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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.

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 170 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

See something you like? That’s because we just updated our professional photo pages to showcase related photos and tags!

Directly underneath the photo, you’ll see a list of tags for that photo (shown in the red box above). Just click on any of them, and you’ll see results for all professional photos with that same tag.

In the Spiral Staircase, Lowell, Massachusetts photo above, we clicked on the tag “Colorful” and got these amazing results:

You can also click on any of the photos in the “See More Photos” section, which will take you to the photo page, where you’ll see even more great photos and tags.

Have fun exploring…

Free members can now experience our new Premium-only Photo Postcards before signing up for a Premium membership!

Our Premium Photo Postcards are a great way to send fun, easy greetings—from Birthday wishes to just saying hello—to all the special people in your life.

How To Preview the Premium Photo Postcard Experience

1. Navigate to a member or professional photo on Webshots, such as: http://www.webshots.com/pro/photo/3275152?path=/travel-caribbean

2. Click on the “send postcard” button.

3. Preview the experience of the Premium-only Photo Postcards, where you can virtually “flip” it over and read a message on the back.
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4. Click the “join now to send” (if you don’t have an account) or “upgrade now to send” (if you have a free account) button to become a Premium member so you can send unlimited Photo Postcards!
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We’re going to release lots of new photos for you to use as Photo Postcards for St. Patrick’s Day, Easter and more, so join Webshots as a Premium member today!

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 169 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

Merriam-Webster defines “whimsy” as the quality or state of being whimsical or fanciful. Castles in the sky, funny animals, and all things that make you smile. For this challenge, look around and find a subject that you find fanciful and submit your best shots for a chance to be featured in the homepage big picture.

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-whimsy. 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 February 16 to 12:00 p.m. on February 28 (all times EST).

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

*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: Rule of Thirds
Our next creative challenge will challenge a basic photography principle: The Rule of Thirds! This principle is essential to good composition, giving your photograph visual interest and a sense of balance. To brush up on the theory check out the blog post from Don Paulson from way back in 2007 .

We asked participants for the View Within a View challenge to really work their creative muscles. To frame a subject in a creative manner or to reflect an alternate vantage point from the one in front of the camera. The entries did not disappoint as there were some really unique shots. Browse the DISPLAY PAGE to view all the entries!

Thank you to everyone who entered and to those lucky folks who made the top 10!

#1. Sunset View by member mazaquilt – Congratulations! Your winning photo will be featured on the Webshots homepage Wednesday!

#2. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage by member rm_blizzard

#3. Jerusalem’s Old City, From Dominus Flevit Church by member ykarelic4

#4. South Dakota Sunset by member albertsville

#5. Fatima by member akoene100

#6. Reflections Aspen by member 2oceans1

#7. Trees in an Icy Puddle by member shivonnejean

#8. Looking Through the Window by member xwebfoto2

#9. Catskill Mountains, Hudson River, and Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge by member CatskillHiker

#10. Lac Pink, Gatineau Park, Quebec (Infrared Modified) by member peg353

Dear Members,

Thank you for your interest in a Webshots Premium membership. Unfortunately, the special email only offer has ended.

You can still join today as a Premium member for only $19.99 for your first year, which is still 33% off the regular membership price. Click here to join at just $19.99!

If you would like to continue to receive special email-only offers from Webshots, go to My Shots > Account > Newsletters > Announcement and under the Newsletters from Webshots section, make sure the box for Announcements is checked.

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 168 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

Dear Members,

You’ve asked us to showcase the daily photos in our professional photo stories on the Webshots homepage, and we’re happy to announce that they are here!

Each day, the editors currate a photo story for you to enjoy, using a mix of new professional photos as well as popular ones from our catalog to create a fun photo experience. You can guess the themes on our Facebook page or tweet us your guesses at @WebshotsTweets.

This addition to the homepage unifies Webshots into a community of both professional and member photographers, and really highlights the amazing photos we have.

Enjoy exploring the world through photos!

Team Webshots

**Update: This issue has been fixed by our wonderful tech team!***

Dear Members,

If you try to sign up for or upgrade to a Webshots Premium membership from our new Photo Postcards, you will encounter an error. We are aware of this issue and our team is currently working to fix it.

You can still sign up for Webshots Premium membership and then enjoy the Photo Postcards by clicking on the “sign up” link in the header or the “upgrade to Premium” link in the footer, or you can click on these links below:

Upgrade your free account to a Premium membership: https://subs.webshots.com/regsub?src=signup&action=footer

Sign up for a new Premium membership: https://subs.webshots.com/regsub?src=signup

We apologize for this issue, and we will update this blog post once it’s fixed.