It is fun to take photos but not so fun to have a run-in with the law, unless you want some attention and publicity badly. On the other hand, you probably want to know the legal rights as a photographer so you can protect your work and enjoy photography without any fear. Here is a good collection of legal issues for photographers.
When I saw the photo I felt very sad. I looked through my photos and I did not see anything as compelling. I couldn’t help thinking, what is the purpose of photography? Perhaps, the words by Eli Siegel helped me a little bit:
“The purpose of photography, as of all art, is to use a specific object to see the meaning of the world with. The world is repellent and sad, and it is also attractive…“
When it comes to enjoying the great photos on websites like Flickr, Google (Yahoo) Images, Facebook, etc, you might have noticed how distracting various other elements on the page are: comments, ads, flashy colors, smilies… Some sites do support slideshow mode. However it takes you away from where you are and you don’t get to choose which images to view. Here is a great software to get rid of all the cluttering stuff and leave you just the photos you want to see, in full screen! It has some other neat features too. It is definitely worth checking out. PicLens (1.5BETA) by Cooliris, Inc. Please note that it only support Firefox 2+ on Windows and Safari on Mac.
Once you install it, you won’t notice much going on when visiting supported photo sharing site before you put the mouse cursor over an image. You will notice a button appear in the lower left corner of the thumbnail image. Click on it. In a few moments (depending on your connection speed), you will see a full screen version of that image showing up. At the bottom of the screen, you will see a row of thumbnail images (of all the images on that page), together with some easy to use navigation buttons.
If you are budget minded, or simply enjoy making stuff to enhance your photography, here are some great sites for you.
If you know more DIY photography sites, please comment below. I will be happy to add to the list.
