Aster-oid
Happy Birthday, Flickr!
I hear Flickr's turning 4 today!
Some well wishing and gifts are in order then...
Now I know Flickr can be a little bit disappointing sometimes, but come on guys... It's just like any child - it can hit on our nerves at times, but it's always adorable... and always ours!..
I joined Flickr quite instinctively, not really knowing what it was all about, on May 16, 2007.
Back then, as a former traditional photographer, I actually didn't know a thing about digital photography, let alone photo manipulation and Photoshop.
I remember now I had taken a picture with a borrowed SONY compact camera and I was playing with it on the PICASA - again without really knowing what and how I was doing it and also not knowing what I wanted to do either... Somehow I liked the result and that was the very moment I got infatuated with digital photography. I also needed to show my "achievement", which had a deep mystical meaning to me too!
And that's actually how I joined Flickr as this was the very first photo I uploaded on Flickr!
Very very soon I got infatuated with Flickr too, I upgraded to a pro account, bought my first serious DSLR camera and the rest is (personal) history, I 'd be tempted to say...
10 months later, on Flickr's birthday, here I am again, uploading a re-edited version of that first photograph - a much more mature one, I hope, as I now know (just) a couple of things about editing, cropping, color manipulation etc.!
And I feel it is only just and fair to dedicate this to Flickr, on the occasion of its birthday, and to the people behind Fliickr as well!
Despite the occasional shortcomings, Flickr is still the greatest Photography site - an integrated experience in itself - and I feel like saying heartful thanks to them for being there for all of us and for giving me personally the chance to mature as a photographer!
Happy Birthday, Flickr! This - quite possibly, my most personal creation ever - is dedicated to you!
"Explored" on March 15, 2008.
Happy Birthday, Flickr!
I hear Flickr's turning 4 today!
Some well wishing and gifts are in order then...
Now I know Flickr can be a little bit disappointing sometimes, but come on guys... It's just like any child - it can hit on our nerves at times, but it's always adorable... and always ours!..
I joined Flickr quite instinctively, not really knowing what it was all about, on May 16, 2007.
Back then, as a former traditional photographer, I actually didn't know a thing about digital photography, let alone photo manipulation and Photoshop.
I remember now I had taken a picture with a borrowed SONY compact camera and I was playing with it on the PICASA - again without really knowing what and how I was doing it and also not knowing what I wanted to do either... Somehow I liked the result and that was the very moment I got infatuated with digital photography. I also needed to show my "achievement", which had a deep mystical meaning to me too!
And that's actually how I joined Flickr as this was the very first photo I uploaded on Flickr!
Very very soon I got infatuated with Flickr too, I upgraded to a pro account, bought my first serious DSLR camera and the rest is (personal) history, I 'd be tempted to say...
10 months later, on Flickr's birthday, here I am again, uploading a re-edited version of that first photograph - a much more mature one, I hope, as I now know (just) a couple of things about editing, cropping, color manipulation etc.!
And I feel it is only just and fair to dedicate this to Flickr, on the occasion of its birthday, and to the people behind Fliickr as well!
Despite the occasional shortcomings, Flickr is still the greatest Photography site - an integrated experience in itself - and I feel like saying heartful thanks to them for being there for all of us and for giving me personally the chance to mature as a photographer!
Happy Birthday, Flickr! This - quite possibly, my most personal creation ever - is dedicated to you!
"Explored" on March 15, 2008.