homepage.

4. The Creative Challenge runs from 12:01 a.m. on December 22 to 12:00 p.m. on January 3 (all times EST). Because January 3rd is a holiday for us, we’ll be judging the challenge on the 4th. The winning blog post and big picture winner will go live on the same day (January 5th).

5. 3 pictures per person (regardless of how many member accounts you have) tagged exactly (including hyphens) with: creative-challenge-hunt

*Note:Images that don’t meet the exact guidelines can be submitted and viewed for everyone to enjoy, but please understand that we cannot publish images that don’t meet minimum guidelines on the homepage.

NEXT CHALLENGE THEME: Up & Down
The next challenge goes live for the kick off of our week of opposites. For this challenge find an interesting vantage point and view the world from above or below to see if you can capture a new subject or perspective on a subject. Perhaps you can capture the action of “up”, “down” or both! Perhaps your subject is best viewed while looking skyward or from above. The options are endless, so go out and get up (or down) and grab a creative challenge win!

Winter officially starts this week and our Winter Creative Challenge has us looking at beautiful winter scenes and fun winter activities. There were many superb entries for this challenge. Please take a moment to view all the entries on the DISPLAY PAGE. Thank you to everyone for participating in the Creative Challenge and congratulations to our top 10!

#1. The Calm After the Storm by member bigsister861 – Congratulations! Your photo will appear as the Big Picture of the Day on the Webshots Homepage tomorrow!

#2. St.Valentin by member akoene100. We were so inspired by the story this image told, that we decided it should win the first ever “Postcard of the Week”. If you haven’t already sent a Postcard, take a moment to learn about this fun feature!

#3. by member kheil82

#4. Christmas morning 2008 in the Pemberton Meadows,BC by member rm_blizzard

#5. A Cold Winter’s Sunset by member Kaeley_Warren

#6. In Between Storms by member jynxx_669

#7. Winter in Slovenia (2) by member bostjan85

#8. A winter’s day by member lynnie440

#9. Shards of glass by member MsElanna

#10. Snapping the “Snapper by member AsAbel64

Photo walks, a popular activity among photo-sharing communities, let us all be a part of something no matter where we are in the world. By taking a walk this weekend and sharing the pictures with us, you’re contributing to a global mural of life.

So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and go for a walk. You’ll be surprised at the photographic opportunities that present themselves. We’d love to see all of your photos as you can submit as many as you like!

Please tag your photos with Weekend Photo Walk 160 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

Click the photo to view the slideshow of the entire album

Webshots Professional Photographer Penny Adams and several other American Greetings employees traveled to Bayou La Batre, Alabama to help families affected by the gulf oil spill and bring holiday cheer in early December.

Penny took family portraits for many of the families, and she also documented the group’s trip—check out all the photos in the album.

The group also did fun holiday crafts with the children, and there was even a visit from Santa, who handed out wonderful gifts!

To bring a little Webshots cheer, Penny showed a slideshow of all our top professional Christmas photos, too!

Our heart goes out to all the families affected by the oil spill, and if you would like to donate your time as a photographer to take portraits like Penny did, check out: http://help-portrait.com/

Photo walks, a popular activity among photo-sharing communities, let us all be a part of something no matter where we are in the world. By taking a walk this weekend and sharing the pictures with us, you’re contributing to a global mural of life.

So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and go for a walk. You’ll be surprised at the photographic opportunities that present themselves. We’d love to see all of your photos as you can submit as many as you like!

Please tag your photos with Weekend Photo Walk 159 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

It may be difficult to believe, but the official start to winter will soon be here. For this challenge, submit your best winter shots for your chance to be featured in the “Big Picture” on the Webshots homepage!

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-winter2. You can then view them and everyone else’s submissions on the DISPLAY PAGE (it updates about every hour). To find out more about this, read the Using Tags on Creative Challenges post.

Submission Guidelines
1. Our editors look for sharp, clear horizontal images that are at a minimum resolution of 800×600 (submissions can have larger resolutions than this). Currently, vertical images cannot fit in the homepage template. Therefore, we cannot publish vertical or narrow panoramic images.

2. Images with added text or images, including watermarks, logos, copyright symbols, graphic borders, frames and time stamps, will not be considered for first place or being featured on the homepage at a later date. Collages, however, are acceptable. Images submitted should be your own.

3. Please do not submit pictures that have already been featured on the homepage.

4. The Creative Challenge runs from 12:01 a.m. on December 8 to 12:00 p.m. on December 20 (all times EST).

5. 3 pictures per person (regardless of how many member accounts you have) tagged exactly (including hyphens) with: creative-challenge-winter2

*Note:Images that don’t meet the exact guidelines can be submitted and viewed for everyone to enjoy, but please understand that we cannot publish images that don’t meet minimum guidelines on the homepage.

NEXT CHALLENGE THEME: The Hunt
Have you ever watched a cat pounce on a ball of yarn? Or an excited child run looking for Easter eggs? Then you know the anticipation and tension of “the hunt”. From sneaky cats and kids, to wild predators, this challenge should put you into stealth mode as you hunt for a creative challenge win!

We think some of the most successful challenges are those where we provide a single word or descriptor for photographers to capture what that word means to them. For this challenge the word was delicate. From a wispy spider web to grandma’s heirloom china, from a newborn baby’s grasping finger to the frost pattern on your window, the world is full of delicate images to explore.

There were many superb entries for this challenge. Please take a moment to view all the entries on the DISPLAY PAGE. Thank you to everyone for participating in the Delicate Creative Challenge and congratulations to our top 10!

#1.  Jellies at Monterey Bay Aquarium by member thom52 - Congratulations! Your photo will appear as the Big Photo of the Day on the Webshots Homepage tomorrow!

#2. Window Frost by member photoplo

#3. Underneath Queen Anne’s Lace by member lorilee46

#4. Delicate Serenity by member blackdesertwind

#5. Hollyhock – Althaea Rosea by member marionw104102

#6. Winter Abstract Ice Painting by member grosnounours105

#7. Delicate Coloring and Form of an Orchid by member catsnorchids

#8. Dew on a Spider’s Web by member mistyblu115

#9. Delicate Peach Fuzz by member dlbweb

#10. Delicate Peacock Feathers by member photoop23

Photo walks, a popular activity among photo-sharing communities, let us all be a part of something no matter where we are in the world. By taking a walk this weekend and sharing the pictures with us, you’re contributing to a global mural of life.

So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and go for a walk. You’ll be surprised at the photographic opportunities that present themselves. We’d love to see all of your photos as you can submit as many as you like!

Please tag your photos with Weekend Photo Walk 158 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!