photo credit: .klash

If you’ve been following my posts over the last few weeks you’d have noticed that I was taking part in a competition organised by PicApp and FuelMyBlog. Well, the competition is now over and the winner has been announced.

The winner was BenSpark who’s off to Blog World Expo in Vegas next month. Congratulations mate!

I got a notable mention together with www.acelebrationofcurves.com; www.greasyguide.com; www.pieknyibogaty.blogspot.com.

It was a fun competition and I always love the spirit of camaraderie that these online contests bring about. I made the mistake of getting emotionally drawn into this one though. Didn’t realise until I found out how gutted I was when I didn’t win. Maybe I should have realised earlier and put more effort into winning. Andrew certainly went all out on his blog Google is not God. Still, it was a valiant effort and I was glad I took part in the competition.

Way to go FuelMyBlog and PicApp. When are you holding another one?

Ah well, time is running out for the FuelMyBlog PicApp competition, with a ticket with accommodation and travel to Blog World Expo as the prize. I don’t know if I have managed to made the grade; I do know that my friend BenSpark has made a concerted effort to win, but I think I have made a valiant effort too; so we’ll have to see who managed to make the grade.

Good luck everyone. We’ll find out who wins next week.

Well, today is the last day of the PicApp competition organised together with FuelMyBlog. I’ve done my best, so it’s really up to the powers that be. I hope you, my readers have enjoyed having the PicApp pictures as part of my posts. It’s been an interesting experience and I’ve been impressed with two things about PicApp:

• The sheer volume of photos: There are photos about everything you can imagine. And I love the way there are always updated with the latest events. If you search for the Olympics for example, you get all the recent photos from the events
• The interactivity of the photos: I like the way the photos automatically get a description together with tools to share the photo with your friends etc. This is done automatically for you, as is the resizing and styling options you need to insert the picture into you blog post.

All in all, regardless of how I do in their comptition, I wish PicApp the best of luck. Great concept guys!

So, I’ve been using PicApp for a couple of weeks now to supply my blog with photos from their massive collection. I still have PhotoDropper installed, but I’m giving this a try. They have access to some great photo libraries but also provide editorial photos that are added to their collection as soon as the event happens.

The great thing about PicApp is that it’s very easy to find relevant photos for any post you want to do. So, if I’m talking about satellite internet services for example, all I have to do is type “satellite” into PicApp, and voila, I have a total of 117 different images to choose from; and I went for this:

I’ve been thinking they might be a bit overpowering on the blog. What do you think? Do you think they enhance of detract from the posts you’re reading?

Image details: Yellow Tulips served by picapp.com

And here’s another one:

Image details: Thinkstock single image collection served by picapp.com

Cute huh?