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Six-Word Caption Contest #8 (and winner #7)

chandelierSMITH and Shutterfly’s Six-Word caption contest swings into November this week with another illuminating photograph. Here’s how it works: each Monday morning we post a photo from Shutterfly on the Six-Word Memoir project and you have until Friday at 5pm EST to write a six-word caption. One savvy six-word scribe wins a gift certificate for $50 for Shutterfly. So leave your six words that get to the essence of the photo you see here in the comments area below. You can submit up to 10 entries; read the official rules for more details.

Last week hundreds of you buzzed in to describe the photo you see in this blog post. And the winning six is: “Laugh now. Someday we’ll be teenagers.” by Gerri. Thanks to all for playing—and good luck this week.

Plus: Don’t miss your chance to catch SMITH on the road! Check out this post and our new SMITH Live section for the latest updates on upcoming tour dates.

Comments

  • Staraj
    November 5, 2012

    Light, camera, remembrance of actions past.

  • PV Harrington
    November 5, 2012

    Ok, YOU blow the candles out.

  • kisskissgirl
    November 5, 2012

    666 Park Avenue….the Forbidden Room!

  • maryjane31
    November 5, 2012

    Chandelier, what memories you must hold.

  • maryjane31
    November 5, 2012

    Crystal tier drops and gentle light.

  • maryjane31
    November 5, 2012

    Don’t make them like this anymore.

  • Miss Sally
    November 5, 2012

    Promise you’ll glow with me forever.

  • Miss Sally
    November 5, 2012

    You and me, we’re glowing places.

  • Robin Slick
    November 5, 2012

    Well, at least someone has electricity

  • Dean6805
    November 5, 2012

    One light short of a chandelier.

  • maryjane31
    November 5, 2012

    Chandelier with a mystical aura glowing.

  • Rebekahb
    November 5, 2012

    Bright light, blurred memory, dancing shadows.

  • Novice
    November 5, 2012

    How do you set chandelier clock?

  • maryjane31
    November 5, 2012

    Somebody want to replace that bulb ?

  • rabbithole
    November 5, 2012

    I’m not drunk. My camera is.

  • rabbithole
    November 5, 2012

    Liberace drops piano on another victim.

  • H2point0
    November 6, 2012

    Butterflies grow wild. Wine bottle spins.

  • rabbithole
    November 6, 2012

    Light at end of tunnel sucks.

  • Mourningdove
    November 6, 2012

    How many writers, to change lightbulb?

  • Mourningdove
    November 6, 2012

    Ansel Adams work, at age nine.

  • maryjane31
    November 6, 2012

    Now that’s a dreary looking sucker!

  • bevvie
    November 6, 2012

    Call Igor to change the bulbs!

  • songwriter
    November 6, 2012

    Old house still pretending it’s Halloween.

  • Bobbee
    November 6, 2012

    Antique fixure casting shadows at night.

  • Bobbee
    November 6, 2012

    Antique fixture casting shadows at night.

  • Gerri
    November 6, 2012

    I thought these things had auto-focus!

  • Gerri
    November 6, 2012

    I thought camera’s auto-focus came standard.

  • zsuzsa
    November 6, 2012

    Casting shadows, casting light, like life.

  • zsuzsa
    November 6, 2012

    Casting light, casting shadows, like life.

  • Kaylen B
    November 6, 2012

    My only Christmas lights this year

  • Kaylen B
    November 6, 2012

    I can not find my contacts

  • Kaylen B
    November 6, 2012

    Dangling from a string ton heavy
    Be our guest if you dare

  • Kaylen B
    November 6, 2012

    Two dimensions, one light, negative color

  • Carla
    November 6, 2012

    Swinging from this very, very soon!

  • graham williams
    November 6, 2012

    brace yourself albert – UK will get this

  • graham williams
    November 6, 2012

    pure enlightenment

  • graham williams
    November 6, 2012

    you light up my senses

  • graham williams
    November 6, 2012

    no dark side of the room

  • Sue B
    November 6, 2012

    Look on the bright-side, power’s on.

  • DFitty
    November 6, 2012

    I thought Hurricane Sandy hit here

  • maddie S
    November 6, 2012

    1) let the memories dance like fire
    2) trapped dancing with a fractured heart
    3) i’m not elegance, i’m just regret

  • H2point0
    November 6, 2012

    Lights are soft like first kisses.

  • whelp
    November 7, 2012

    Cobwebs grow, bulbs blow, and so?

  • featherflynn
    November 7, 2012

    Casting eerie shadows chandalier prisms glow

  • harley587
    November 7, 2012

    Muffled light dances with its shadows.

  • DirectionsN
    November 7, 2012

    Lights, camera, action… no way Jose!

