While there are a number of podcasts I listen to regularly, I never knew I’d be on one.  Sure, for some, being “on the air” is common, but it was something I’ve not done until now.

Gear Viewpoint, which I’ve written comments on past shows, and I’ve exchanged a few tweets with the hosts, Keith Tharp and Ron Risman, recently announced a format change to the show.  I’d always enjoyed the banter between them, especially their discussion on crop factors.  It was one of those podcasts where people where looking at me oddly and wondering why I could barely hold back my laughter while commuting.

Anyway, the new direction of the show is:

Having brief chats with photographers from all skill sets, styles and disciplines to spark discussion and thought on photography in general. My Hope is that these little chats will keep everyone’s photography juices flowing and possibly offer a little fun, learning, and growth in a neat little consumable package.

I had recently written to Keith asking when the next show was going to be because I hadn’t seen one in a bit, and about a little issue I was seeing on his blog. Keith responded and asked if I’d like to be on as a guest in the new format.   I really like the idea of hearing some fresh voices, and didn’t think it would be mine, regardless, I happily agreed, and the result is now “on the air”.  If you’d like to listen to our conversation about some luck I had selling images from flickr, the new TSA “Photographerd in hoodies are probably terrorists” poster, and more, head over to the Gear Viewpoint site, or subscribe in iTunes.

I was talking with my spotter brother about the air show photos I posted on flickr and he mentioned it would be cool to include the time stamps on the multiple frame photo I posted on flickr of the USAF Thunderbirds maneuver where four F16′s fly in formation with their gear down, and a fifth F16 comes streaking in between them.  The one I did quickly and posted to flickr had four frames, but this final edition has the five frames that my 7D was able to capture.

USAF Thunderbirds without the Sub Second Data

As you can see, the whole sequence took less that 2 seconds, but unfortunately, the main capture date/time field in the EXIF specification only stores the capture time at a resolution to the second.  According to the EXIF specification, the format is “YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS”+0×00.

Beyond that, the file format that is used to store the files on the compact flash memory card also doesn’t support a date/time stamp with a sub second resolution. Great, I have a camera capable of 8 frames per second and I can’t get the time information?  Not satisfied with what I was finding, I went in search of an answer.  This brought me to places in EXIF specifications I didn’t know about. Read more…

It seems many of my tweets and some recent posts are about rights grabs – well, this post is about one way I feel that requesting and using image from an online photo sharing sites, in this case, flickr, should be done.

Many times, even from my little flickr stream, I find my images being used, and most of the time, they are not used and credited correctly.  Yes, I am aware that photo credits don’t pay the bills, but I think you have to consider where the request is coming from, and how it will be used, before you just refuse it because the requester doesn’t want to pay.

A short while back, I was contacted, on flickr by ARKive.  Even though it had the appearance of a form letter, the content of it was to the point, and explained what they were asking for, and how and where it would be used, further offering to send still more information if I should want it. Read more…