Last week some people seemed to get a bit confused about what was allowed in the Nature category (now called Nature Up Close) vs. Landscape.  Thus we had some amazing landscape photos of fall foliage submitted to our “Fall Leaves” challenge which we unfortunately had to disqualify (and re-categorize).  We don’t want those people to go unrewarded for their efforts so this week we’re focusing on Landscape photos of fall foliage.

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THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE
“Autumn Colors”
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To enter:

1. Take a picture of landscape that includes the colors of the fall (see details below)
2. Submit a new photo under: Landscapes / Any Subcategory
3. Select “License for Stock” when submitting the photo (you’ll be required to enter a title, tags and a description)
4. Tag the image with: PWCautumn

Submit your Entries Now

Preview This Weeks Entries

Prizes:

• Top Entry will win a year of Pixoto Pro
• Winners will get Award Badges, 1000 Points plus 1,000 credits for future image submission
• A blog post will highlight the winners
• The opportunity to make some money off of stock sales in the future

Rules:

• “Fall colored” foliage must be prominently included in the photo  (i.e. orange, brown, red yellow, etc – but not green)
• The photo must be submitted to Pixoto Stock
• Improperly categorized images will be recategorized and disqualified
• Image quality (through ImageDuel) will determine the winner.  In other words… the better image will determine the winner not the better concept.
• Enter as many images as you like – only highest scoring one will be chosen for top 10 winners.
• Images must be submitted/resubmitted during the week
• Images must be tagged “PWCautumn”
• You may resubmit an image already on Pixoto, but please be aware that ImageScore, awards and points for the image will be reset upon resubmission
• Duplicates of previously uploaded, and not deleted, Pixoto submissions will be removed.

• Due to the popularity of weekly challenges, we not review qualification requirements for image images with an ImageScore of less than 500
• Be true to the category:  Images in the wrong category will be recategorized and disqualified.
• Entries that do not comply with the above rules will be disqualified (a PWCautumn-dq will be placed on the image).

To see all of the entries:  Expressive Hands

#1: Jane Bjerkli – Eidsvoll, Akershus, NO

#2: Vineet Johri – London, England, GB

#3: Pete G. Flores – Riyadh, Riyadh Province, SA

#4: Jorge Villalba – Los Angeles, CA, US

#5: Anshul Sukhwal – Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

#6: Meaghan Browning – Charlotte, NC, US

#7: Zul Hilmi – Kota Tinggi, Johor, MY

#8: Alex Barrow – Ambleside, , GB

#9: Etienne Tremblay – Joliette, QC, CA

#10: Shashank Ramesh – Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

The fall colors are in full swing here in Boulder, Colorado.   This week’s stock challenge asks you to capture the season’s colors.

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THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE
“Fall Leaves”
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To enter:

1. Take a picture of fall leaves
2. Submit a new photo under: Nature / Leaves & Grasses
3. Select “License for Stock” when submitting the photo (you’ll be required to enter a title, tags and a description)
4. Tag the image with: PWCfallleaves

Submit your Entries Now

Preview This Weeks Entries

Prizes:

• Top Entry will win a year of Pixoto Pro
• Winners will get Award Badges, 1000 Points plus 1,000 credits for future image submission
• A blog post will highlight the winners
• The opportunity to make some money off of stock sales in the future

Rules:

• The photo must have a “fall colored” leaf or leaves as the subject (i.e. orange, brown, red yellow, etc – but not green)
• Close ups of leaves only, Landscapes are not allowed
• Green leaves are allowed in the shot as long as they are used to add contrast to the fall colored leaf
• The photo must be submitted to Pixoto Stock
• Improperly categorized images will be recategorized and disqualified
• Lude hand gestures will be disqualified (i.e. middle finger up, or two fingers up facing toward the camera)
• Image quality (through ImageDuel) will determine the winner.  In other words… the better image will determine the winner not the better concept.
• Enter as many images as you like – only highest scoring one will be chosen for top 10 winners.
• Images must be submitted/resubmitted during the week
• Images must be tagged “PWCfallleaves”
• You may resubmit an image already on Pixoto, but please be aware that ImageScore, awards and points for the image will be reset upon resubmission
• Duplicates of previously uploaded, and not deleted, Pixoto submissions will be removed.