  • maryjane31
    November 7, 2012

    I would not stand under this.

  • NotYourAverageGrandma
    November 7, 2012

    Focusing on laundry list, chandelier blurs.

  • mzejay
    November 7, 2012

    Turn on the lights sweet darlin’

  • mzejay
    November 7, 2012

    Incandescent or fluorescent

  • mzejay
    November 7, 2012

    Incandescent or fluorescent? Only shadow knows.

  • ELawrence
    November 7, 2012

    How am I supposed to clean that?

  • ELawrence
    November 7, 2012

    How can I clean that thing?

  • michelle
    November 7, 2012

    Oh no, Did you see that?

  • ELawrence
    November 7, 2012

    Only one shot got the chandelier!

  • JAD
    November 7, 2012

    Am I a chandelier or hanging-basket?

  • Kaylen Directioner
    November 7, 2012

    Satellite was fixed all I see
    Haunted house at midnight not scared

  • Javier
    November 7, 2012

    That is a very ugly picture

  • Javier
    November 7, 2012

    Ups! I did it again.

  • H2point0
    November 7, 2012

    Party’s over. Midnight. Let’s go upstairs.

  • kisskissgirl
    November 7, 2012

    Shadows grow as lights get low.

  • kisskissgirl
    November 7, 2012

    Wrong F stop, plus unsteady hand…

  • kisskissgirl
    November 7, 2012

    8:55 ceiling time. Floor time unknown.

  • MeganS
    November 7, 2012

    Scary things are in your head

  • MeganS
    November 7, 2012

    Goodnight Mr.Moon, stars and chandler

  • Taisha
    November 7, 2012

    All the Moon’s light packed inside.

  • Taisha
    November 7, 2012

    Summer fireflies saved in the candles.

  • Stephanie
    November 7, 2012

    Its OK when lifes a blur

  • Stephanie
    November 7, 2012

    Life can sometimes be a blur

  • Stephanie Armstrong
    November 7, 2012

    Lying on floor, fuzzy as life.

  • Stephanie Williams
    November 7, 2012

    hey the power is back on.

  • Autumn22
    November 7, 2012

    The shadow knows. He knows everything.

  • Autumn22
    November 7, 2012

    Chandeliers make superb home earthquake detectors.

  • Autumn22
    November 7, 2012

    Dimmer switches have a good purpose.

  • Autumn22
    November 7, 2012

    Now everything seems blurry to me.

  • Autumn22
    November 7, 2012

    So glad I have antiglare lenses.

  • Autumn22
    November 7, 2012

    The right lighting can do wonders.

  • Autumn22
    November 7, 2012

    The party is now over, folks!

  • maryjane31
    November 7, 2012

    You don’t light up my life.

  • Miss Sally
    November 7, 2012

    Shadow puppets. Forks on the ceiling.

  • Miss Sally
    November 7, 2012

    Lights from east cast eerie shadows.

  • Miss Sally
    November 7, 2012

    We’ve got to keep burning, Josie!

  • mzejay
    November 8, 2012

    Got bulbs? I have got a ladder.

  • rabbithole
    November 8, 2012

    I should have been a candelabra.

  • rabbithole
    November 8, 2012

    Hanging is too good for me.

  • maryjane31
    November 8, 2012

    Solidary bulb just not lighting it.

  • Soni
    November 8, 2012

    No, Stay away from the light

  • TeaTopper
    November 8, 2012

    You got any more bright ideas?

  • Mindy
    November 8, 2012

    How does this camera work?

  • LadyMac
    November 8, 2012

    It was a dark, stormy night.

  • LadyMac
    November 8, 2012

    You still haven’t change the lightbulbs.

  • fiftybucks
    November 8, 2012

    Coming to now. Remember very little.

  • TeaTopper
    November 8, 2012

    The owners are in Palm Beach.

  • Helen Davis
    November 8, 2012

    Lighting catalog photographer drunk on shoot.

  • Helen Davis
    November 8, 2012

    Walking towards light. Am I dead?

  • maryjane31
    November 8, 2012

    Who left light on? Anyone there!?

  • Surya
    November 8, 2012

    1.) lumiere, show beautie in this beast

  • Surya
    November 8, 2012

    lumiere, shine beauty within the beast

  • three-monkeys
    November 8, 2012

    Dunno about you, but I’m half-lit.

  • three-monkeys
    November 8, 2012

    One bulb short of a chandelier.

  • three-monkeys
    November 8, 2012

    Dim-bulbs are fixtures of high society.

