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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy

Image courtesy of Sara Rosso

We’ve been waiting on pins and needles until we could share the new gallery formats which were announced yesterday on the WordPress.com blog! So now that they’re out, let’s put them to good use! We’re going to have a multi-photo challenge!

Happy. I can’t believe we haven’t done this theme before! That alone makes me happy. But there are so many things which could make you happy, so why not group them together to multiply the happiness? Here are some images which make me happy: a sunny day, Mums for Mom, exercise, coffee (of course!), a Vespa by the sea, a popsicle, funny signs, and more coffee!

Share (many) pictures in a gallery which mean HAPPY to you! 

I’m including all three new gallery formats just so you can see how they look – I think you should probably include only one in your post, but it’s up to you!  Which format is your favorite? I like rectangular, but circles are fun, too! Also, I think 6-9 photos are a good goal for this challenge (I’m using 9) and it shouldn’t take you much time at all to find 9 pictures of things that make you happy! Read the new gallery formats post for information about how to use them on your site. 

(Example of rectangular gallery)

(Example of square gallery)

(Example of circle gallery)

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New to The Daily Post? Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you’re invited to get involved in our Weekly Photo Challenge to help you meet your blogging goals and give you another way to take part in Post a Day / Post a Week. Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.

Here’s how it works:

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.

813 Comments
  1. I am cheating a bit! Mine is not really a photo post. But poetry! Its about being happy but! so i guess it counts
    http://justanotherwakeupcall.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/happy-with-a-tinge-of-sad-poetry/

    October 9, 2012
  2. I couldn’t figure out how to move images in the image library to the gallery. Finally dawned on me to re-upload the pictures again. Phew.. I’m in, at last. :-)
    http://dmooncrab.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/weekly-photo-challenge-happy-7/

    October 9, 2012
  3. Suzanne #

    Happiness is such an elusive thing – I decided for me it’s a feeling of lightness tinged with excitment. Here’s my response to the challenge.
    http://artifactsandfictions.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 9, 2012
  4. Hello, my entry for this week can be found here: http://wp.me/p2zbvU-cQ! Love this week’s theme!

    October 9, 2012
  5. sparklypie #

    it was actually pretty easy to find pictures, because many things make me happy.
    http://piepicheese.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 9, 2012
  6. This was hard to narrow it down to just a few pictures – there are so many people, places and things that make me happy – most of them include family. Hope you enjoy!
    http://beckystout.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/weekly-photo-challenge-happy-2/

    October 9, 2012
  7. Autumn in New Hampshire makes me happy, here are a few examples why.

    http://jeffsinonphotography.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 9, 2012
  8. We were entertaining a house guest, and this is the first chance I’ve had to post this since Friday- here’s what we did on our happy weekend!
    http://theretiringsort.com/2012/10/09/happy-days-happy-memories/

    October 9, 2012
  9. frontrangescribbles #

    How can one not be happy at this place? My submission for this weeks challenge http://frontrangescribbles.com/2012/10/09/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 9, 2012
  10. sjgleah #

    Here is my entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy. http://wp.me/p2HCvS-6k

    October 9, 2012
  11. yup…gave it another shot: http://remissionary.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/are-we-happy-yet/

    October 9, 2012
  12. I tried but I don’t think my version supports the formatting. Anyhow, this is my image take. Hope it looks happy to someone! – http://wp.me/p2wwUH-ee

    October 9, 2012
    • Sara Rosso #

      @pixitales – yes, at the moment it’s only available for sites hosted on WordPress.com

      October 10, 2012
      • Hah! I was starting to wonder. Thanks!

        October 10, 2012
  13. The Word #

    Hmm – didn’t figure out how to do the fancy gallery, but for now here is my HaPPy post:
    http://tgifriday.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 9, 2012
  14. I didn’t know how to do the gallery thing, but this one brought me some happy. Thought many of you who enjoyed your childhood could relate.

    http://thewishfactor.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 9, 2012
  15. how to add gallery post format on wordpress.com?

    October 10, 2012
    • Sara Rosso #

      @Bona – did you see http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/gallery/ ?

      October 10, 2012
      • Bona #

        thank! am done with this way already. i want to create gallery 33 photo or more than just only display one photo than click we can saw all 33 photo and create with this word link : This gallery contains(33photos)

        October 10, 2012
      • Bona #

        http://2010dev.wordpress.com/ i want to create gallery like this topic :Flowers in the yard …please see and help me

        October 10, 2012
  16. I was very happy when I finally figured out how to create a gallery! :) http://wp.me/pRM20-Hq

    October 10, 2012
    • i want to create like this :This gallery contains 33 photos. or click on one photos we will see all 33

      October 10, 2012
  17. I finally managed to make the gallery…huff… my entry http://si0co.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/306/

    October 10, 2012
  18. I had to think really hard about the focus of my Happy gallery but I finally settled on this: http://abstractunknownboy.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/weekly-multiple-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  19. Here’s my “happy” post: http://wp.me/p1l0il-hr

    October 10, 2012
  20. One of my goals was to learn how to use this tool. Thanks so much and here is my post.
    http://imissmetoo.me/2012/10/10/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  21. My little gang of (HAPPY) super villains
    http://wp.me/p2olKc-fR

    October 10, 2012
  22. I completely flunked the new collage format. However I did manage to add photos from our family vacation last week, which made me very happy!

    http://beadstork.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=504&action=edit&message=6&postpost=v2

    October 10, 2012
  23. Good Morning: And one more, because when you put cameras in their hands, photographers can be the happiest people in the world. http://vonnscottbair.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/weekly-photo-challenge-happy-photographers-2/

    October 10, 2012
  24. Thanks for this challenge. I had no idea how to do this until today. http://postcardfiction.com/2012/10/10/wordless-wednesday-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  25. Thanks for the info on the new gallery layouts. I love the rectangle version—so much that I actually did a photo post this week (crazy!!).

