thechrisproject photography

A few weeks ago I went to see DeVotchKa with some friends. I saw them open for the Dresden Dolls sometime last year and I liked them then, but I somehow didn’t really get into them after the show. This time I brought my camera and we stood really close to the stage. I got some decent pics out of the hundreds that I took. There was someone in front of me and off to the side (much better angle that way, the mic isn’t right in front of their face all the time) that was also taking pictures. We got to chatting and one of her first questions was, “Do you put your pictures up on flickr?” Heck yeah I do!

I’ve become quite the flickr addict lately. I joined a while ago for some reason not related to posting a lot of pictures. I think it was to comment on a friend’s pics. I didn’t see the big deal at the time. I have a webpage and hosting space, I can put pictures up whenever I want. I can make the galleries look however I want them to. The social aspect didn’t particularly appeal to me either. I thought, “Great, a bunch of yahoos posting crappy pictures and talking about it a lot. Pass.” Then I noticed the groups. People posting pictures of similar things. Groups with upload limits. Groups concerned with rating pictures. Top 10 groups. Then I started looking at the pictures more. There are A LOT of really great photographers on flickr. I bet that Madison could even put together a gallery show of nothing but flickr users. Seriously. I’ve even added flickr to my short list of compulsive internet actions. Check email, check bloglines, check to see if anyone’s commented on my pictures.

It’s a great service. As a programmer and web enthusiast, the design is great. The stuff they do with html and javascript is amazing. I’m always finding new things out about the interface. I even paid to upgrade my account, and it was definitely worth it. I started this out meaning to write about concert photography, but it mutated into this flickr post, and I’m okay with that. I’ll get to concert photography soon.

I can’t connect to blogger again. Argh! This keeps happening to me. I’ll write a whole post and then I can’t connect to blogger again. I can ping them, but can’t even connect to blogger.com. I wish blogger could be as slick as flickr.

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