In this issue:

• Win an iPod Shuffle at the Big Top
• Featured Carny: George Bailey
• The LuckyOliver Blog
• LuckyStats: Most Views
• Jill's Turn: Sticky Words

ALL OVER OLIVER: ISSUE NUMBER TWO

Hi, and welcome to All Over Oliver--a monthly newsletter that tells you what's happening all over LuckyOliver. This month, we're going to give you the chance to win an iPod, give you the scoop on IPTC and FTP and tell you all about sticky words. Let's go!

Win an iPod Shuffle at the Big Top

We're rolling out the LuckyOliver Big Top--a place where all Olivers can gather as one big community--and to help get y'all interested in checking the Big Top out, we're bribing you. Find out all of the details about our Big Top contest and you might just win an iPod Shuffle!

The theme this month is 'music'

Submit your photos to win the iPod.

IPTC? FTP? MMMHMMM.

Not sure if you've heard but we're now able to read you IPTC info when you upload your images via FTP or the submit tool. In fact, some of the cool images above were submitted just like that!

New to all the acronyms? Check out our easy-to-follow FTP instructions (you've gotta be at least a Carny in order to upload via FTP, so make sure you've had 3 photos accepted), and submit your images today. Who knows, you might just end up in the next version of All Over Oliver!

Featured Carny: George Bailey

George Bailey (LuckyOliver screen name: geoarts) has been taking photographs for more than 30 years, and has been a professional photographer for almost as long. Starting out his career as a fine artist, George's interest in photography was initially secondary to his interest in painting. He recently had a conversation with LuckyO word maven Amy about his work, his life and a few pieces of advice he'd give up-and-coming photographers.

LO: Tell me a little bit about how you got started in photography
GB: I've been taking photographs for about 30 years--I've been a professional photographer for around twenty of those, and actually started out as a fine artist. I got interested in photography mainly because of my interest in painting and drawing in a very photorealistic technique--what I'd do is project a slide onto canvas, then I'd draw or paint over top of the projected images.

After a while of that, I realized that I wanted to get more into the photography end of things, and I wanted to develop the art of my photography a little bit more. I started learning more about photography through books, magazines and just going out and taking pictures on my own. I also did some work with a company shooting photographs for an educational software catalog, and I've been taking photos of all sorts of things ever since.

Read the entire LuckyOliver interview

The LuckyOliver Blog

GET THE LATEST FROM THE LUCKYOLIVER TEAM

Have you seen the LuckyOliver blog? If not, you don't know what you're missing. With near-daily updates, news and information about the evolution (or is that revolution?) of LuckyO, you won't want to miss a moment.

Maybe you've noticed:

• We're putting the spotlight on some of our talented new Carnies
• We've got the latest contest announcements and updates
• We're keeping you in the know when it comes to enhancements and improvements to the site

The LuckyOliver blog is a great place to sound off about what's happening here at LuckyOliver, as well as what's happening out there in the rest of the world. Got something to say? Don't keep it to yourself...make use of the comment function at www.luckyoliver.com/blog and give us an earful!

LuckyStats: Photo Views

Interesting stuff! Here's a numerical behind-the-scenes look at the activity here on LuckyOliver. This month the theme is photo views; who's lookin', what they're lookin' at and what's getting downloaded.

Most Viewed

1. black and white wingtips
2. Burnt and Reborn
3. Ripe Hass Avocado
4. on her wedding day
5. To be a Kid again.
6. Pink Bikini Girl
7. Boy Playing Chess
8. Bikini Girl
9. In the Kitchen
10. Lion Face

Popular Photographers

1. JOURNEYS
2. Endoboy
3. bryan
4. mgowe1
5. westaly
6. cflyphoto
7. Mary Ann
8. Shippee
9. inorbit222
10. Alice

Jill's Turn

HOW TO GET YOUR PHOTOS FOUND? STICKY WORDS!

Getting sticky with it? You should be. Adding the right sticky words to your photo can have a huge impact on not only how many people view it, but also how many people buy it. Here are a few things you can do to keep your sticky words in tip-top shape!

And that's all for now, Olivers. Look for All Over Oliver in your Inbox next month, when we'll have updates on what's new at LuckyO, tips on getting more downloads and another Featured Oliver in the spotlight.

'Til then,
Bryan and the LuckyOliver team

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