  • whelp
    November 8, 2012

    Grandma’s lost earring on the ceiling

  • whelp
    November 8, 2012

    Changing any bulb risked floor above

  • whelp
    November 8, 2012

    Scared Col.Mustard’s chandelier in every room????

  • djswagmac03
    November 8, 2012

    Last time I’m seeing this Chandelier.

  • djswagmac03
    November 8, 2012

    So long. We’re gonna miss you.

  • H2point0
    November 9, 2012

    Late night kiss – half lit hopes.

  • JAD
    November 9, 2012

    Truly, War Of The Roses reject.

  • Robin Slick
    November 9, 2012

    Reading room for an insomniac vampire

  • Sagacious
    November 9, 2012

    A sun- dial in chandelier’s clothing.

  • Sagacious
    November 9, 2012

    Frankly, chandelier, I don’t giva damn.

  • maryjane31
    November 9, 2012

    Anybody want to swing on this?

  • LadyMac
    November 9, 2012

    Trying to capture ghost in action.

  • LadyMac
    November 9, 2012

    When can we chuck grandma’s chandelier?

  • Explora2
    November 9, 2012

    time has but one light left.

  • jennylynn
    November 9, 2012

    Five minutes until lights are out.

  • Explora2
    November 9, 2012

    fight the light, embrace the uncertain

  • jennylynn
    November 9, 2012

    Shaken at night by the light.

  • Ronnietrainer
    November 9, 2012

    Blurred lights, blurred dreams, drunk again!

  • jennylynn
    November 9, 2012

    Let your light shine in darkness.

  • favepeep
    November 9, 2012

    Couldn’t we afford a disco ball?

  • favepeep
    November 9, 2012

    Who let the aurora borealis in?

  • Dianne
    November 9, 2012

    That’s one bright light for mankind!

  • TeaTopper
    November 9, 2012

    A seance or just a foreclosure?

  • DynamicDbytheC
    November 9, 2012

    Earthquakes, chandeliers and cameras? I tried.

  • Emmett
    November 9, 2012

    Fear looms on a metal chain

  • Emmett
    November 9, 2012

    Well, dark times need a light

  • Emmett
    November 9, 2012

    Electric candles are our only hope

  • Emmett
    November 9, 2012

    I forgot to change the bulbs

  • Emmett
    November 9, 2012

    Out of chandeliers within first hour

  • Emmett
    November 9, 2012

    My house after the big move

  • Dalton
    November 9, 2012

    Get ready for paranormal activity 5

  • Dalton
    November 9, 2012

    I need to change the bulb

  • DynamicDbytheC
    November 9, 2012

    Lights. Camera. Earthquake. Captured the moment.

  • Yahkeema
    November 9, 2012

    Lights on. Warm Glow. Body Cold.

  • Sagacious
    November 9, 2012

    Chandeliero, chandeliero, why dont’st art glow?

  • H2point0
    November 9, 2012

    Ghosts hide in shadows, photos, children.

  • Sagacious
    November 9, 2012

    ..if that bulb, should accidentally blow…

  • Sagacious
    November 9, 2012

    Garry the Globe shone proudly. Defiant.

  • MacDon
    November 9, 2012

    There’s always a little light left.

  • alanhunter
    November 10, 2012

    AND there was LIGHT, well…SOME.

  • Cara
    November 10, 2012

    …the dining room, with the candlestick.

  • mzejay
    November 10, 2012

    Freed from horror movie prop shop.

  • Jill D
    November 10, 2012

    My side’s lit, now fix yours!

  • Erica
    November 10, 2012

    Not the brightest

  • Leisha9181
    November 10, 2012

    Two candles burning in the night.

  • Missbethany
    November 11, 2012

    Unknowingly, their shadows gave them away.

  • Matilda
    November 11, 2012

    View while resting on hardwood floors

  • Missbethany
    November 11, 2012

    Charming mid-century modern, great floor plan.

  • lil joe
    November 11, 2012

    Earthquake!

  • Vilija
    November 11, 2012

    Opps, Sandy missed one!

  • Vilija
    November 11, 2012

    Young Mr. Lincoln dreamin.

  • Katie R
    November 14, 2012

    Shadows made the house feel empty

  • Katie
    November 14, 2012

    Chandelier: Crap, I think I blinked.

  • Chrissy
    November 14, 2012

    Your turn to clean the cobwebs!

  • Chrissy
    November 14, 2012

    lit up room with big smiles.

  • Dee
    November 14, 2012

    Your light shines in the darkness.

  • Dee
    November 14, 2012

    Hang around and light my path

  • Dee
    November 14, 2012

    Look at me, I’m the brightest.

  • Dee
    November 14, 2012

    Look at what I can do.

  • Natalie
    November 16, 2012

    New Year’s Eve, after the party.

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