Joe Flood

writer, photographer, web person

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Migrating Flickr Pics to SmugMug

November 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

I do love Flickr.  But I don’t like their prints, finding them to be really washed out and disappointing.  However, I like SmugMug’s prints but didn’t want to go to the trouble of downloading all my Flickr pics and then uploading them to SmugMug.
Enter SmuggLr, a  Firefox extension that promises:
Photo migration from flickr, ImageStation [...]

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Reverend Billy Pic Illustrates Column

November 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

One of my pictures of Reverend Billy was used in an Amy Goodman column on how Americans buy too much stuff.
The Reverend has an excellent documentary coming out this month called What Would Jesus Buy. Produced by Morgan Spurlock, I saw it earlier this year at SilverDocs and it’s excellent. I think people [...]

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Fall Foliage, Flickr and the Search for New Business Models

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Flickr’s potential as a resource for photo editors everywhere has yet to be fully tapped. Though some more old school photogs may complain that Flickr has undercut the stock market, the world has changed. Cheap, easy to use DSLRs (like the Canon Digital Rebel XT that I own) have democraticized the expert culture [...]

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I’m Socially Conscious and Stuff

September 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

DCist used the photo above to illustrate a story on upcoming anti-war demonstrations. It’s from a couple years ago, during a previous anti-war march. I spied this fellow, and his nervous happiness, in the crowd. Funny - no one else seemed to notice what was actually on his sign. The important [...]

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Schmap and Photo Rights

August 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

My favorite Pebble Beach pic was included in a Schmap guide.
I’ve let Schmap use several of my photos. Here’s how the describe themselves:
Schmap is a leading publisher of digital travel guides for 200 destinations throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The innovative technology behind Schmap Guides is also used [...]

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New Smyrna Beach at Sunset

May 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

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Photo Shoot with Caveat Improv Group

May 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I had the opportunity to take some pics of Caveat, an improv troup that is part of the Washington Improv Theater. It was a lot of fun - they’re a very creative group and they came prepared with ideas of what they wanted to do, which really helped. We shot in Meridian Hill [...]

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