Sarah Perez’ post over at ReadWriteWeb entitled “Technology is Great, but Are We Forgetting to Live?” resonates with me. I don’t like to view everything through a camera lens and thus do not record everything that I see. Seeing fathers film every move of their families on vacation from the moment they wake up until [...]
Posts under ‘photography’
Almost half the population
On November 3, 2008, the 3 billionth picture was uploaded to flickr generating 16,762 views for the photo until now. Had I not subscribed to Bryan Alexander’s blog this memorable moment would have passed unnoticed for me. Now I can pause for a second and contemplate a little bit.
If every person on earth had uploaded [...]
flickr and Creative Commons
While going through my Google Reader items, I ran across a comment from Sarah McGowan on one of my photos on flickr. She used it in the article “Dignity: Women in Mumbai Avoid Harrassment on the ‘Ladies Special’ Commuter Train“. I was baffled and joyous to see my picture there.
It was a very nice gesture [...]
My virtual past
A number of friends always ask for pictures in which I am as we don’t see each other a whole lot. If you know me, you know that I am a behind-the-camera person and that there are hardly any pictures of me on the memory cards in my cameras.
However, I can come up with fake [...]
Another road sign
pedestrian sign
I was a bit puzzled when I saw this sign for the first time. Does it mean that one is not allowed to walk here between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.? After some reflecting and searching my brain for the rules that I know, I think it means that pedestrians do not solely own [...]
