Being a “photo” guy, I’ll admit to having originally pooh-poohed flickr when it first came out. I’ve never been much of a fan of storing photos online—especially low-res versions.
Sure, snapclub was fun for a little while, but I quickly became tired of the limited resolution of the photos. I bought a 6 megapixel camera for a reason.
And camera-phones? You’re kidding right? Guffaw.
And then a really funny thing happened. I stopped taking pictures everyday. And somehow, overnight maybe, I fell in love with flickr. And the best thing about it? Being able to email photos right from my phone.
Yup. Total 180°. Dang. I hate when that happens.
I guess it finally struck me, the gratification of it. You see something, snag a photo of it, post it publicly. The idea that flickr has of the photostream being a constant stream of images coming from your life… it’s pretty interesting.
And with flickr’s set up of RSS and other notifications, you have an instant audience with your friends. Now, these candid photos have some kind of a purpose. They don’t just sit and rot on my powerbook or my phone.
I’m also finding that I’m much more willing to take photos with my treo now, since I can bypass the whole attaching-the-camera-to-the-powerbook-and-launch-iPhoto-and-import thing.
While the grainy resolution does suck you know, it’s really no worse (at least from my treo) that that of an old Polaroid 600 instant camera. And I’ll admit to even beginning to enjoy the over exposed, grainy, feel to them.
So… yup, barclay (hearts) flickr. And here is my photostream.