Vote Now For November's Monthly Photo Assignment: "WINDOWS"

Vote Now for your favorite interpretation of November's monthly photo assignment "WINDOWS." Thank you to all those who took the time to shoot for this assignment and turn in an entry. These topics seem to keep getting more and more challenging. I hope you learned to see your subjects in a new light. And good luck to everyone.

The winner will choose December's topic, which will be announced on Monday.

Get Out There: Share Your Pet Photos & Win

Sometimes I don't know what strains my pocketbook more, my love of photography or my love for my dogs! I try not to think about how much I spend on dog toys and chews, glucosamine supplements, and high quality dog food to keep my Husky, Raina, and my Malamute, Isis, happy and healthy.

But here's a chance for my two loves to offer a mutual benefit: Enter your favorite photos of your pets to win coveted Drs. Foster and Smith gift certificates. Ten categories will give you a chance to show off your scaled, gilled, and fine feathered friends, too.

There are 30 winners every month, with prizes ranging from $100 to $300 of certificates. That's a ton of rawhides and interactive toys for The Girls, as well as some catnip for their nemesis, Nikita the Cat.

Win a monthly contest and qualify to win an anniversary contest with a trip to two for Maui as the 1st place prize. Enter your images online here.

Make sure you read and agree with user rights: "All entry information becomes the property of Sponsor. Entrants retain the copyright to their photographs; however, by entering the contest, Entrants grant Sponsor a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to display any submitted photographs, Entrant name and pet name on Sponsor website, in Sponsor product catalogs, and within Sponsor advertising and promotions without any fee or other form of compensation."

August Photo Assignment Topic Announced: RURAL ARCHITECTURE

RURAL ARCHITECTURE is the topic for the PYWP blog August photography assignment. Brush up on the rules by reading this past post.

You will have from now until August 24 to submit only ONE entry. Voting polls will open and the winner will be announced on August 31. Email your submissions to shebawheeler@picture-yourworld.com. And good luck everyone!

Now: GET OUT THERE!