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Flickr for your Blackberry

farrelley — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:30:04 +0000

flickr is like the ultimate photo and video sharing website for the social world. What would be better than taking a photo from your blackberry and posting it instantly to your flickr page? This is very possible and there are multiple ways to do this. For me I like to use the blackberry flickr application to upload photos and use the email process to push video. Yes that’s right, the blackberry videos can be sent and displayed on your flickr page.

The BB flickr application is pretty straight forward and very simple. You can download it from here. Once you are logged in to flickr through your phone you have the ability to send photos directly from the BB camera application or from the flickr application. The flickr app then lets you add a title, description, tags, add it to a photo set, set the privacy, resize the image, and if your carrier enables the GPS, geotag your photo. Once you have added your necessary information click on the upload button and your photo is transmitted in the background to flickr. This is great because it doesn’t halt your phone when transmitting the photo. Below are some samples that I took and posted to flickr from my BB Curve.

You can also upload video through the email address provided in your flickr settings page. You can post your photos this way to but I recommend the BB applicaiton. Once you have captured your video on your phone just email it to that flickr email address (located in your flickr settings) and it will be automatically uploaded to your page. Here is an example video that I shot and posted via email.

Some tips and tricks to keep in mind. Use the flickr app to upload photos and the email to upload video. In your settings you can set tags so when you send a video through email it tags it with what you want. Then you don’t have to worry about your photos being tagged with video tags. Also I think it’s a good idea to set up a photo set to capture all your mobile uploads. Doing it this way will be easier to sort though the photos when you are looking for something. Lastly, it’s best to add the flickr email address to you address book so that you don’t have to keep typing it in all the time.

Using your blackberry and Flickr can be very powerful so go out and capture the world!

This is part of a series “Ten days of Blackberry, Making your Phone Better“

Published Photographer

farrelley — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:50:37 +0000

I am finally got one of my photographs published. Yea! Two weeks ago “schmap” (schmap.com) contacted me asking if they could use one of my picture I had posted on flickr. Couple days ago they sent me a link to the photo and the write up that they have. The picture represents Fort Myers and Cape Coral in their travel guide. They have the following write up accompanying the photo,

Located along the Caloosahatchee River, Fort Myers is the heart of Southwest Florida. A paradise with a lovely Southern pace and in harmony with nature, it is bordered by white seashell beaches, tropical island sanctuaries and crystal waters.

The photo is of an early morning Storm at over the Pier at Fort Myers Beach (Florida) looking towards Sanibel and Captiva islands. I have this photo framed in my living room and it was always one of my favorites from the Fort Myers area.

If you are interested in purchasing this photo please contact me.

Photo on Flickr
Schmap.com Travel Guide with photo

What’s in a Buisness Card

farrelley — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:07:12 +0000

Not sure how I got on this topic but it is very interesting. I am trying to start (have been in the processes for a long time) a web business and was thinking about getting business cards but I am not sure what to put on them. I came across this article about “What’s on your Business Card?” It’s quite interesting what people are saying in the comments and what information you should put on the card. Another place that I have been looking is on flickr. There are some pretty cool ones there too! Flickr is a great place to get ideas for projects and design. I remember when my father got his cards for a small business that he owned years ago. They where very generic and everyone was using Microsoft clipart. If you look at the trend of web design and business cards I think you make a correlation. Do you think that business cards changing with the web? Should we have Business Cards 2.0? I think this is an interesting topic; I may be posting more about this later on.

So…What’s on your Business Card, and where did you get them from?

Off to Miami

farrelley — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:43:12 +0000

UPDATE: We are back. No Miami this weekend. It’s a long story that I will be happy to tell tomorrow.

Jen and I are off to Miami for the weekend. No posting till Monday Afternoon or late Evening. Pictures will be posted on my flickr site. However, I have a new site soon to be released! hum….the speculation begins!

Today’s News in Links

farrelley — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:04:56 +0000

Microsoft is says that they can guarantee that xbox will have a better picture than PS3.
Moo.com has sent me an email telling my my moo cards have been shipped. What are Moo cards?

Moo Cards

farrelley — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:07:07 +0000

Do you have a Flickr Pro account? Do you want to print your images on Business like cards? Well you are all set! Last night Andy sent me an instant message about moo.com. It simply said something like “Go to moo.com to get some free stuff. Only for Flickr.com Pro users.” When I got over to the site I saw that you can get 10 free cards with your flickr images printed on the front and anything your want on the reverse. This is such a good concept. Here is how it works.
First your must have a Flickr Pro account

Point your browser to moo.com
Click on the I want some button.
I clicked on the 10 free cards for flickr.com pro users (the button is labeled Make a 10 pack)
Moo.com loads Flickr with a privacy statement asking if it is ok for moo to log into your account with the username and password that you feed it. You must say ok to this since moo needs to load your pictures for your cards.
Once you have completed the login, you can select your best pictures from your Flickr account and drag them into the selection bar that is displayed below your images. To remove an image from your selected images just click and drag it to the trash.
Once you have added your photos continue to the next page to add any information to the back of the card. I think there is a maximum of 5 or 6 lines. If you are doing the 10 free cards the Flickr logo and if you want your Flickr icon will be displayed on the right side of the card.
When you are finished click the next button on fill out your information for mailing and billing information.
You’re done! Just allow moo 10 working days to mail you your cards. Just remember your cards are shipping from London, UK

This is a marvelous idea. What a great use of the Flickr API. I ordered my 10 free ones yesterday. Hopefully the quality is good because I may be in the market to purchase 100 cards. Heck its only $19.95 for 100! For start-ups and especially photographers this is a great idea for business cards. Display your work on your cards. I will probably be writing about the process and quality once I receive the cards.

Favorite Photos – The Start

farrelley — Mon, 01 May 2006 12:04:36 +0000

I have decided that I am going to start to share some of my favorite photos that I have taken. All of my pictures are available on my flicker site so feel free to look around. I have just started to get into taking lots of pictures. I enjoy trying to capture that best moments, but most of the time I will take 300 photos with only 3 good ones. However, my photo eyes are getting better! All my photos are taken with a Canon Digital Rebel on a 1 gig memory card.

Here is one of my favorites. Davis Anthony Farrell enjoying his pacifier after his baptism.