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fotogail's photostream
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Hi! Thanks for looking at my pictures!
i owe so much to Flickr... i've become fascinated with photography again, after years of neglect. thanks to photo social networking, i have had some images published, i have organized some cafe shows that arose from a Flickr photo stroll, i have embraced my rekindled obsession, and i've started to dip my toes back into the world of video, which i'd set aside since college. i'm so thankful for the community-building features, savvy staff and smart community members here!
i work at Salon.com managing The WELL and Salon Table Talk online communities. i've been in online community management for over 16 years. it's been refreshing to be free to be at flickr purely as an opinionated customer and community participant. i've taken my shoes off and am having a fabulous time in group visual play here.
i came over with the fotolog.net emigres in fall of 2004, in an interesting "online refugee" transition. part of my earlier profile from those fotolog days rings true:
" i usually use a fairly small midprice digital camera. i take it with me nearly everywhere. this medium has gotten me seeing things again. i miss B&W darkroom work from high school and college years ago, but not enough to do it anymore.
i`m learning about light and composition and form, all over again. i`m also interested in objects, events, humor... times when the photo is weak but the subject matter grabs me: sometimes a shot is only a snap.
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I've written a few posts about Flickr interestingness, interface and Flickr community over at my infrequent blog, which is often about online community dynamics. I've also posted a lot about Flickr within the conferences on The WELL:
www.well.com/
FlickRiver is a way to see images on black, much better for many of these shots. I love these toys the community builds for one another.
Photos of fotogail (20)
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- OccupySF 1,742 photos, 110 members
- Flickr 11|11|11 2,347 photos, 3,737 members
- For Garnite! 486 photos, 144 members
- The Nature Conservancy 382,944 photos, 28,066 members
- Sculpture 109,837 photos, 7,483 members
- San Francisco Giants 4,100 photos, 188 members
- HOPS! 710 photos, 81 members
- Berkeleyside 4,110 photos, 177 members
- New Photo Page Preview 0 photos, 3,728 members
- How Buildings Learn 23 photos, 7 members
- Wild California 5,818 photos, 170 members
- Social Media Week 2010 118 photos, 12 members
- BEER 52,358 photos, 9,228 members
- Salon food Flickr pool 1,320 photos, 106 members
- TechSoup Global 1,772 photos, 185 members
- Tell a story in 5 frames (Visual story telling) 198 photos, 12,169 members
- festival of brown 3,220 photos, 153 members
- Colour Chart 3,517 photos, 2,112 members
- Garden of Memory Concert 581 photos, 27 members
- Found Paintings 4,212 photos, 193 members
- Bishop Ca 701 photos, 73 members
- Northern California Beer Community 377 photos, 37 members
- Pick 5 for the Environment (from U.S. EPA) 681 photos, 118 members
- Flickr 5.25 1,135 photos, 1,420 members
- Black Cat Club! 485 photos, 108 members
- sfbars 261 photos, 65 members
- SF BEER WEEK 1,568 photos, 45 members
- Belgian Beer 2,813 photos, 496 members
- Beer Advocate 3,538 photos, 94 members
- NOAHsurvey: a Survey of New Orleans Architectural History 20,157 photos, 211 members
- Your Narnia photo contest 109 photos, 62 members
- NOLA Love 212 photos, 30 members
- Shoe Conversations 1,301 photos, 330 members
- KPFA Listeners Group 108 photos, 30 members
- Humid City 3,985 photos, 210 members
- People with Holiday or Vacation Beers / Drinks 963 photos, 80 members
- Beer Festivals 1,341 photos, 102 members
- BlogHer Header Photos 886 photos, 451 members
- Quirkee Quirky Photos & Videos 1,317 photos, 111 members
- Global Political Concensus 243 photos, 169 members
- Pink 2008 22,735 photos, 9,121 members
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- Homebrewers Anonymous 3,105 photos, 399 members
- Homebrew Beer 1,805 photos, 188 members
- Commingling 67 photos, 34 members
- Wicked Reflections 13,242 photos, 1,021 members
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Galleries (1)
- Best of Stick Figures in Peril 13 photos
Testimonials (6)
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zen says:
"Gail's work doesn't scream at you; it quietly surprises and is the kind of thoughtful photos that, like soft jazz, plays beautifully in the background until some phrase or line perks up your eyes and then you can't stop looking, can't stop wanting that gentle shock that she gives visually. Her awareness is something i admire immensely.
I've happily come to know her photographic landscape generally and enjoy her comments and honest and undemanding friendship quite a lot."22nd July, 2006
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O Caritas says:
"Quite simply, Gail's photostream is one of the most enjoyable on flickr. Her eye and attention to detail is amongst the keenest I've yet come across here, and I look forward to her clever, "quick-witted" images, and her vision of her world.
I've never gotten the impression that she spends a lot of time commenting on others' photos, but her quiet presence is an enormous influence on me and (no doubt) others."21st September, 2005
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bruce grant says:
"to have the kind of eye for visual beauty that gail has would be enough for most artists...
but to combine this with the kind of social/anthropological eye for the nuances of social photoblogging (a term i learned from her)...
...and to combine that analytical understanding of social nuance with real concern and care for the people involved...
and to combine those with the kind of catholicity of taste that embraces urban beauty, natural beauty, and baseball...
and to combine all of those with the passion for social justice -- and the conviction that art can further that passion...
this is rare...exceedingly rare
i'm honored that gail has become my friend
you go, girl"18th September, 2005
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krazydad / jbum says:
"A caretaker. One of the rare few who takes an active role in the care & feeding of online communities."
3rd April, 2005
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D4rkst4r says:
"It has become a daily joy to vicariously see through your eyes and lens !
Such talent should not go uncommented !
Thank you for your sharing !"2nd March, 2005
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poederbach says:
"Actually I don't like to comment on a single photo. It is the whole of your stream that facinates me. I am very sensitive to colours and forms, eventually emotions.
I have been working with pictures for most of my life as a professional, so get bored easily. I envy those who are able to create a new reality using forms and colours.
My other half is the storyteller. Some pictures have a story, you are telling me those stories too. I hope you also let me free in finding out what story the picture itself delivers to me. Watching pictures can be an adventure a journey in to what you present in forms and colours.
Your photostream is facinating, I'll be watching your archive from now on with a different attitude.
Thomas"30th November, 2004
- Name:
- Gail Williams
- Joined:
- October 2004
- Hometown:
- northern california
- I am:
- Female and Taken
- Occupation:
- community tending at The WELL & Salon.com