New Flickr Pro Account!

So I upgraded my Flickr account to a Pro version, you should be seeing alot more pictures from me. I found some interesting Flickr Artists while exploring the site, and came across one that has alot of albums from Rocketown concerts. You can find his page here.

I also found some cool photos, and realized that many of the effects that make the cool pictures so intersting is simply their long exposure times. Many outdoors/night pictures you see that look really weird and funky are simply just taken so that the stationary object is focused on while the camera is on a tripod, and then the exposure time is set for maybe 10 or 15 seconds and the Earth's rotation takes care of the rest (providing interesting streaks across the sky). Of course that can't be all, because light plays quite a key role in these pictures as well. I'm looking in to it, and I think I have improved in my picture taking ability.

Check out my newest set: Last Week of October '05

and also check out these crazy nightshots: http://flickr.com/photos/notraces/sets/270103/