diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index b6be8d025a..1321af1920 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -92,15 +92,11 @@ EOT;
 
 function photos_post(&$a) {
 
-	logger('mod/photos.php: photos_post(): begin' , 'LOGGER_DEBUG');
+	logger('mod-photos: photos_post(): begin' , 'LOGGER_DEBUG');
 
-	foreach($_REQUEST AS $key => $val) {
-		logger('mod/photos.php: photos_post(): $_REQUEST key: ' . $key . ' val: ' . $val , 'LOGGER_DEBUG');
-	}
 
-	foreach($_FILES AS $key => $val) {
-		logger('mod/photos.php: photos_post(): $_FILES key: ' . $key . ' val: ' . $val , 'LOGGER_DEBUG');
-	}
+	logger('mod_photos: REQUEST ' . print_r($_REQUEST,true), LOGGER_DATA);
+	logger('mod_photos: FILES '   . print_r($_FILES,true), LOGGER_DATA);
 
 	$can_post  = false;
 	$visitor   = 0;
@@ -585,7 +581,7 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 	else
 		$visible = 0;
 
-	if(intval($_REQUEST,'not_visible'))
+	if(intval($_REQUEST['not_visible']))
 		$visible = 0;
 
 	$str_group_allow   = perms2str(((is_array($_REQUEST['group_allow']))   ? $_REQUEST['group_allow']   : explode(',',$_REQUEST['group_allow'])));
@@ -895,6 +891,7 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 			'$nickname' => $a->data['user']['nickname'],
 			'$newalbum' => t('New album name: '),
 			'$existalbumtext' => t('or existing album name: '),
+			'$nosharetext' => t('Do not show a status post for this upload'),
 			'$albumselect' => template_escape($albumselect),
 			'$permissions' => t('Permissions'),
 			'$aclselect' => (($visitor) ? '' : template_escape(populate_acl($a->user, $celeb))),
diff --git a/view/photos_upload.tpl b/view/photos_upload.tpl
index c7c61c6db0..318a924277 100644
--- a/view/photos_upload.tpl
+++ b/view/photos_upload.tpl
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 	</div>
 	<div id="photos-upload-exist-end"></div>
 
+	<div id="photos-upload-noshare-div" class="photos-upload-noshare-div" >
+		<input id="photos-upload-noshare" type="checkbox" name="not_visible" value="1" />
+		<label id="photos-upload-noshare-text" for="photos-upload-noshare" >$nosharetext</label>
+	</div>
+
 
 	<div id="photos-upload-perms" class="photos-upload-perms" >
 		<a href="#photos-upload-permissions-wrapper" id="photos-upload-perms-menu" class="button" />
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
index 1fe8fb2f48..4769da8afc 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
@@ -1559,6 +1559,8 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 	display:block!important;
 }
 
+
+
 #acl-wrapper {
 	width: 690px;
 	float:left;
@@ -1917,6 +1919,10 @@ a.mail-list-link {
 	float: left;
 	width: 175px;
 }
+
+#photos-upload-noshare {
+	margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
 #photos-upload-existing-album-text {
 	float: left;
 	width: 175px;