Amazon Instant Video

Now that I've completely cut the cord and no longer have cable, I'm streaming all kinds of video.  Lots of it from Amazon, and I love all the deals that they offer.  I'm doing this through a Roku box.  All is well, but the one thing I can't do, and would love, is to have the ability to switch between Amazon accounts.  There's more than one person in my household, so the ability to easily switch between the accounts would be great.

The reason is that we all don't have the same things in our video libraries and being able to switch between the accounts would allow us to view items in the different libraries.  This would make streaming all that much better.

Big Finish

Big Finish, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

The annual Fiesta dances begin again tonight. Always a festive and colorful event.  I'm hoping to be able to get out and at least shoot a little.

Empty Path

Empty Path, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

You were right about the future,
our past now so nicely tucked away,
it's too late for more of this...

Chains of love

Chains of love, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

Julia lives in a world of doubts,
expressions refrained, emotions veiled,
a heart chained up in fear,
desperately trying to find her voice,
to put the "I don't know" away,
and be free enough to truly express...

Sitting One Out

Sitting One Out, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

His dreams are coming back to him,
true emotions rolling off his tongue,
the hard luck stories begin,
he feels the same,
yet in a different way...

Tune Pull

Tune Pull, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

It's been a thin year on new images for me. The bad economy, along with several other factors have kept from getting out to shoot as much and I'd like to.

The upside has been to use the time to process images that have been sitting untouched for a long time.

Eventually I'll need to replenish my "inventory" and change things up a bit.  Soon, I hope.

Google Plus Photography

Scott Kelby said something interesting on his show The Grid and that is that flickr is dying, and that Google Plus is the brave new world for photographers.

This got me to thinking about it, and I have to say that I don't disagree with his assessment.  I've been very impressed with the digital world that photographers have been building on Google Plus

The imagery is simply stunning, and there's a level of engagement that I've never seen over on flickr.  The Google Plus photography community is friendly, knowledgeable, and inspirational.

This community seems to be growing by leaps and bounds, and my guess is that this is by word of mouth, which is the best kind of endorsement one could wish for.

It's an extremely interactive and encouraging community.  I've watched many a Google Plus Photography hangout in action, and if you don't know what this is, think of it as Skyping with group of your favorite photographers, all willing to share their knowledge and push the art of photography forward.

As much as I like Google Plus, I really don't want to see flickr die.  I've got countless hours devoted to processing and posting images on their site.  I'm hoping that they take the competition as a wake-up call and up their game.  All for the good of the photography community.

The first thing I think flickr can do is beef up the social aspects of their site, and encourage users to share their love of the photographic image.  Right now, the site seems sterile, especially when compared to Google Plus.

Only time will tell how this is going to play out.

Has anyone got any suggestions for flickr?  Feel free to share them in the comments section.