Webshots Blog

We’re happy to announce the addition of ReCaptcha on Webshots! As you know, we’ve been working on a solution for spam on the site, and several members even suggested implementing this tool, so we hope you’ll be as happy as we are to have it.

ReCaptcha is a well-known and trusted program utilized by over 100,000 websites. What does ReCaptcha mean to you?

Now, when you leave a comment on a photo, album, member message or in feedback, you’ll be asked to type in two words generated by ReCaptcha before submitting your comment.

ReCaptcha won’t stop all spam on the site, but it should help with the majority of the problem, and we’ll continue to work on the issue.

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

To celebrate the launch of the new Webshots store, we’re giving away a FREE 16 oz. photo mug*!

Create your mug today with your personal photos uploaded to Webshots! You can also use your Webshots friends’ photos on your photos gifts (if they have that option selected). Be sure to enter coupon code FREEMUG at checkout.

Our new store is powered by American Greetings PhotoWorks, so it’s now easier than ever to order prints and photos gifts for the holiday season.

We’re celebrating all month long with free gifts and special discounts, so stay tuned to the Webshots blog, and sign up for the Store Newsletter to get exclusive offers!

*Shipping & tax not included. Limit one free 16 oz. mug per person. Coupon code FREEMUG must be entered at checkout. While supplies last.

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

Our next challenge is bringing us closer to home - your kitchen! From still life, food photography and action shots in the kitchen, this challenge should be interesting and fun. We love to find out more about our members and the challenges that bring us closer to where you live and what you love are some of the most fun to judge . Brush up on the Food Photography Pro Tip for some great tips!

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-kitchen. 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 October 28 to 12:00 p.m. on November 9 (all times EST).

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

*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. Also, now that you’re tagging your entries, you don’t need to post links in the comments section anymore.

NEXT CHALLENGE THEME: Jump!
Get up and get active for our next challenge! There’s something about capturing the moment of an air-bound subject that evokes a sense of joy, excitement or perhaps anxiety. For the next challenge practice catching movement from an intriguing angle and/or fast shutter speed. You may want to review some Pro Tips for help in catching your subject in action: Shutter Speed, Cropping and Burst Mode,

Again and again our members rise to our challenges - we certainly got that Spooky Feeling when judging this Creative Challenge. From super-spooky composites to eerie images, you did a great job! Congratulations to everyone who entered and to those who made it to the finalists page!

1. Cartoon - The Awakening by member peg353 - Congratulations - Your photo will be featured on the homepage on Halloween!

2. Soul Taker by member annedm1

3. Costnice, Kutna Gora, Czech Republik by russpsych

4. Out of the Black of the Night - How dare you enter my castle by member police370

5. HAUNTED FARMHOUSE ldeiter78

6. Moonlight Mist by ALDitzler

7. Witch by member photoplo

8. Last Ride by member kstamper723

You told us in our recent surveys that you love eCards, so we’ve worked really hard this spooky season with our parent company, AmericanGreetings.com, to bring you some of the best Halloween eCards for FREE!

It’s not Halloween without decorations, so we’ve dressed up the site with a fun theme, and we’ve also added an eCard link to the header, so you can easily send eCards to your friends and family. Plus, you can even post the eCards on Facebook–how cool is that?

From our family to yours, we wish you all a happy and fun Halloween–now it’s time to send some thrills and chills!

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

Do you love to download Community photos, such as the amazing fall scene by member bigsister861 that’s featured on the homepage today?

We’ve made it easier to do so with the new green download button on all Community photo pages. We hope this will make is easier for more people to download our Community’s great photos, such as those by our 100 Most Interesting Members.

Looking for more great Community photos to download? Check out the homepage featured archive for photos and albums!

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