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Jack-O-Lanterns Photography Tips

 

Share your creative and spooky Jack-O-Lanterns by taking memorable and fun photos. Here are a few tips on how to take photos of your Jack-O-Lantern masterpiece:

1. Use a tripod, or place your camera on something that’s sturdy, like a table.
2.   Place your pumpkin in front of a plain background or outside with a cool backdrop of plants or vines. Avoid putting it in front of a congested area as the design won’t capture as well.
3.    Light your pumpkin with at least 2-3 candles inside. The more candles you use, the more the pumpkin will glow. 
4. Turn off your flash to maintain the spooky glow of your pumpkin and keep your photo from getting washed out.
5. Use a manual setting or the TV mode to slow down the shutter speed if you are using an SLR camera.  Try a shutter speed of 0.8-2.5 seconds.

Take a few shots and experiment! Show off your Jack-O-Lanterns in our group album: 

Get a Free Pro Account!

Want to try out all the cool features of a Pro Account? From discounts on prints to an increase in storage space, Pro accounts offer more options. Upload a photo or video of something that you are passionate about to the McDonald's Group Album and get a Free Pro Account for 3 months. Whether it's jumping puddles or your cool artwork, share your personality!

Great ideas for celebrating the end of the school year on Photobucket

The end of the school year is approaching. We have so many great things you can do to remember the school year on Photobucket. Here are some ideas:

Teacher Gifts

• Have your class parents upload their favorite photos from the year to a Group Album on Photobucket
• Gather the photos together into a printed Scrapbook for the teacher. It'll cost less than $40, and it'll be a wonderful gift she or he can keep forever.

Go here to start a Group Album: http://photobucket.com/groupalbums/
Go here to make a Scrapbook: http://photobucket.com/scrapbooks

Photobucket teams up with #1 comedian and radio star Steve Harvey to celebrate Prom season

We love Steve Harvey, the "King" of comedy and fashion. Mr Harvey is known for his impeccable and undeniable style. And he wants to see YOUR style for the Prom!

Asher Roth's official fan photo and video album on Photobucket

Party boy Asher Roth brings his own spin to his official Photobucket fan photo and video albums. New today. For all you Asher Roth fans -- join his album! He'll be checking out all the submissions himself.

See Jesse McCartney's Official Photo Album on Photobucket

Hey, don't miss Jesse's shout on on Photobucket! Jesse McCartney's official group photo and video album is here. Upload your favorite Jesse photos and videos here.

Green Day launches their fan photo and video album on Photobucket

We're excited to welcome Green Day to Photobucket! Enjoy their official fan photo and video album at http://photobucket.com/greendayfan.

Who knew? Pop Tarts are such fun

Photobucket users and their Pop Tarts. Check them out.

Color Splash Group Album very popular

We started a new group album devoted to Color Splashes.  This is a feature in Photobucket's photo editor that lets you make an area of a photo color and the rest black and white. We're impressed how creative the submissions are. Join and add your own!

"Spread the love" Jakob Johnson and The Record Life on Photobucket

Check out the new fan photo and video album on Photobucket for Jakob (Jake) Johnson and The Record Life. Upload photos, videos, messages to Jake. Whatever you like, if you love The Record Life.

Baby Breakout Star Contest on Photobucket

There's always something going on at Photobucket, and today it's the "Baby Breakout Star" contest, sponsored by Baby Einstein.

Update as of 6/2/2009: finalists have been chosen. You can see them here. There's all kinds of rather boring but necessary paperwork that needs to be done before the winner can be chosen. We'll announce as soon as that's done!

Lady Gaga comes to Photobucket

All the coolest artists are coming to Photobucket. Last week, we hosted My Chemical Romance's official fan group album. That group album got more uploads in the first day than any we've ever launched! (More even than the Obama Inauguration group albums!)

Taylor Swift joins Photobucket fans in a group photo and video album

Another amazing music artist has selected Photobucket as the home of their own photo and video group album. Taylor Swift!

Fab backgrounds in the "backgrounds" group album -- we love them

We love all the backgrounds people have uploaded to the Backgrounds group album on Photobucket. Use them in your profiles, or on your desktop. Some of them make awesome desktop backgrounds. Pick a new one every day!

Beautiful new additions to our "Art" Group Album

Check out the art group album. We're really loving looking at the new additions there every day. Thanks for uploading your great work!

Calling all "Never Shout Never" and Christofer Drew fans on Photobucket!

How cute is that Christofer Drew? See on Photobucket. Join the fans in the special, official Never Shout Never group album: http://photobucket.com/nsnfans. Hundreds of new photos are up there of fans just like you! Join us! 

Seal celebrates Valentine's Day on Photobucket

Seal, the oh-so-romantic Grammy award winner, would like you to upload your romantic Valentine's Day photos to his group album on Photobucket.

Photobucket honors Black History Month and 50th anniversary of Motown!

Photobucket has teamed up with Motown Records to celebrate Black History Month, with a special category in Find Stuff on Photobucket and a Motown 50 Group Album.

Motown50 Group Album Go to http://photobucket.com/motown50 and upload all the things you love about Motown. Black History Month Channel Go to http://photobucket.com/images/black%20history/. Check out some of the cool special photos.

Akon - so beautiful - visits us on Photobucket

Akon wants your beautiful photos uploaded to Photobucket.

See our Akon Fans group album, and watch his "shout out" for Photobucket.

Peoples' Group Album for the Inauguration is our most popular Group Album ever!

We're thrilled at the response to our Peoples' Group Album for the Obama Inauguration. As you saw earlier, Photobucket was selected as the online destination for the Obama Official Inaugural Book. This book will be unlike any previous Inaugural Books. It will include your photos.