I was taking pictures as my grand kids opened their Christmas presents. Our two and one-half year old granddaughter received a Dora camera. My son gave a quick tutorial on taking pics and off she went. Maybe she just liked the flash. She aimed her camera at me and I reciprocated. My son must have [...]
I bought Cindy a new camera for her birthday, mother’s day, or some recent holiday. We have several very nice SLRs, but the camera I purchased had the unique capability of geotagging pictures as they were taken. In other words, the camera has a built-in GPS and coordinates are stored as part of the image [...]
I have explored and written about several image storage and sharing sites. LifeSnapz is a new addition to this list. Each time I take the time to experiment with a new service I try out the features and consider what unique role each might serve. If I understand the unique characteristics of LifeSnapz, I would [...]
Google has released a 3rd rev. of Picasa. Picasa is both a desktop application (windows only) and an online photo sharing site similar to Flickr. See a YouTube video describing the new offering. The potential of photography as a generative learning activity has always appealed to me. I am mostly a Macintosh user, but I [...]
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Posted 08 September 2008
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lifehacker has long been one of my favorite blogs. This source covers a range of useful topics and I would strongly suggest you add it to your blog reader. Anyway – lifehacker is sponsoring a series of posts on digital photography (in time for the holiday season). If you own a nice digital camera, think [...]
I seem to be working on a theme of being responsible for your own learning lately. Here is a useful link I encountered that offers practical suggestions to improve your digital photography. The 60 second leader may be a little misleading, but the suggestions should improve many aspects of your photography should you commit 60 [...]
I am working on the appropriate solution for a hypothetical problem. Let’s say you are searching for images for your own use and you locate an appropriate image within Flickr. The page claims the image is available under Creative Commons and the license says “attribution”. What is the appropriate attribution? The owner of the image [...]
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