Friday: Flickr Friends/Flickr Fun

Many of the best blogs have some recurring structure, usually certain types of posts on certain days. And while I don't have enough clout yet to start a guest-blogger Wednesday like Scott Kelby's (or at least I wouldn't get the photo world rock-star talent like he does), for a start, I'm going to declare Fridays to be Flickr Friends/Flickr Fun day, and showcase some of the amazing photographers that I have as contacts on Flickr, and also new/different ways to make the most of what Flickr has to offer.

My first Flickr Friends shout-out has to go to Adam Baker. Out of all my Flickr contacts, I'm most consistently excited to see his new uploads show up in my list. He's a fairly regular contributor (although apparently on a bit of a sabbatical at the moment), and has a consistent style and look (something I definitely don't have... yet...).

It's hard to pick favorites from his stream, as each new photo he comes up with wows me all over again, but here are a few to whet your appetite:




Not all of his shots are flowers, but many are, and they're the ones I'm drawn back to over and over.

In the Flickr Fun category for this week, I just stumbled across Photojojo's Photo Time Capsule. Once you've signed up (requires giving an e-mail address and authorizing their app to access your Flickr account), you'll receive e-mails twice a month with a selection of your Flickr uploads from one year ago. The "sample" edition they sent me when I signed up earlier today contained two of my pics of the North Georgia State Fair from last year:



This was doubly-cool because I'm headed to this year's edition of the fair tonight! What a great reminder to look back at what I shot last year. I should have some State Fair shots to share with you next week, along with news of a new self-assignment I've just started today. Happy shooting!

--sdc