A lot of folks seem to dig some of my architectural photos involving all sorts of lines. I realized there wasn’t any easy way to browse them on Flickr, so I created a new Flickr set. Click the photo to go view 40+ images of architectural things.
Dan Heller on the State of Stock Photography
October 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Somewhat related to my post yesterday, Dan Heller recently published an excellent look at Stock Photography, the Consumer, and the Future. It’s a good (lengthy) read if one is interested in the market and where things might be going.
All of My Flickr Photos Now Have Creative Commons Licensingflic
September 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
After some consideration, I’ve changed the licensing on my Flickr stream; all of my work there is now available under the Creative Commons Attribution – Noncommercial – No Derivative Works license. In short, you may use and share the photos for non-commercial purposes, unaltered, as long as you provide attribution to Aaron Hockley as the photographer. A link to hockleyphoto.com is always appreciated.
This was a decision made considering a variety of factors including the desire to share my work with the community and the changing landscape of professional photography.
Head over to Flickr, view all of my collections or sets, or browse by tag. If you’re down with RSS, you can subscribe to my Flickr feed as well. Enjoy!
Greasemonkey Scripts for Flickr
September 4, 2008 By 1 Comment
I use Firefox as my browser for Flickr, primarily because I can use several Greasemonkey scripts which add usability features to the Flickr pages. If you’re not familiar with Greasemonkey, it’s a Firefox add-on which allows scripts to be run which alter the display of a web page.
In no particular order, here are the scripts I use for Flickr along with links to the scripts and a short description of what they do:
Flickr EXIF Decorator: adds a small overlay to the upper left corner of an image displaying some basic EXIF information when the mouse is hovered over the image.
Flickr Move comment form up: moves the comment box to the top of the other comments (right below the photo).
Flickr New Contact More Links: adds additional information to the “someone added you as a contact” messages from Flickr, including links to the person’s Explore photos and thumbnails of their most interesting pictures.
Flickr Multi Group Sender: enables the ability to send a photo to more than one group via the “Send to Group” button in Flickr.
FlickrPM: adds a bunch of icons next to usernames in Flickr that link directly to profiles, FlickrMail, most interesting, and other options.
Thoughts? Suggestions for other good scripts I might enjoy? Leave a comment below…
Studying the Classics
June 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In almost any profession, it’s important to study the work and history of others. Notable photographs such as the protester in front of the tanks at Tienamen Square or the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima have helped define our history.
Flickr user Balakov has recreated these (along with other historic photos) using Legos:
View his Classics in Lego Flickr set.
*photo used by Creative Commons license.
