This is cool
Just got this message in my Flickr mailbox:
Hi Kenneth,
I am delighted to let you know that one of your photos with a Creative Commons license has been selected for inclusion in the newly released ninth edition of our Schmap Salt Lake City Guide:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
www.schmap.com/saltlakecity/sights_churches/p=102793/i=102793_36.jpgIf you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this same link will take you directly to your photo in the iPhone version of our guide. On a desktop computer, you can still see exactly how your photo is displayed and credited in the iPhone version of our guide at:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=saltlakecity&sid=sights_churches&p=102793&i=102793_36Finally, if you have a blog, you might also like to check out the customizable widgetized version of our Schmap Salt Lake City Guide, complete with your published photo:
www.schmap.com/guidewidgets/p=29813358N06/c=SM2027460
Please enjoy the guide!
Best regards,
Emma Williams,
Managing Editor, Schmap Guides
www.schmap.me/ewilliams
Naturally, I had to grab a screenshot of the site displaying my photo:
You know, it’s strange: the photos I tend to be most proud of tend not to be the photos that elicit this sort of response from people. More often than not, in fact, it’s the photos that I tend to regard as B-grade that people seem to identify with. But then, I suppose that’s a lesson in and of itself: if I have been given any gift for photography, it’s not mine to dictate to others what they see as a beautiful photo. It’s mine only to take what photos I will; people will find meaning in those that they will.
And that’s what’s really cool.
I started blogging back in 2004 -- in May, if the Wayback Machine is to be believed. Not that I remember the exact day. To be honest, I didn't take it that seriously then; it was a fun distraction, but nothing more.
That all changed, I think, once the Danish cartoons were published, and the assault on the right to freedom of expression became very visible. With the recent issues in Canada concerning the "human rights" commissions, the gravity of the matter has only increased, and my interest in blogging has increased right along with it.
I used to blog at a domain called Time Immortal, but it seemed to be the right time for a change -- there's been a lot of that in my life of late. Hence this blog: a fresh start, and proof positive that I won't shut up even if I get shut down once in a while.
