Tried my hand at the August contest “Getting in Close: Random Objects.” Also tried my hand at photo editing with Picnik.

I know I’m a little late in the game for this Father’s Day gift idea, but I’m sure you will understand that I had to keep this on the down-low until my husband got his framed photo last weekend (click photo to enlarge). But don’t worry, there are plenty of other special occasions where a [...]

You’re never too old to send Valentines, right? Wait, I should clarify: the ones with Disney characters or generic messages should definitely be banned for the over eight-year-old set. So what about the rest of us who want to share some love this Valentine’s Day, but without the cheesy sentiments of those chalky candy hearts [...]

If you’re like me, you’ve got a lot of Flickr sets. And I’m sure you created them, like me, as a quick and easy way for people to view particular groups of your photos. Well, I just found out about a way to make viewing photosets one step easier and more convenient: the “detail view.”
I [...]

Have you gotten at all into the Flickr Mapping rage? If Flickr wasn’t already great for exploring photos by tag, photographer, time or group, for the past few months you’ve been able to explore photos by the actual place they were taken. It’s a cool concept and one that, I have to admit, I’ve only [...]

I decided to write a little update to last week’s Storyboard post. I realized after posting about making storyboards as a great way to tell a story using a series of photos that I never actually told you how I make them. My bad!
A few people have asked me since that post to [...]

I love Flickr for the inspiration I receive when browsing through some of the millions of photos hosted there. Many times, I come across photographers that are so creative that I have to add them to my contacts list so I can be inspired by their new photos that pop up every time I [...]

They won’t be this small forever. So get that camera out and start snapping photos of all their little cute parts — chubby toes, dirty fingernails, hair bows askew. Each little detail makes up the whole of the child you love. And however much we try to memorize each little arm roll, they grow [...]