Creative Commons

Today I looked more closely at the Creative Commons (CC) website and found this particularly interesting. In recent years I created a website where a key problem to solve was finding appropriate graphics. While there are some gif, jpeg and png graphics which are free to use on the web, finding appropriate examples is difficult. I solved this by photographing the building myself and then a friend edited the photo in Photoshop. I can see why Creative Commons licensing suits photos so well. On a more general note, managing digital photographs is an onerous task. Recently a family member gave me the task retrieving 3,000 photos from memory sticks of their holiday in Japan, separating 1,500 onto DVD to be printed. So, photos are important to people and these (CC) licensing, Flckr, along with Adobe software and Picassa all provide options for better management and security.