Slideoo is the BOMB!!!

This handy slideshow from Slideoo is simply awesome. I can think of all kinds of marketing and branding opportunities for this puppy.

INPA on Location

It is the another "every other Thursday"... time for an INPA meeting. This time it is at a location in Spokane Valley that I have never been to before. I hope to learn lots. I'll twitter any important facts.

John and Ruth

John and Ruth
Originally uploaded by skypilot53

Here is a shot from Kurt Langland during our February '09 INPA shoot. It was really an incredible experience. If you are a photographer in Spokane check us out.

Twitter+Idiots=Death of the Jury System

A recent New York Times article gave the chilling tale of the idiots being chosen as jurors for our nation's courts causing mistrials because they can't stop twittering. I think the judges in these cases should let these morons spend a weekend in the county jail to think about what a fair trial means to them. If you can't stop twittering when under court order maybe you should be removed from society.

Flickring Digital Archives

Flickr's The Commons is a quiet revolution in digital media. Various government and private museums and archives from around the world have agreed to publish their photos to flickr and make them available to The Commons. You can download several sizes of some very famous photographs. You can link to them and email them to friends. One feature that appears lacking from all entities is the ability to embed. If that ability existed then I would have embedded one of those famous photos myself on this blog.

Flickr What Are You Doing?

This latest iteration of flickr stats is idiotic! Removing 'All time' views and referrers to add stats from 'So far today' is pure stupidity. A concise list of the most popular photos on our flickr site enables us to create target market driven content. Now that is gone. Here's an idea. Add to functionality don't take it away.

Your customers expect a certain level of service. I feel like they are in breach of contract. I spend $25 a year and expect things to remain as they are unless I get a notice. Don't they have anyone that does customer service over there?

Twitter Spurs Education

Calendar Blur
Originally uploaded by John Demke

I just created this by using Illustrator and Photoshop. I found this tutorial with a link found on a twitter feed from Layers Magazine. If you have engaging content then tweet it.

Embedded flickr Slideshows Increase Visiblity

A few months ago we placed a link to a embedded flickr slideshow on the University's home page. The concept was to provide a quick glimpse of life at Eastern without spending a lot of time programming it. After researching several different flickr enabled slideshows we settled on flickr's own. It is clean and easily re-sizable and loads very quickly. Another great asset is the full-screen mode. Our Admissions reps can show this to a group of prospective students with a projector. This is a great tool for small businesses. It is up to you to create good perceptions of your business and enable others to see them.

To date we have recorded 1,787 visits to our Photo Tour page. That is fairly significant as it makes up 5.5% of all the traffic on our flickr site. Not bad seeing that it took about two days to make to page. Now I am creating new flickr slide shows for individual departments and programs for them to embed on their sites. Share with me how you are using flickr slide shows.

Twittering Old Fool

I finally did it! I set my cell phone, and not a smart phone at that, as in device to feed my twitter account. Now I get the joy of texting to #40404 and watching my tweet propagate to my facebook and blog. It is truly a magical experience. I just am wondering how useful it is.

A Bridge to flickr: Metadata Propagation

Here's a little table that is in beta. It is an attempt to determine what metadata fields Adobe Bridge inputs and flickr outputs. This can help with serialization of media content.

Data Sets	Adobe Bridge CS3	flickr.com
File Properties	Filename	*Information may be propagated from Filename, Title or Headline.
	Document Type	File Type:
	Application	Software:
	Date File Created	Date and Time (Original):
	Date File Modified	Date and Time (Modified):
	File Size	File Size:
	Dimensions	Image Width: and Image Height:
	Dimensions (in inches)	Dependant upon Dimensions and Bit Depth
	Resolution	X-Resolution: and Y-Resolution:
	Bit Depth	Bits Per Sample:
	Color Mode	Color Space:
IPTC Core	Creator	Artist: and By-line:
	Creator: Job Title	By-line Title:
	Creator: Address	Creator Address:
	Creator: City	Creator City:
	Creator: State/Province	Creator Region:
	Creator: Postal Code	Creator Postal Code:
	Creator: Phone(s)	Creator Work Telephone:
	Creator: Email(s)	Creator Work Email:
	Creator: Website(s)	Creator Work URL:
	Headline	Headline:
	Description	Caption- Abstract:
	Keywords	Keywords: and Subject:
	IPTC Subject Code	Subject Code:
	Description Writer	Caption Writer:
	Date Created*	Date Created:
	Intellectual Genre	Intellectual Genre:
	IPTC Scene	Scene:
	Location	Location:
	City	City:
	State/Province	Province- State:
	Country	Country- Primary Location Name:
	ISO Country Code	Country Code:
	Title	Object Name:
	Job Identifier	Original Transmission Reference:
	Instructions	Instructions:
	Provider	Credit:
	Source	Source:
	Copyright Notice	Copyright:
	Copyright Status
	Rights Usage Terms	Usage Terms:
	Raw Filename	Raw File Name:
Camera Data (EXIF)	Exposure Mode	Exposure Mode:
	Focal Length	Focal Length:
	Lens	Lens:
	Max Aperture Value	Max Aperture Value:
	Flash	Flash Mode:
	Metering Mode	Metering Mode:
	Custom Rendered	Custom Rendered:
	White Balance *Note this value is of the original image.	White Balance: *Note this value is of the original image.
	Scene Capture Type	Scene Capture Type:
	Serial Number	*Not displayed.
Camera Raw	Raw Filename	Raw File Name:
	White Balance *Note this value is of the adjusted Raw image.	White Balance: *Note this value is of the adjusted Raw image.
	Temperature	Temperature:
	Tint	Tint:
	Exposure	Exposure:
	Recovery	Saved Settings Parameters Highlight Recovery:
	Fill Light	Saved Settings Parameters Fill Light:
	Blacks	Shadows:
	Brightness	Brightness:
	Contrast	Contrast:
	Vibrance	Vibrance:

Profile Widget

Profile Widget
Originally uploaded by John Demke

A fun little widget that creates a banner for your flickr profile using your photos and stats. It is free by a site called Big Huge Labs. The cool thing is that it is dynamic. When you change your content or contacts the image changes which is totally awesome. They have some pretty cool stuff to check out on their site.

Ruth at INPAs February Shoot

Ruth
Originally uploaded by John Demke

Here's another frame from this past February's INPA shoot. This is Ruth, a very willing model.

Kristina at INPA

Kristina
Originally uploaded by John Demke

Here is a frame I shot at the last INPA meeting and photoshoot held Thursday February 26th. Peter Boden and Paddy Hoy were so generous to let me snap a few frames on their set using their model Kristina. I was interested in their DIY lighting devices. This is shot with their cardboard tubes.

I have so much to learn about flash photography. I am going to bring my soft boxes next time.