The Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS) has organized the 2010 Furry Faces Pet Photo Contest, a fundraiser for the animal welfare and education organization.

First Coast residents are invited to enter photos of their pets via JHS’s Web site or regular mail. A panel of JHS volunteers will select 50 dog and 50 cat photos as finalists. Humane Society staff will then open the contest to the general public to choose their 12 favorite photos, to include six dogs and six cats.

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Rally America’s latest photo contest is now live. If you were at last weekend’s Rally Colorado, click here to submit your best photos for the chance to win an annual subscription to Subie Sport Magazine and a Driving Sports TV DVD. Two runners up will also receive Rally America swag.

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We’re excited to announce that tomorrow kicks off our Seven Wonders of Illinois photo contest!

For anyone that is not familiar, two years ago we asked you all to help us determine the official Seven Wonders of Illinois by nominating beautiful, interesting or quirky locations around the state. After weeks of nominations and voting, the winning attractions resulted in: Wrigley Field , Baha’i Temple, Starved Rock State Park, Allerton Park, Black Hawk State Historic Site, Rend Lake and Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway.

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It’s common to see a Fairview Rotary community calendar hanging in area homes, and chances are you might have one in yours. After all the Rotary Club does sell nearly 1,000 of them every year.

The calendar serves a couple of functions; it reminds us of the date and also lists everyone who is celebrating a birthday or anniversary so the community can share in the milestone.

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The Centerville Arts Commission and the Washington-Centerville Public Library are hosting Point and Shoot, a free photography competition focused on the community. Entries are being accepted. All photographs submitted should reflect the character of the people, places, and pursuits that make the City of Centerville and Washington Township unique.

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The theme for this week’s competition is “noise”. Please email your pictures to kate.day@telegraph.co.uk or add them to the competition’s Flickr group by midnight on Monday (Sunday-Monday rather than Monday-Tuesday).

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We’re about to start pushing for entires for this year’s dog photo competition but we thought it would be good to remind you of some the stunning entries we’ve had in the past few years so we’ve put together a video so you can see them all…

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This October, 6,000 of Asia’s passionate photographers will gather to answer the call of Canon’s PhotoMarathon Asia 2009.

Back for its third consecutive year, the Canon PhotoMarathon Asia is one of the region’s largest and most recognised photo competitions. Created for anyone with a passion for photography, the Canon PhotoMarathon is open to amateur and professional photographers alike.

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American Express © recenty ran a TV ad that showed pictures of both smily face and sad face images made up of everyday things we might see. I thought this would be a great way of getting the creative juices flowing for all you photographers.

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Think you can take a great shot like the pros?
Send us yours, and the winner gets it published in the Backcountry Magazine 2009 Photo Annual!

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The Humane Society is ready to see your photogenic pets. It’s time for the 2010 Furry Faces Pet Photo Contest, the Jacksonville Humane Society’s annual fundraiser.

You can mail in your photo or email, and a panel will select 50 dogs and 50 cats to be finalists.

From there, the vote goes to the public to pick the 12 winners. Half will be cats, half dogs.

The winners used to appear on a paper calendar, but as times change, so too do pet photo contests.

“We are really excited about this year’s Furry Faces contest,” said Leona Sheddan, executive director of JHS. “As more people track their schedules on smart devices, they no longer need traditional, paper calendars. Many of our donors have requested that we follow this trend. We will now feature the 12 winning photos monthly on our Web site. This new contest format also gives us the chance to go green by eliminating printed materials.”

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This is a contest for New World Notes’ RMB City Photo Contest, for images depicting life in Second Life’s RMB City, with L$12500 going to top images in two categories: Natural Virtual (no post-processing), Synthetic Virtual (post-processing.) Deadline is September 28, Monday 11:59pm SLT/PT!

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f a picture is worth a thousand words, photos capturing the essence of each of the four seasons at Smith Mountain Lake speak volumes.

The “Seventh-Annual Four Seasons of Smith Mountain Lake Photo Contest” is about to start. All shutterbugs – serious and casual — who enjoy capturing the beauty of the lake and its environs in photographs are encouraged to participate. Winning photos will be displayed at the SML Visitor’s Center at Bridgewater Plaza and will be used in local, regional and even national publications.

