Flickr Now Does Videos

Yesterday Flickr unveiled a new tier to their online sharing community -- VIDEO.

This morning the functionality to actually upload those videos magically appeared

There's some limitations -- no longer than 90 seconds or 150mb and only PRO members can upload...probably to keep the files quick and easy... they seem to include all the features that a photo has (groups, sets, comments, embedding, sizes, etc).

I'm not sure what I think... the content could be more overwhelming than it already is and I don't do much video related ... or will I?

I am curious to see how this affects Flickr community -- will it become divided into videographers and photographers? Will it be like the skiers and snowboarders going down the same run?

New Flower Photos

Bright Colors are everywhere in California right now!

I'm totally on a bright color "kick" right now... even wanting to exaggerate some colors!

Here's some examples of what I've been up too. These flowers are in my own back yard.

Of course these images are for purchase either Here or Here

More Birthday Shoot

A few more from last weekends birthday party.

I Shot a Birthday Party

My Cousin's Daughter turned 1 year old! I got to shoot the party. My eyes are blurry from going through all the pictures. It ended up being more of a 'documentary' type of a photo shoot (who was there, the cake, decorations, etc) rather than getting to spend time on capturing those perfect moments and looking at things with a 'creative' eye.

Also after going through pictures, I certainly think I could have done a better job. Next time I will know how to increase the amount of usable photos! So many trash photos - yuk!

I'll try to post some pictures after I'm done with the edits, but the above photo is a teaser. The theme was "polka dots"

I'm Back

The computer's been down, but I'm back now. Didya miss me?

Daisy Pics

March Dreams

I put up two new photos at my Etsy Shop tonight. I haven't sold a single photo yet on that site, but I sold 3 other prints this week to an old friend in Southern California. That's progress!

Since I've chosen to (try to) sell some pics at Etsy, I've quickly noticed that there's a lot of estrogen on that sight. With that in mind, I thought I'd attempt some spring floral shots.

HERES MY PROCESS:
First my wife and I cleared off the kitchen table in order to make room for our family's annual Easter Egg decorating. (pictures of the event here)

At some point, as the kids were being creative with their eggs, I noticed that I had put the cut daisies from our backyard onto the window sill. I liked how the light was shining on them, so I grabbed my camera and snapped a few shots with my macro lens, totally unplanned.

Then I brought an image that I liked into photoshop and I used a "retro" action that I have. Then I used a hi-res brush titled "dirt" to give the image a bit of texture to it. I cropped it at 8x10 at 300 pixels per inch and saved it to the hard drive. I'm happy with the result.

With the second image below, I used a "lomo" effect (action) in photoshop and then used the same "dirt" brush for some texture. Side note: normally I don't use a 3rd party lomo effect, because I'm very particular about lomography, but for some reason I thought I'd 'try' the action and I like the results, although I don't think it's truly "lomo".

Bright Daisy

For Sale

Sunflower 5x7 print. $10
limited edition, 20 prints signed by the artist (that's me)

I've opened up shop at ETSY.COM. Go here to see my photos for sale. Only Etsy members can purchase there.

I've put up a few photos for sale and there are more coming. Stay tuned.

I honestly have no idea if anything will come of this.

By the way, look at the photo again and notice the fly on the petal. That's my very favorite thing about this picture. Want to see it full size? Click here for to see it on flickr.