SFGPhotographyJuly was a good month for my 366.
Trips across Northern Ireland, an early start for a sunrise and trips out to capture a couple of very different sunsets all went in to making the images for this month.
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366 – July
Black and White Experimentation
I recently went on a photo trip with two friends to Lower Lough Erne in County Fermanagh. Whilst there I decided I’d take some landscape photos with the express intention of making them black and white.
I don’t know why I’d never considered doing B&W landscapes before, but I do like the results I got here.
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Sunday Sunrise
I’ll try and keep words to a minimum here.
Some things get me out of bed (work) and some things I get out of bed for (photography).
366 – June
And so another month goes by, only this one was slightly different as I wasn’t using my main computer at all, instead everything was being done on my iPad.
Import, post-processing, export and upload.
It was a lot less painful that I had anticipated, in no small part thanks to the Filterstorm and Photosmith applications, and of course the iPad CF card reader.
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366 – May
For May I decided to start looking at my immediate surroundings with a different eye for the images I took. Looking at what I posted you should have a pretty good idea of the layout of my house! (continue reading…)
Takamine EAN20CX
My friend has this beautiful looking Takamine semi-acoustic guitar. He’s had it for quite some time now and it’s taken me this long to get to asking him if I could photograph it. (continue reading…)
Online Photo Sharing Thoughts
Just recently there’s been some concern about online image ownership. This subject seems to be on a never-ending roundabout thanks to image sharing sites changing their terms & conditions of usage as well as others (notably TwitPic) being bought up, which almost inevitably leads to a change in the terms of service anyway.
This is partly why I created this site to begin with, so I’d have complete control of everything relating to my photographs, and it’s also why I use Flickr.
Flickr seems to understand that to have a successful image sharing community you shouldn’t take any rights away from the people that would like to use your service.
Here’s Flickr’s take on it, in it’s own words.
I’m not against using other online distribution methods to get my images seen, but I do think it’s important that I don’t give up any rights relating to those images whilst doing that.
I recently read an article titled ‘Why Photographers Should Love Twitter’.
I use Twitter (@SFGPhoto) and the TwitPic service, so when I heard that TwitPic had been bought obviously I was concerned about what impact this would have on the terms of usage, and sure enough the new owners are granted an exclusive right to sell images posted using the TwitPic service.
It’s only through the purchase of TwitPic that I learned the same company also owns another Twitter image posting service, Plixi, with very similar terms of use.
What TwitPic users (and possibly Plixi users) may not be aware of is that the agreement to hand over distribution rights to WENN is retro-active, so it’s not just future images this applies to, it’s all the images that they’ve ever shared using the service.
WENN claims not to be interested in “99.99999999%” of the images posted, but still, it can and probably will use any image that it wants to, and it doesn’t have to give you a credit or payment for the privilege.
All this just goes to show that you really should look at the terms and conditions of any image sharing site you use if you value your rights concerning your work.
Related articles
At Flickr, your photos are always yours – Flickr
Photo agency’s CEO addresses TwitPic controversy – BJP
Photographers Lose out in Twitter pics money-Spinner – Amateur Photographer
Twitter users angered by Twitpic changes as they lose rights to pictures – Metro
TwitPic can sell your pics, despite copyright apology – Amateur Photographer
Why Photographers Should Love Twitter – Digital Photography School
366 – April
Month two of my 366 project is completed.
The first month proved somewhat difficult in getting the hang of having to take (at least) one image every day, but this month I think I’ve got in to the swing of things.
Most of the images I’ve taken this month have been with my 50mm lens.
It’s currently my only fixed focal length lens but I’m really enjoying using it on a daily basis.
366 – March
The end of the first month of my 366 project is here, so I thought I’d post an update letting you all know that starting from now, the images will also be appearing here as well as on Flickr.
It’s no easy task forcing yourself to come up with a new image every single day, and it does lead you down creative paths you may not have ordinarily taken.
It’s been an interesting month, and I’ve tried to keep things interesting with the images I’ve been taking.
Hopefully I’ll be able to keep the momentum going for the 11 months the project has remaining.
Favourites from this month are probably days 3, 5, 9, 15 & 29.
All descriptions of the images below are taken directly from Flickr.
London Photo Walk
The Highgate visit was only part of the photo walk that took place on Saturday.
After first meeting up with two others, the group of four went for a walk through Borough Market, then on to the Financial District of the City of London.
From there we met up with the fifth member of the group before heading on to Highgate Cemetery.
After that, five became two as we travelled to the final location of the day, the Thames Barrier (south bank).
From there we were afforded a great vantage point of Canary Wharf, just as the rain started.
A few pictures from each location of the day are below.