    One note: the layout looks great on my blog, but the email version of it is ALL messed up. Just a suggestion for future improvements.

    October 10, 2012
  26. Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy(geese) – http://wp.me/p2wwUH-ex

    October 10, 2012
  27. What make you Happy? …MY DOG makes me happy …this is not to say I love the dog more than my wife or girls :)
    http://milnersblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  28. BohemianMamma #

    I couldn’t create a gallery if my life depended on it (but I tried & tried & tried!), as a newbie I find it’s not really that easy to figure out.
    But oh well, heading towards midnight in Europe so here’s what makes me happy.

    http://bohemianmamma.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy-2/

    October 10, 2012
  29. Lakshmi Pramod #

    Here is my entry.
    http://lakshmisphotography.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/weekly-photo-challenge-happy-2/
    Be happy :)

    October 10, 2012
  30. This was actually a great challenge.. I found and lost the gallery format. And it is not exactly how I would like it to be in terms of format. But I was able to incorporate a video that has music and dance that really makes me happy.. Fresh baked cookies, smiley faces, my mom and dad alive and in love, beaches, sunsets in Istanbul, and dance makes me happy.
    Here is my entry.
    http://myyesdiaries.com/2012/10/10/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  31. I didn’t do a gallery this week. I’m going to challenge myself to shoot fully manual for the next challenge. I’ll include a gallery next week if I can figure it out! For now, here is my happy:

    http://thinkbigmuch.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    Please leave photographic feedback if you desire! I’m always trying to improve my skills and there are a bunch of amazing photographers on this site!

    October 10, 2012
  32. What a great excuse to try out the new photo galleries! Here are some of the things that make me happy:

    http://livingtheseasons.com/2012/10/10/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  33. Thanks for the new gallery formats! They look sweet. Here’s my post for all things happy!

    http://becomingaussie.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  34. Things that make me happy, including the new gallery format http://rainbowbakery.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  35. The new gallery’s are interesting, I like them! And in terrible mother moments of the week I forgot about my youngest daughter… oops!
    http://behindthewillows.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  36. Love the new gallery option. Here is my contribution:
    http://teedeevee.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 10, 2012
  37. Good morning everyone, here’s my happy entry :)
    http://lomoherz.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-9-things-that-make-me-happy/

    October 11, 2012
  38. aljaja #

    Here is my entry: http://aljaja.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/
    Unfortunately the new gallery formats do not work properly with the “Yoko”- theme. But i hope you still like my pictures.

    October 11, 2012
  39. Here are somethings that make me happy. Always. http://mytwocentsofthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 11, 2012
  40. I’m a little late to this party, but I have good reason.

    My fiftieth post! http://wp.me/p20Ylc-ne

    October 11, 2012
  41. We finally got to use both the happy theme and a new gallery! LOVE the galleries! Looks great with black and white photos!

    Unfortunately it e-mailed to our followers terribly. Do you know why? Looks perfect on the site but really off in the e-mail. I can forward it to someone if you want to see.

    Here’s our black and white mosaic gallery… “Happy Now” :)
    http://brokenlightcollective.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/happy-now/

    October 11, 2012
    • Also, just so you know, someone let me know that using an old browser, internet explorer 8 on an old computer, they could not see any images on our post that has the gallery. It just is showing a blank space where the gallery should be. Yikes. On current browsers it looks fantastic. If possible, please let me know if I can do anything to make it work properly for e-mail notification and old browsers so that I can continue to use the galleries. Thanks!!

      October 11, 2012
      • Sara Rosso #

        @Broken Light – thanks for letting us know – this is actually a known issue (IE8) that we’re working on.

        October 11, 2012
  42. BohemianMamma #

    I figured out how to make a gallery, so here’s my second happy entry. I wanted to get it right so that I could feel HAPPY about it :-) )
    http://bohemianmamma.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/weekly-photo-challenge-happy-2nd-try/

    October 11, 2012
  43. Do something to make yourself happy, every day!

    http://seeloveremember.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 11, 2012
  44. Loved this challenge! Made me appreciate my life and all the happiness in it a bit more!

    http://travelinspirecreate.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/#

    October 11, 2012
  45. I hope there’s no age limit for photographers because Alpine Boy (aged three and a half!) took these all by himself…

    http://blogsbyleo.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 11, 2012
  46. What makes you smile to yourself no matter who is around?

    http://yablogtherapy.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 11, 2012
  47. Better late than never – I tried out ‘rectangular’- http://wp.me/p1J6nA-pI

    October 11, 2012
  48. I am happy to post my very first Weekly Photo Challenge ~ HAPPY http://alleluiafotos.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 11, 2012
  49. Here is mine! Hope it’s not too late! I added a link to a watchlist too, because I felt like it! Enjoy!

    http://thegeekanthropologist.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 11, 2012
  50. That was fun! I love the mosaic gallery it’s very cool! Here is mine. Thanks.
    http://pamtanzey.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 11, 2012
  51. Very late, but it’s not in 9 pictures sadly…. :( I just couldn’t do that! There were so many things!!! :) Anyways, please have a look at my entry:
    http://sansblg.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    Thanks!

    October 11, 2012
  52. Litle pieces and parts that makes/made me happy :) http://mootles.com/2012/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/

    October 11, 2012

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