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Rychenbach, Switzerland
Tuesday, 29th April 2008 • Photography • No comments
Originally uploaded to Flickr.
Spring is here
Monday, 28th April 2008 • Individual photographs • No comments
It’s been a long time coming, but Spring is here. Beautiful weather this past weekend, so it’ll soon be time once more to travel to Thun by ship for shopping trip, and time to dust off the camera to capture summer sunshine.
Accelerate, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Monday, 14th April 2008 • Photography • No comments
Originally uploaded to Flickr.
Jumbo Racing, Letham, Scotland
Thursday, 10th April 2008 • Photography • 1 comment
There seems to be a lot of comment about the new Flickr Video function introduced this week. The witch hunters who were in such uproar when Flickr went multilingual have found a new cause to flap at with their Photoshop tools and tacky graphic monstrosities. Their argument being that adding video to the service is a sell-out, that Flickr/Yahoo! are destroying the world and the Flickr community by selling themselves to the devil of moving images, and that the whole Flickrverse will collapse because of an anticipated sudden influx of the "junk that you see on YouTube".
I find it particularly ironic that the people who claim that Flickr should be kept "pure" and only contain photographs are the first ones to fill groups with their non-photographic graphics and icons. And ugly ones, at that.
Here’s news for you, people. Have a negative opinion of video, sure. But please, get a life. Starting petitions and screaming into the ether is a sign of a shifted sense of perspective.
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Flickr Video launched
Wednesday, 9th April 2008 • Photography • No comments
The new Flickr Video feature has been launched, which I have been awaiting with anticipation. Now, not just photos but also video can be featured in your stream at Flickr. More information on the Flickr Blog and in the Long Photos group I’ve just started.
The Making of Funky Kitchen Club
Tuesday, 8th April 2008 • Photography • No comments
This is the short “making of” film which precedes the first Funky Kitchen Club show tomorrow evening. The “making of” film is due to be shown on ProSieben Switzerland in about 20 minutes, at 17.50 (CET). I’m featured (just visible, not interviewed) in this film at 2 minutes 22 seconds and 8 minutes 10 seconds in. Though the whole film is worth watching, Swiss German speakers will get a lot more out of it!
Swiss Peeks is Book of the Week
Thursday, 3rd April 2008 • Photography • No comments
A great piece of news for breakfast this morning: issue two of Swiss Peeks, entitled “The Red Makes It”, has been chosen as publisher Blurb’s coveted “Book of the Week”. We’re so chuffed, on behalf of all those who have worked together and contributed to Swiss Peeks.
Allison writes on the Blurberati Blog that the issue, which was released just last week, “wins [you] over with ever single picture” and achieves “an impeccable balance of color across spreads, combining photos that go together in striking and clever ways“. The editors are especially proud of this latest issue in the series, particularly because it’s been featured both at Blurb and also on the Flickr user’s Mecca, the Flickr Blog. Allison’s blog post mentions the concepts that the editors have for the book: that of collaborative community involvement, the prom