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Pixoto Blog Home Category Descriptions Useful Tips What to do if your image gets paused Support Facebook ← Back to Pixoto Subscribe to our blog Search blog archives2016 Award Season is Here! January 13, 2017 Annual Awards and Top 20 Photographers for 2016! We are announcing the Top 20 Photographers of 2016 Awards in mid-January 2016 for each Pixoto category. Here are the details: The Top Photographers will be selected from the highest point earners for each category in 2016. Winners will receive a special badge prominently placed on their profile page. Categories that have less than 1000 images will not be included. We will publicize through a press-release, direct email, social media, a banner in the sidebar and through a dedicated section of the site accessible from the header. Schedule for awards is as follows: 12-Jan Thu Artistic Objects 13-Jan Fri Illustration 14-Jan Sat Nudes & Boudoir 15-Jan Sun Babies & Children 16-Jan Mon People 17-Jan Tue Animals – Dogs / Animals – Cats 18-Jan Wed Weekly Awards 19-Jan Thu 20-Jan Fri Wedding 21-Jan Sat Public Holidays 22-Jan Sun Instagram & Mobile / Novices Only 23-Jan Mon Animals 24-Jan Tue 25-Jan Wed Weekly Awards 26-Jan Thu Buildings & Architecture 27-Jan Fri Food & Drink 28-Jan Sat Digital Art 29-Jan Sun Nature Up Close 30-Jan Mon Transportation 31-Jan Tue Sports & Fitness / Black & White 01-Feb Wed Weekly Awards 02-Feb Thu Flowers 03-Feb Fri Abstract 04-Feb Sat Typography / Painting / Drawing 05-Feb Sun City, Street and Park 06-Feb Mon Landscapes by Morgan · 2015 Awards Are Coming January 7, 2016 Annual Awards and Top 20 Photographers for 2015! We will announce the Top 20 Photographers of 2015 Awards in mid-January 2016 for each Pixoto category. Here are the details: As so many have requested, this year the Top Photographers will be selected from the highest point earners for each category in 2015. Winners will receive a special badge prominently placed on their profile page. Categories that have less than 1000 images will not be included. We will publicize through a press-release, direct email, social media, a banner in the sidebar and through a dedicated section of the site accessible from the header. Schedule for awards is as follows: 14-Jan Thu Buildings & Architecture 15-Jan Fri Illustration 16-Jan Sat Nudes & Boudoir 17-Jan Sun Babies & Children 18-Jan Mon People 19-Jan Tue Animals – Dogs; Animals – Cats 20-Jan Wed Weekly Awards 21-Jan Thu City, Street and Park 22-Jan Fri Wedding 23-Jan Sat Public Holidays 24-Jan Sun Instagram & Mobile / Novices Only 25-Jan Mon Animals 26-Jan Tue Black & White 27-Jan Wed Weekly Awards 28-Jan Thu Artistic Objects 29-Jan Fri Food & Drink 30-Jan Sat Digital Art 31-Jan Sun Nature Up Close 01-Feb Mon 02-Feb Tue Sports & Fitness 03-Feb Wed Weekly Awards 04-Feb Thu Flowers 05-Feb Fri Abstract 06-Feb Sat Typography 07-Feb Sun 08-Feb Mon Landscapes 09-Feb Tues Painting / Drawing 10-Feb Wed Weekly Awards 11-Feb Thu Transportation by Morgan · 2014 Award Season is Here! January 9, 2015 Annual Awards and Top 20 Photographers for 2014! We will announce the Top 20 Photographers of 2014 Awards in mid-January 2014 for each Pixoto category. Here are the details: As so many have requested, this year the Top Photographers will be selected from the highest point earners for each category in 2014. Winners will receive a special badge prominently placed on their profile page. Categories that have less than 1000 images will not be included. We will publicize through a press-release, direct email, social media, a banner in the sidebar and through a dedicated section of the site accessible from the header. Schedule for awards is as follows: 15-Jan Thu Transportation 16-Jan Fri Typography 17-Jan Sat Nudes & Boudoir 18-Jan Sun 19-Jan Mon People 20-Jan Tue Animals – Dogs; Animals – Cats 21-Jan Wed Weekly Awards 22-Jan Thu Instagram & Mobile; Novices Only 23-Jan Fri Illustration 24-Jan Sat News & Events 25-Jan Sun Food & Drink; Abstract 26-Jan