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Ahoy, Weekend Warriors! June in Candy Month, so this is the last weekend for you to indulge in licorice and lolly pops with a valid excuse. We’re celebrating this sugar-filled weekend by dedicating Weekend Warrior #2 to candy!

How it works: Each Friday at noon, we’ll post the criteria for the photo, and you’ll have until Sunday to take new pictures, upload them to Webshots and post a link to them in the comments section. You can submit as many photos as you like, so get off the couch, grab your camera and start snappin’!

Criteria
1. Candy
2. Something shiny
3. One dominant color

Have fun and eat as much candy as you want!

P.S. Your entries won’t be judged–this is just for the fun of it!

In photography, a silhouette is an outline that appears dark against a light background. The beauty of silhouette photography is that dark area, where amazing shapes and profiles intrigue viewers. This week’s Creative Challenge is to show us your best silhouette photo. We’ll post the winning photo on the homepage! (Note: Due to the July 4th holiday on Wednesday, we’ll post the winning photo on the homepage on Thursday, July 5.)

For tips on taking silhouettes, check out these links:

About Silhouette Photography
Stunning Silhouette Photography with Any Camera
Silhouette Photo Tips and Techniques

Submission Guidelines
1. Our editors look for sharp, clear horizontal images that are at a minimum resolution of 800×600. 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 and frames, will not be considered.

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

4. The Creative Challenge runs from 12:01 a.m. on June 27 to 5:00 p.m. on July 3 (all times PDT).

5. 3 photos per member. Please edit your work—show us only the best!

You can easily grab the links to all photos by copying the URL from the yellow action box on each photo page and pasting it in the blog. Click on the photo below to enlarge.

*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.

Summer is definitely in the air! I loved reading what the season means to you, from family traditions to delicious foods to spending time in the sun. This week, I asked the lovely Anne to help me narrow down all the entries. She looked for photos that really said. “Summer,” and here are her top three:

#1. When the Ferris Wheel goes up and the smell of cotton candy wafts in the air, you know the carnival is in town, and that can mean only one thing: It’s summer! Anne really liked the interesting perspective of this photo, and I can’t get enough of the dreamy glow in the sky. Congrats to member jaynenjoe for a wonderful submission! We’ll feature this photo on the homepage tomorrow.

#2. A book. A bench. A beach. What more do you need for a perfect summer day? We really enjoyed how inviting the photo is, as if you could just walk into that scene, pick up the book and start reading. Also, the rainbow of blues, from pale blue to deep sea blue, gave this entry a painterly quality. Three cheers for member vikfit!

#3. Many of you expressed that summer meant flowers, flowers, flowers everywhere! We thought member Photographer_ox3’s stunning bloom with a colorfully blurred background really stood out; just seeing this bright flower made us want to pick it and give it to someone we love.

Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful submissions! I got some great ideas for summer fun, so I’m going out to enjoy the day…and maybe roast a marshmallow or two!

It’s the first weekend of Summer: What are you going to do? Why not participate in the Weekend Warrior, a fun photo assignment that lets you explore the world of photography.

How it works: Each Friday at noon, we’ll post the criteria for the photo, and you’ll have until Sunday to take new pictures, upload them to Webshots and post a link to them in the comments section. You can submit as many photos as you like, so get off the couch, grab your camera and start snappin’!

Criteria
1. Sunlight
2. A square
3. Something from nature

Have fun, and don’t forget your shades!

P.S. Your entries won’t be judged–this is just for the fun of it!

Webshots is currently relocating some of its servers, so you may experience some slowness or proxy errors on the site today. Your photos and videos will be safe during this process.

UPDATE
Our engineers have corrected the issue which caused all or some albums to disappear and your albums should appear normal now. We apologize for the inconvenience. Your photos and videos were safe during the relocation of our servers.

Yesterday afternoon, the issue regarding images not displaying properly on the channel pages was resolved.

We’re continuing to working out a few bugs still. This morning, you may have noticed the POTD (photo of the day) and featured albums were displaying incorrectly, but that issue has now been fixed.

Thank you once again for your continued patience during this time.

Tomorrow is the first day of Summer for some of us, so this week’s Creative Challenge is dedicated to the sunny season. What is summer for you? Is it ripe watermelons? A day at the beach? Going on a family vacation? Show us what you think the essence of summer is. We’ll feature the winning photo on the homepage!

Have fun with this one, and don’t forget to wear sunscreen when you’re heading outdoors. For some inspiration, check out the summer scenics channel on Webshots!

Submission Guidelines
1. Our editors look for sharp, clear horizontal images that are at a minimum resolution of 800×600. 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 and frames, will not be considered.

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

4. The Creative Challenge runs from 12:01 a.m. on June 20 to 5:00 p.m. on June 25 (all times PDT).

5. 3 photos per member. Please edit your work—show us only the best!

You can easily grab the links to all photos by copying the URL from the yellow action box on each photo page and pasting it in the blog. Click on the photo below to enlarge.

*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.

After a hearty debate over what exactly primary colors are, you all submitted wonderful photos for the Creative Challenge: Primary Colors. We challenged you to show us photos with only red, yellow and blue in them, and you came up with some ideas that impressed all the editors. Here are the top three:

#1. We don’t know why this nectarine is floating in the pool—maybe the pool party got a little wild—but we love the rich colors, various blues of the water and ingenious idea of the floating fruit. Congratulations to member sigfusson for this stunning submission. We’ll feature it on the homepage tomorrow!

#2. Talk about being creative! Member SurpriSeMee7 dropped red, blue and yellow food coloring into a glass flower vase and then quickly snapped pics until she got this amazing swirl of colors that looks like an impressionist painting. Well done!

#3. The bright red, yellow and blue of this sporty submission by member kuntrychix really stuck to the idea of the Challenge. The mix of shapes, textures and colors made this photo pop and was a favorite of all the editors.

Thanks again to everyone for submitting such entertaining photos! Even though this one was a bit tough, you rose to the Challenge. Congrats to all the members who entered—we had a lot of fun!

Webshots is currently relocating some of its servers, so you may experience some slowness or proxy errors on the site today. Your photos and videos will be safe during this process.

Webshots is a great place to help you celebrate Father’s Day!

Cards
Send Dad and eCard if you forgot to mail him one!

Humorous
Artistic
Classic Car
And more!

Gifts
Dad won’t mind if it’s a little late…

Hoodies
Beer steins
Photobooks
CNET’s Father’s Day Gift Guide

Fun activities
Great ideas that you can do together

View the World’s Best Dad editors’ collection
Play a round of golf (and let him win)
Enjoy a baseball game
Build something unique

To all the Webshots Dads out there, we hope this Father’s Day is extra special! Take lots of pics and videos, and upload them to Webshots.

In artistic terms, red, blue and yellow are primary colors because they can’t be made by mixing other colors together. In this week’s Creative Challenge, we want you to keep this in mind as you submit photos with only primary colors (red, blue and yellow) in them. Be aware of the background and edges of the photo, making sure no other colors, such as green or purple or orange, are visible. You can show one, two or all three (bonus points!) colors in your submissions, and remember to be creative!

Submission Guidelines
1. Our editors look for sharp, clear horizontal images that are at a minimum resolution of 800×600. 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 and frames, will not be considered.

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

4. The Creative Challenge runs from 12:01 a.m. on June 13 to 5:00 p.m. on June 19 (all times PDT).

5. 3 photos per member. Please edit your work—show us only the best!

You can easily grab the links to all photos by copying the URL from the yellow action box on each photo page and pasting it in the blog. Click on the photo below to enlarge.

*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.