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The Newest Canon Photo Printer
By Imanuel Henry

Canon has released the new Canon Photo Printer, the Selphy CP790 and CP780. Both canon photo inkjet printer models come as compact photo printer that easily to bring anywhere. Come with green storage basket and integrated carrying handle, the Selphy CP790 is designed in unique way and it is match when you bring it to outdoor activities. While the CP780 is available in blue, silver, and pink colors that match with the new Canon Powershot SD1200, as they introduced in the same time.
Canon Selphy CP780 – Easier Way for Printing
The new CP780 is replacing the Sephy CP760 and improved significantly the printing speed of its predecessor. You can print 4×6 color photos within 47 seconds. It is designed for fun, affordable family photo printing, and produce lab-quality photo in a minute and easy way.
The Selphy CP780 provides user-friendly interface with2.5” TFT Color LCD Screen, large button for navigating, easy instruction and supporting for 7 different languages. This printer also incorporates three memory card slots, so you can use vary model of memory card. The PictBridge feature also means you can connect to most model of digital camera and make printing directly.
This photo printer will produce the beautiful borderless photo claimed to be last up to 100 years. You can make five color effects to customize your photo, B&W, Sepia, Vivid, Neutral and Positive Films. Your photo will be more excellent through portrait image optimize as the corrections for brightness and contrast of the detected faces within an image and automatically reduce red-eye.
Your kids also will be easier to print with this canon photo printer ip. The Selphy CP780 includes update of easy-to-use software which has audio guidance. So when you use the printer from a computer, there will be a voice spoken the instruction.
This Canon photo printer also offers portability printing feature with optional battery pack for $79.99 and Bluetooth adapter for $49.99. The printer itself is pricing at $99. You can easily printing from your mobile phone or other wireless devices with Bluetooth adapter.
CP790 – New Awesome Photo Printer
The newest Canon Photo Printer, CP790, will provide anything you need for producing lab-quality photo in easiest and fastest way. You will get fast printing speed as 47 seconds for postcard sized and completed with unique design that simplify to bring printer, adapter, ink, and paper just in a 7.0″ x 9.7″ x 3.4″ (WxHxD) basket.
The angled 3.0-inch LCD Display and Scroll Wheel will simplify the operation of your photo printing process. There is no need to connect the Selphy 790 to your computer. You can make a print directly from the camera, memory cards, and other wireless device (through Bluetooth or infra-red).
This canon photo printers uses dye-sublimation printing process to produce special coating to make it last up to 100 years. It is a great way to preserve family memories. The lab-quality photo will be optimized with the including Automatic Image Correction such Red-Eye Correction, Noise Reduction and Skin Tone Optimization. And let your creativity appears in your photo with additional Frame, Calendar, Photo Diary Print and more.
Conclusion
Canon is always makes lab-quality photo printing in your home easier. The latest Selphy Canon Photo Printer is taking the way to give the whole printing experience in easiest way to the customer. The Selphy CP780 and CP790 is great Canon photo printer for everyone in acceptable price.

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In the run up to World Sight Day that will be observed globally on October 8, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) is organizing a photography contest in efforts to raise awareness on its global sustainability programme, Seeing Is Believing, according to a press release.

The photo competition carries the theme “The Difference of Sight” and is open for all photography enthusiasts of the public to participate in. The theme of the competition encourages individuals to submit photos that encapsulate the difference that their eyesight makes to them and how they see things differently.

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READING scenes will be in the frame in a church competition to find a photo for its offices.

Reading Family Church is challenging amateur photographers to snap a scene that shows the spirit of the town. Pastor Sean Green, who earlier this year based his sermons on news stories from sister paper The Chronicle, said: “Images that capture the changing face of Reading, new buildings coming up or old buildings going down would be interesting. I do like looking at our history but also what we are becoming as a town.”

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PHOTOGRAPHY Monthly (PM) magazine is running a photography competition to win two of the latest Fujifilm FinePix cameras, complete with revolutionary EXR sensors, plus a day at an air show using the kit, an overnight hotel stay and a slap-up meal to boot.

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GuardiaCare Services, a non-profit agency providing care management, guardianship,and other services for at-risk adults, is sponsoring a juried, photography exhibit competition as part of its 40th anniversary celebration.

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Scrapbooking is a terrific hobby! I love that each scrapbook I make is a testament to all of the love and care that I’ve put into making it. I have made scrapbooks as gifts for friends and family, and of course, I love to make them as a way to display my own favorite photos!