Mon Animals 27-Jan Tue City, Street & Park 28-Jan Wed Weekly Awards 29-Jan Thu Artistic Objects 30-Jan Fri Sports & Fitness 31-Jan Sat Drawing 01-Feb Sun Nature Up Close 02-Feb Mon Digital Art; Wedding 03-Feb Tue Buildings & Architecture 04-Feb Wed Weekly Awards 05-Feb Thu Flowers 06-Feb Fri Painting 07-Feb Sat Public Holidays 08-Feb Sun Black & White 09-Feb Mon Babies & Children 10-Feb Tues Landscapes by Morgan · Don’t have $6.5 Million for Peter Lik’s Phantom” – we’ve got you covered December 13, 2014 We were all astounded by the news that Peter Lik’s Phantom”, a black and white photo of Antelope Valley in Arizona, sold for a record $6.5 million. We applaud Mr. Lik for this monumental feat and for the credibility it brings to photography as an art form. For the rest of us who don’t happen to have $6.5 million lying around but would like to have the pleasure of viewing Antelope Canyon on a daily basis our fellow Pixoto members have the answer. Here are 3 exceptional takes on the iconic location – and there’s still time to order amazing canvas prints for the holidays! Navajo Ghost” by David Long [BUY] Lady in the Wind” by Stephen Berry [BUY] Light Dance by Flavio Mini [BUY] There are hundreds more for sale in our art shop ! by Jason · NEW: Submit Images to Pixoto without Categorizing June 29, 2014 It’s now easier than ever to submit photos to Pixoto because you don’t have to spend hours using tedious drop downs to get them in the right categories and subcategories. Now you can just click publish immediately after uploading and your images will automatically be added to the Uncategorized” category and submitted for voting. This is a great way to get a quick read on what Pixoto voters think of your images. It’s also a great way to upload a large catalog of images to make them available in the Pixoto market. All of your embedded titles and keywords will be automatically added to your images as usual. We love having all of the images on Pixoto categorized. It makes it easy to find the photography that you’re interested in and we believe that the voting is more accurate that way. That said the single biggest obstacle for people to upload photos is the amount of time it takes to type, categorize and subcategorize each one. Furthermore successful mutli-subject categories like Black & White have shown us that we can get great photographic diversity and bring amazing photos to the top of the leaderboard in mixed subject categories. Pixoto moderators will go through the best of the Uncategorized images and assign search terms/keywords so that they will appear in the correct stock and art shop searches. Uncategorized images will get paused a bit earlier than categorized images and they won’t get the extra votes assigned to images submitted by PRO members. We believe it is likely that the overall quality of Uncategorized images will be lower than that of more carefully considered submissions. As such we don’t want to end up with ImageDuel getting flooded with thousands of poor quality images and degrading the voting experience. Our goal is to make sure that poor quality images get paused as soon as possible. We’ll monitor this and will make any changes necessary to keep voting on Pixoto fun and interesting. For more information on the Uncategorized category see Category Descriptions So what are you waiting for? Go through your back catalog, choose a few hundred (or thousand) images and try them out. You may find some crowd pleasing gems you didn’t even know you had. Happy Shooting! by Jason · Top 20 Photographers of 2013 January 15, 2014 NOTE: Due to technical issues with our ISP we have had to change the award schedule. Are you one of the Top 20 Photographers in the World for 2013? We will announce the Top 20 Photographers of 2013 Awards in mid-January 2014 for each Pixoto category. Here are the details: The winners of the awards will be based on the average ImageScore of your best 10 images submitted in the category during 2013. You must have submitted 10...