Tag: photos
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Shorpy: The 100-Year-Old Photo Blog
Just got the link from SimpleBits. It’s about Shorpy. So, what is Shorpy? Shorpy.com is a photoblog featuring high-definition images from the first half of the 20th century. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a boy who worked in an Alabama coal mine and ironworks in the 1910s. Many great old and artistics photos…
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Road to 1,000 Flickr Photos
We‘re about to reach 1,000 photos in our Flickr Photostream. When we upgraded our Flickr account last February 2008, we added more photos into our sets and collections. Yeah, we do not have super camera, lenses, or any other great gadgets. But, we want to capture moments. We believe that we can reach 1,000 photos…
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Flickr Toys: Do more with your photos
Flickr Toys is a set of utilities to do creative things with our photos. So far, my favorites are Flickr DNA (Orangescale’s FlickrDNA) and Jigsaw.
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Free Blog Service from thoughts.com
There are many free blog services offered on the internet. Because every blogger has his/her own way on using the service, he/she tends to choose the service that can accomodate their needs. There is a service called thoughts.com. It’s a Free Blog service that’s available for everyone. Even it is still in beta period, but…
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Share This! at Flickr
No, no. It’s not about having social bookmarking buttons on our Flickr photos. But, the idea is still about sharing. We are now able to share our photos, sets, collections with other members. And, it’s not only about sharing pictures with other members, but also related to how we will use the photos. The “Share…
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When strangers add you as his/her contact
Few days ago, I had someone added my Flickr account as her contact. Well, I am not sure whether it is her own real account or not. Probably, it is someone’s account. I assumed that it’s a “she”. I noticed that I was not familar with the name. Okey, I looked at the profile. And,…
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Image styling in blog entry
When we write an article in our blog, sometime we insert images/photos to support our article. And this can be done easily, no matter what blogging platform we use. For example, using WordPress we can upload image using uploader tool, and with few clicks the image will go to entry editing screen. For better formatting…
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Upgrade to Flickr pro account
Last week, I upgraded my Flickr account. Actually, this is not my personal account, but Orangescale’s account. Lala and I have our own Flickr account. Having two separate account is fine for me. But, if I can combine them, why not? So, if you add my Flickr account, I have to say sorry because I…
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FAlbum and Flickr Photo Album plugins for WordPress
When I started to my other blog powered by WordPress, I wanted to have a section to display my Flickr photos. I decided to use FAlbum plugin.
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Flickr Stats for Flickr Pro Account Holder
Flickr introduces a new feature called Flickr Stats. (hat tip Yan Arief) This statistics is only available for Flickr Pro account holder. I can not have this feature for my account since I am still use the free version. Anyone want to upgrade my account? :) To gain the statistics, you need to activate this…
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2000000000
Look at the photo below: It’s a shot of a gum tree taken in front of Market City in Chinatown Haymarket in Sydney. This wonderful photo was taken by yukesmooks. And you know what, this is two billionth photo uploaded to Flickr. Lala and I only contribute less than 200 photos for Flickr so far.…
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New Photoshop Logo
Some of you probably have heard about Adobe Photoshop’s new logo. Yes, that’s right. Photoshop family of products now has its own logo. Wait… not only logo, but also a new tagline: See What’s Possible™. You can read John Nack’s post about this new logo. The discussion is also interesting. You’ll find more interesting references…
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Illustration and Avatar Maker Online Tools
But sometime, creating an avatar takes too much time. Not only because we have to deal with complicated software for image editing, but also we lack of ideas. What kind of avatar? We can create our own avatar and illustration in ease. Portrait Illustration Maker and Otaku Avatar Maker are available for free.