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I have updated the Photo Guidelines document. I have added bullets two and three.

Voting is now open for the April contest albums through May 7. Remember to judge each photo full-size and not by its thumbnail alone. You should cast exactly three votes in each category. New members, please review the Voting Guidelines if you have not done so already OR if you have not done so for some time.

The "big guys" in photography keep telling us that it's not the camera, it's the photographer who creates a great photo. Let's put it to the test. 

For May you can shoot any subject you want, any time. But you gotta do it with (preferaby) the built-in camera in your mobile phone. If you don't have such a critter, you can use a cheesy point-and-shoot camera, the cheesier the better. But no DSLRs! Show us that you've got the "eye," not just a big budget to buy a cupboard full of DSLR bodies and lenses.

Note: while we usually prohibit extensive "Photoshopping" of photos, you can, for this month only, feel free to use any photo-altering software in your camera phone (not your computer), such as Instagram.

And if you don't have a camera phone or a point-and-shoot? Then you and your mighty DSLR can devote all your shooting time to the "general" category.

Voting is now open for the March contest albums through April 7. Remember to judge each photo full-size and not by its thumbnail alone. You should cast exactly three votes in each category. New members, please review the Voting Guidelines if you have not done so already OR if you have not done so for some time.

Late entry: An authentication problem was preventing a user from uploading images before the March cut-off. I have added those images to the contest. If you have voted already, please consider these new entries, added about eight hours after voting was opened on April 1. You can cancel a vote by giving it one or two stars.

Members,

The web site is experiencing performance and authentication issues. Pages are taking a long time to load and if you log in and then navigate to another page you might find yourself logged out again. This will affect your ability to upload photos.

I have opened a support ticket with my ISP to investigage the issue. I have not made any software changes for some time so I doubt the the issue is with the web site software. For the authentication issue you should keep refreshing your web browser after logging in until it appears to stick. Even to log in as admin I had to F5 and log in over and over until for whatever reason it appeared to work. This has to be done on any photo gallery page as well.

Barry

Update: Please report any issues--the one's that are not normal for this site, that is--via email or through the Contact Us option. My ISP reported that server maintenance was being performed at the time that the site was experiencing issues. I recommend clearing your browser's cache, as that seemed to clean things up for me. You do not need to delete cookies or web site history, just temporary files.

Event photography.
Weddings, graduations, proms, concerts, parades, races, art shows, store openings…. Events can be as big as a state funeral or as small as a child’s birthday party. Capture the scope and essence of the event in a recognizable way (e.g. a close up of a birthday cake candle can be any birthday, but the person blowing out the candles shows a specific birthday event.)

Voting is now open for the February contest albums through March 7. Remember to judge each photo full-size and not by its thumbnail alone. You should cast exactly three votes in each category. New members, please review the Voting Guidelines if you have not done so already OR if you have not done so for some time.