橋爪

As some of you know, I have a Flickr account. I put up pictures on there from time to time, and license them so anyone can use them as long as they credit me.

I kind of assumed that no one would ever use my pictures, but I was apparently wrong.

Websites That Use My Pictures

Shared Dreams
A short story by a 60-year-old British man.
An excerpt from the site: Lennox’s eyes wandered straight past her shoulder to her exposed breasts. No matter how many times he’d seen, fondled, kissed, and sucked he could never tire of their exquisiteness.

JOJ.sk
From what I can determine, a Slovakian news site.
An excerpt from the site: Voľba, ktorú rieši štyridsaťročná Austrálčanka Vicki Pascualová, je len ťažko predstaviteľná, píšu austrálske noviny The Sunday Telegraph. Buď môže riskovať smrť a čakať, kým sa pre ňu nájde vhodná ľadvina k transplantácii v Austrálii, alebo môže odletieť na Filipíny, a tam si legálne ľadvinu kúpiť - pravdepodobne od niektorého z miestnych chudobných obyvateľov.

The only catch with that last one is that I don't understand any of that site, and I can't seem to be able to find a translator.

Last year I created a Wikipedia page for the NWMBC. Since then, a lot of people have contributed to make it more detailed and structured than I would have imagined. If you band kids would like to contribute, that would be awesome.

...when it ran an article about a facet of internet subculture - lolcats. What are lolcats, you ask? Stupid pictures of cats captioned with even less intelligible phrases. Here's an example.

Not only did Time run an article about pictures of cats on the internet, but it was TWO PAGES LONG.


I am ecstatic that it is now considered acceptable to talk about things like this in the mainstream media.

Problem: Summer boredom.
Solution: Take a shitload of pictures and upload them to Flickr.

I've really begun to experiment with lighting, shutter speed, ISO speed, etc., and hopefully the effects of that will start showing up soon. Also, any feedback - advice, criticism, just plain ol' comments - would be great appreciated.

Anyone here use Flickr (i.e. have an account)? I've been usin' it a lot more the last couple of days, and finding it pretty cool.

For reference, my pictures on Flickr are located here.