I was initially quite disappointed to see that Flickr had added the ability to do video. I personally think when one specializes and does it better than anyone else there's no reason to attempt to capture greater market share by splitting one's focus.

 

I watched maybe five videos on Flickr and overall I just didn't really understand the point.

 

Then tonight I was thinking again about their addition of video (and how can you not when it's on every news site and headline aggregator?) and really thought about their concept of "long photos" and realized that I could actually accept it.

 

One of my favorite things when I'm talking photography with someone is to open up iPhoto because the only things I keep in there nowadays are 'before and after' shots of things I've uploaded to Flickr. I have no shame in about the fact that I use Photoshop and I'm always happy to show someone what I do or have done.

 

Tonight I realized there's no reason I couldn't do that for all of my friends on Flickr.

 

So hey, if you're bored, here's a quick video of some 'before and after'. It's not super high-res, that's not the point. The point is ... hell, I don't know what the point is.

 

To show that I'm not doing anything special? To illustrate how sometimes a simple crop and color balance adjustment can transform something mundane into something ... less mundane? To find some other way to talk about my photos not acutally being anything special?

 

I don't know what I'm trying to say with this video other than, "here, watch the things I've done, you know, if you want." Who knows how I'll feel about this tomorrow?

 

EDIT: and of course the video ran just a little too long, so it's cut off, but whatever, I'm not going back and making this all over.