However, I am currently on a strict budget and am finding it tough to justify spending so much money on the scrapbooking paraphernalia that I need to make my scrapbooks perfect. Scrapbooking is a great hobby, but it is also a very, very expensive one!

To get around the budget constraint, I have found an excellent alternative: digital scrapbooking software! Until I started shopping around online for cheaper scrapbooking materials, I had never even heard of this option before. And it’s awesome!

Digital scrapbooking software is revolutionizing the scrapbooking hobby, and taking it to a whole new level! There are programs out there now that allow you to upload your photographs, place them in a variety of unique, creative templates, and create a fabulous digital scrapbook that can then be printed, or published.

It’s terrific! And the best part is that digital scrapbooking download is FREE! That’s right: FREE! It’s great marketing on the part of the website, or business that is offering it. They offer the digital scrapbooking software for free. You can play, create, design, and if you like it, you then have the option of paying them to professionally publish and mail you your scrapbook. You don’t have to have it published if you don’t like your final product, but it looks great if you do decide to have it printed!

I find that I have saved so much money using this digital scrapbooking software. The digital scrapbooking software that I use offers an unbelievable variety of features like add-ons, clip-art and backgrounds to choose from.

Initially I was a little bit worried that scrapbooks I created online wouldn’t have the same jazzy effect as the traditional paper ones I used to make. I was worried that digital images would be no replacement for all the great stickers and stamps that I usually buy at scrapbooking stores. But I was wrong! I honestly think that my digital scrapbooks are every bit as creative, unique and artistic as the ones that I used to make! Think about it: you can even use your scanner to scan images like birth certificates or greeting cards onto your computer! It’s amazing!

The other benefits to using photo scrapbook software to scrapbook are convenience (it’s all right there on your computer), and organization (I don’t’ have boxes of scrapbooking materials lying around my house anymore!).

I highly recommend digital scrapbooking software. My personal favorite is the software from Avatree. Digital scrapbooking software has really changed the way I scrapbook, and I couldn’t be happier!

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Scrapbooking is all the rage these days! Countless people spend hundreds, and even thousands of dollars per year buying scrapbook paraphernalia to support their craft. Items such as stickers, specialty glue and tape, paper edging, photo corners, and other such “flair” all cost money!

Scrapbooking is an art that can be very expensive and time consuming, but also very rewarding when you feel happy and proud of your final product. The entire process of creating a traditional paper scrapbook can be costly, but luckily now there is a free photo scrapbook software available that will eliminate a great deal of the time and expense of traditional scrapbooking, without sacrificing quality!

With the right digital scrapbooking download, you can create beautiful, unique calendars, scrapbooks, and photo albums of professional quality. These creations can be produced quickly and easily as long as you have both a digital cameral and a computer. With that basic equipment on hand, all that is needed is the photo scrapbook software.

There are many options for photo scrapbook software on the internet today, but you need to know which of the options offer the highest quality. You need to carefully examine the website that is offering the photo scrapbook software, as a website is an excellent indication of the product that it is promoting.

When considering a website, keep the following key points in mind:

- Does the website look professional? Does it appear to have been creating by a professional web designer? A website that projects a professional image often indicates online legitimacy.

- Does the website have a ‘contact’ page? Make certain that there is a contact page on the website offering the product in case you ever run into a situation in which you have a question or concern (you want to know who to get a hold of!). In order to test the legitimacy of the website, phone the 1-800 number or email the email address listed on the ‘contact’ page.

- Does the website offer any type of free giveaways to help you get started on your digital scrapbooking projects? Look for such free items as additional clip-art and backgrounds for download. The more resources, the more value is added to the software being offered.

- Finally, is the photo scrapbook software being offered on the website FREE? Most companies charge for printing of the final scrapbook product, but the software used to make the scrapbook should be free! There is some great photo scrapbook software out there – take advantage of the free offer!

There are many options on the internet today for photo scrapbook software. If you make an intelligent software choice, you will be able to create high quality scrapbooks to be proud of. Impress you friends and family with your digital creativity! Check out this excellent FREE digital scrapbooking software option from Avatree that allows you to create digital scrapbooks, photo albums, customized mouse pads, personalized calendars, and much more!

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