Phoozl - photo games & more http://www.phoozl.com Phoozl is a website destination or portal that provides a safe place to have fun with photos and photography (and other visual arts). en-us Sat, 19 May 12 09:37:21 -0500 Sat, 19 May 12 09:37:21 -0500 http://www.phoozl.com/rss.php AgaresWriter 2.1 Happy Winter Holidays!http://www.phoozl.com/article-39-Happy-Winter-Holidays.html PhoozL is taking a well-needed break over the winter holidays and is planning its next evolution (revolution?), which should appear sometime early in the new year. But we're still live here, so keep playing photo games, keep learning from the photo tips, and most of all, keep taking photos! And while we're freezing in Virginia, here's a reminder of outdoor summer swimming when the water was blue, but the pool deck was hot...

The "AUTUMN" Alphabetography Photo Challenge, which challenged photo enthusiasts to find or take and then submit photos tied to the letters of the word "A-U-T-U-M-N," started on September 26 and ended on November 6 (six full weeks). The overall numbers were down slightly from the Summer contest, but the quality of the submissions and commentary was as high as ever. Autumn Alphabeteers submitted some amazing images.

November 11th, 2011 06:15 PM AUTUMN Alphabetography Challenge Closes; Off to the Judges!http://www.phoozl.com/article-36-AUTUMN-Alphabetography-Challenge-Closes-Off-to-the-Judges.html With all letters completed, and the AUTUMN Alphabetography Photo Challenge officially ended, the 60 Top Images (10 for each of the six letters in "AUTUMN") are now in the hands of the Judges, who are judging these Finalist images based on the four published criteria.

November 08th, 2011 12:07 PM AUTUMN Alphabetography Photo Challenge Starts on Facebook!http://www.phoozl.com/article-35-AUTUMN-Alphabetography-Photo-Challenge-Starts-on-Facebook.html The "AUTUMN" edition of the Alphabetography Photo Challenge is LIVE on Facebook! The AUTUMN contest runs for 6 weeks to its conclusion on November 6, 2011. Find out how it works or start submitting here: http://apps.facebook.com/alphabetography (you need a Facebook account and click the "Allow" button for permissions)

 

The "Summer" Alphabetography Photo Challenge, which challenged photo enthusiasts to find or take and then submit photos tied to the letters of the word "Summer," started on June 27 and ended on August 7 (6 full weeks). And even though this was holiday and vacation time for many, and numbers were expected to fall off, the Summer contest produced some interesting statistics: 982 photo submissions (down 9% from "Spring"); 22, ]]> August 19th, 2011 03:12 PM "Summer" Alphabetography Photo Challenge Ends!http://www.phoozl.com/article-33-quotSummerquot-Alphabetography-Photo-Challenge-Ends.html The "SUMMER" edition of the Alphabetography Photo Challenge (The Four Seasons) officially ended at 11:59pm U.S. EDT on Sunday. Summer was sizzling with lots of hot submissions!

The 60 Final ]]> August 08th, 2011 10:46 AM Another M&M Mini Challenge Winnerhttp://www.phoozl.com/article-32-Another-MampM-Mini-Challenge-Winner.html Now it's the guys' turn... Our male winner of the M&M Mini Challenge in the "Summer" Alphabetography Photo Challenge is: Alexander Derkach from Mykolaiv, Ukraine, which is just up-river from the Black Sea and northeast of Odessa. One of the first participants in Alphabetography, Alexander is an avid photographer and a member of the Photographers of Ukraine Union where he first exhibited his photos in 19 ]]> July 23rd, 2011 09:40 PM 5 M&M Mini Challenge Winners!http://www.phoozl.com/article-31-5-MampM-Mini-Challenge-Winners.html So just for fun (and to signal the transition to our first Double Letter - M & M in "Summer"), Harald came up with the "M&M Mini Challenge" on Alphabetography Photo Challenge asking folks in 24 hours to: (A) submit 5 more "M" photos, (B) make 5 new photo Comments, and (C) vote 5 more times for any photos. And we have 5 winners! (odd all these "5"s - better play them in the lottery!) They are: July 20th, 2011 09:29 AM Summer "Alphabetography Photo Challenge" Going Strong on Facebookhttp://www.phoozl.com/article-30-Summer-quotAlphabetography-Photo-Challengequot-Going-Strong-on-Facebook.html It's summertime! Which means time for the "Summer" Alphabetography Photo Challenge on Facebook. The challenge or contest runs for approximately 45 days to its conclusion on August 7.

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]]> July 09th, 2011 07:47 PM Spring Alphabetography Winners Announced!http://www.phoozl.com/article-29-Spring-Alphabetography-Winners-Announced.html Wow! The "Spring" edition of the Alphabetography Photo Challenge really grew over the inaugural "Winter" challenge. Starting on April 11 and closing on May 22 (a full 6 weeks), the Spring contest produced some interesting statistics: 1,084 photo submissions (up 452% from Winter); 26,717 photo views (up 180%); 3,463 votes cast (up 495%), and 602 photo comments made. Demographically, the women participants (55%) edged ]]> May 27th, 2011 04:17 PM