• Due to the popularity of weekly challenges, we not review qualification requirements for image images with an ImageScore of less than 500
• Be true to the category:  Images in the wrong category will be recategorized and disqualified.
• Entries that do not comply with the above rules will be disqualified (a PWCfallleaves-dq will be placed on the image).

To see all of the entries:  Fruity Stock

#1: Marianna Armata – Montreal, QC, CA

#2: Dipali S – Grand Rapids, MI, US

#3: Olivier Tabary – Castelnau-le-Lez, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

#4: Sim Kim Seong – Singapore, , SG

#5: Jenny Zhang – Singapore, , SG

#6: Andy Gehrig – Charleston, SC, US

#7: Ne-z Lim – , ,

#8: Pete G. Flores – Riyadh, Riyadh Province, SA

#9: Caitlin Lisa – Chicago, IL, US

#10: Eliani Miranda – Naples, FL, US

Our first weekly challenge for stock photos, Fruity Stock, was so successful (over 700 entries) that we’ve decided to add “licence for stock” as a requirement for future challenges. In this week’s challenge we ask you to tell a story with hands.

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THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE
“Expressive Hands”
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To enter:

1. Take a picture of hands that tells a story
2. Submit a new photo under: People / Body Parts
3. Select “License for Stock” when submitting the photo (you’ll be required to enter a title, tags and a description)
4. Tag the image with: PWChands

Submit your Entries Now

Preview This Weeks Entries

Prizes:

• Top Entry will win a year of Pixoto Pro
• Winners will get Award Badges, 1000 Points plus 1,000 credits for future image submission
• A blog post will highlight the winners
• The opportunity to make some money off of stock sales in the future

Rules:

• The photo must have a human hand or hands as the subject
• The hands must be telling a story or making a statement (e.g. thumbs up, handshake, clenched fist, making a shape, etc.)
• The photo must be submitted to Pixoto Stock
• Improperly categorized images will be recategorized and disqualified
• Lude hand gestures will be disqualified (i.e. middle finger up, or two fingers up facing toward the camera)
• Image quality (through ImageDuel) will determine the winner.  In other words… the better image will determine the winner not the better concept.
• Enter as many images as you like – only highest scoring one will be chosen for top 10 winners.
• Images must be submitted/resubmitted during the week
• Images must be tagged “PWChands”
• You may resubmit an image already on Pixoto, but please be aware that ImageScore, awards and points for the image will be reset upon resubmission
• Duplicates of previously uploaded, and not deleted, Pixoto submissions will be removed.

• Due to the popularity of weekly challenges, we not review qualification requirements for image images with an ImageScore of less than 500
• Be true to the category:  Images in the wrong category will be recategorized and disqualified.
• Entries that do not comply with the above rules will be disqualified (a PWChands-dq will be placed on the image).

To see all of the entries:  Otherworldly Monotones

#1: Olga Charny – Boston, MA, US

#2: Mohamad Sa’at Haji Mokim – BSB, Brunei-Muara, BN

#3: Meaghan Browning – Charlotte, NC, US

#4: J Delos Santos – Toronto, ON, CA

#5: Eric Schoen – Unterägeri, ZG, CH

#6: Andrew Meyer – Kenosha, WI, US

#7: Jordan Toh – Subang Jaya, Selangor, MY

#8: David Pilasky – Cortland, OH, US

#9: Jean Kuns – Germantown, OH, US

#10: Jansen Halim – Medan, Sumatera Utara, ID

We’re so excited about our launch of Pixoto Stock phase 1 (which has been the most requested feature since day 1) that we’d like to celebrate by focusing our weekly challenge on photos submitted to the new service.  It turns out that food is the number one most searched type of stock photo on google which gave us an interesting challenge idea:

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THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE
“Fruity Stock”
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To enter:

1. Take a picture with a piece (or pieces) of fruit as the subject (pay attention to full rules below)
2. Submit a new photo under: Food & Drink / Fruits & Vegetables
3. Select “License for Stock” when submitting the photo (you’ll be required to enter a title, tags and a description)
4. Tag the image with: PWCfruit

Submit your Entries Now

Preview This Weeks Entries

Prizes:

• Top Entry will win a year of Pixoto Pro
• Winners will get Award Badges, 1000 Points plus 1,000 credits for future image submission
• A blog post will highlight the winners
• The opportunity to make some money off of stock sales in the future

Rules:

• The photo must have a piece or pieces of fruit as the subject
• The fruit may NOT be in water! (we’ve all seen enough of those…)
• The photo must be submitted to Pixoto Stock
• Improperly categorized images will be recategorized and disqualified
• Image quality (through ImageDuel) will determine the winner.  In other words… the better image will determine the winner not the better concept.
• Enter as many images as you like – only highest scoring one will be chosen for top 10 winners.
• Images must be submitted/resubmitted during the week
• Images must be tagged “PWCfruit”
• You may resubmit an image already on Pixoto, but please be aware that ImageScore, awards and points for the image will be reset upon resubmission
• Duplicates of previously uploaded, and not deleted, Pixoto submissions will be removed.

• Due to the popularity of weekly challenges, we not review qualification requirements for image images with an ImageScore of less than 500
• Be true to the category:  Images in the wrong category will be recategorized and disqualified.
• Entries that do not comply with the above rules will be disqualified (a PWCfruit-dq will be placed on the image).

To see all of the entries:  Black & White Buildings

#1: Bob Shahrul – Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, MY

#2: Mariko Klug – Erding, BY, DE

#3: Jenny Zhang – Singapore, , SG

#4: Ivan Glasser – Grenoble, RA, FR

#5: Dody Kusuma – Jakarta, Jakarta, ID

#6: Darius Na – London, England, GB

#7: Marco Virgone – Cesano Boscone, Lombardia, IT

#8: Brandon Rechten – North Brunswick Township, NJ, US

#9: Tom Whitney – Scarborough, ME, US

#10: Martha van der Westhuizen – Pretoria, GP, ZA

We are excited today to announce the immediate availability of the Content Aggregation Phase of Pixoto Stock.  Pixoto members now have the potential of earning money from their photos by simply checking a “License for Stock” box when uploading them to Pixoto.  Pixoto members will earn a fee when designers, editors and marketers purchase and download their photos for use in their editorial and commercial works.

Pixoto Stock, through the use of our proprietary ImageDuel voting system, will revolutionize micro-stock licensing for images.  Pixoto’s ability to rank every image submitted by quality gives us, and our members, four key advantages over traditional stock sites:

1. Crowd Validated: With the average top ranked image on Pixoto being voted on by over 100 unique people buyers can be 100% confident that people love the photo
2. Faster Search:  With Pixoto the best images will show up first in every search result eliminating hours of paging through mediocre images to find what you are looking for
3. Fresher Images:  An amazing stock photo submitted today will be on the top of the search results tomorrow
4. More variety:  Anybody can be a stock photographer with Pixoto because the best images will always rise to the top so we can source from a much broader audience

We have spent the past year focusing on building the world’s first scalable crowd sourced photo ranking system that minimizes the individual biases of voters and eliminates cheating.  With over one million images ranked we feel we are finally ready to turn our focus from providing our members valuable feedback on their images to helping them making money from them.

Over the next month we will be focused on adding licensable photos to our collection so that when we launch Pixoto Stock to buyers in October we will already have a robust catalog in place.

From the moment we launched Pixoto people have been asking for the ability to license the amazing imagery of Pixoto members.  The wait is almost over.

You can learn more about Pixoto Stock, and how to become a contributor, by visiting our contributor information site.