Apple

I’ve just uploaded some new photos on Flickr.

Since discovering Flickr (and since becoming a Pro member courtesy of Stéphane), I have become an addict. I spend hours everyday creating sets, changing the metadata of existing photos (especially the old ones i.e. those I did on my film camera) and viewing slideshows with awe. I’ve obviously joined some groups and I have started contributing photos and comments. I must be feeling like Christopher Columbus felt just after discovering America…

Flickr is fantastic! Try it!

By the way, I have adopted the following workflow:

• Import all photos from my digital camera to a folder using Image Capture on my MacBook (I simulatenously rename all photos (from IMGxxxx.jpg to YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.jpg) using the free and absolutely great ExifRenamer application),
• Import all the renamed photos to iPhoto and only use film rolls for organisation,
• Delete all crap photos (have no mercy!),
• Beautify what remain (crop, enhance, retouch…),
• Tag the best ones with a specific keyword (I use Flickr),
• Upload those ones using Flickr Uploadr (more precisely the latest beta version as the stable version has stopped working),
• Create a new set or update existing sets on Flickr,
• Announce to the world (my weblog and some family mailing list) that something fantastic has just happened ;-)

Phew!

While browsing today, I realised that my daughter Anya has the same name as Anya Major, the athlete and model who starred in Apple’s famous 1984 commercial…

I always thought we called our daughter Anya because we like the name (or, more precisely, we knew someone called Anja (pronounced Anya) and we liked the name)…

I must also tell you that there was once a Kyan Pascal released for the Apple ][. And I suppose you all know that our two-year old son is called Kyan…

Now, I don’t want to sound too esoteric but is this (only) coincidence?

;-)