….the existence of space between your dreams and mine” is my new favourite group.

Photos from wailintse, nich hance, bobbydoherty, and beaf.

You’ll notice that we’ve implemented further changes to your recent activity.

Check out the screencast for a quick tour of all the features.

Bugs can be shared in this Help Forum Topic and feedback can be shared here.

Photo from Aye Ayee Captain.

In this installment of 5 Questions, we interview Minas Papadopoulos (as suggested last week by Susan Mac — if you missed her interview, please check it out).

Minas’ moving studies in black and white have inspired the following:

“There exists this place, a sort of bipartition, a dichotomy between the Appolonian and the Dionysian. That gray area between the black and the white. In this place dwells the mind of Minas Papadopoulos…” SkyShaper

“a continuous mind flowing blues of perception. a very personal and subjective work, having no idea at all with what he will come up next.” reconstruction

“Sometimes as a pragmatist, other times as a contemporary surrealist, Minas ferrets out the Truth and Soul in his portraits and possesses a unique artistic charisma…” Εύα

1. Minas, we know it’s a tough question, but if you had to pick just one camera to shoot with from now until the end of time, what would that be?

Minas: I wish I had a straight answer for this one. I use all the equipment I can get my hands on and surely have a shopping list of cameras I want to try and buy. Thus far, the camera that treated me the best and rewarded me with some of my favorite pictures, is my Yashica Mat 124G.

2. Another (possibly) tough question… Tell us your favourite photos on Flickr, and why you like them. First, a favourite from your photostream?

Minas: When you feel that time stops, the voices mute and all feels right.

And from another Flickr member?

Minas: I love this photo by Stavros. I have the privilege of having a darkroom print hanging on my wall. No words can do justice to it.

3. What’s one tip that you would share with someone who’s just picking up a camera?

Minas: Don’t try to channel your beliefs, thoughts, emotions to your shots before even raising your camera. Shoot constantly, persistently, everything that catches your eye. At the end of the day, do your evaluation, choose the shots that apply to your aesthetics and save them to mind as patterns for the next photo excursion. As you keep shooting, you will realize that, subsequently, the world and you, become one in the photos. You see your favorite photographers speak to you through your images, you choose your themes, your aesthetics evolve and everything else comes natural. Its like learning a new language.

4. When we interview peeps for employment here at Team Flickr, we always ask: “Kittens, babies, sunsets or flowers? Pick one.”

Minas: Kittens!

5. Which Flickr member should we ask these 5 questions of next?

Minas: karton kutuda shot zımbırtısı — once you open her treasure chest there is no return.

Heather: Minas, thank you. It’s been a pleasure. We’ll be back soon with the next installment of 5 Question when we interview karton kutuda shot zımbırtısı.

Photos from minαs, StaPa, milky-brown, and karton kutuda shot zımbırtısı.

Every year at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse along the San Mateo County, California coast, they light up the old Fresnel lens in a special celebration. And of course, Flickr members were there Saturday night to capture the event.

Photos from PhotoBud, moucri, aktse and maxxsmart. You can search for more or check out the Pigeon Point Lighthouse group.

Photos from gmpicket, See Attached and Ultrateg. View more with some tag searches. You can also admire flatiron architecture in other cities in the Flatiron group pool.

Photos from vtpeacenik, …Random Images from The Heartland…, and Gitart.

Want to upload photos straight from your iPhone? And have them be automatically geotagged? You could use one of the great Flickr apps available in the App Store, or you could just use Flickr’s upload by email feature.

To get started you’ll need to setup your upload by email address, and geo privacy preferences.

Getting Started

1. Choose “Your Account” from the “You” menu and go to the Email tab. Either you’ll see an option to Create an upload-to-flickr email address, or you’ll see a address of the form “gibberish@photos.flickr.com”.

2. Add that email address to your Contacts on your iPhone, and give it a name like “Flickr Uploadr”.

3. If you’d like your photos automatically geotagged and placed on the map by the iPhone’s built in GPS you’ll need to enable Import EXIF location data (just check “Yes please, that would be lovely”). If you haven’t already set your Geo privacy preferences do so when prompted.

And you’re all set up!

Upload a photo

To upload a photo you’ve either just taken, or are viewing on the Camera Roll, click the upload/use button, choose “Email Photo”, and send the email to the “Flickr Uploadr” contact you just created. And you’re done!

If you give the email a subject, that will become the title of the photo. If you add a description to the email, we’ll try to use that as the description.

Of course upload by email works on almost any device that can send email (which is everything except your toaster these days), not just the iPhone.

And you folks who tried uploading photos by email from your iPhones and were frustrated by crummy resolution, and lack of EXIF (including location) data, it’s time to come back and try it again. The current iPhone software has addressed a bunch of these issues.

Photo from bitrot.

We’re pleased to introduce the newest member of our “Do More” family — TinyPrints!

They caught our eye with their lovely, high-quality, beautifully designed baby announcements, wedding invitations and other photo projects, including holiday cards.

As their way of saying hello, Tiny Prints is offering $20 off orders of $99 or more. Enter the coupon promo code FlickrTP20 at checkout to receive this discount.

You can share finished TinyPrints projects and get feedback at the newly created TinyPrints group on Flickr. For questions about order and shipping details, there’s a help page with loads of information.

“There are three simple rules. One – there is a street lamp. Two – it is on. Three – it is daytime.”

Lights by Day is one of those things that once you take notice, you see everywhere.

Photos from Rock Cake and soul food café.

How can you mix up your photography for $5 – $10? Pick up a door peep hole viewer from your local hardware store. I’ve had one on my shopping list since Zack arrived at FlickrHQ with one a few weeks ago. (Check out his Cookies! video and photos tagged with “peephole“.)

Brian’sEye created a simple how to in the Peephole fish eye group:

- Hold peephole against rim of camera lens.
- Set camera to “macro”. (the image is actually displayed on the inside face of the convex lens of the peephole. The camera must focus on the foreground image rather than the background image.)
- Zoom in to the point that the viewable “circle” is framed almost evenly.
- For best results, brighter lighting will avoid unwanted noise (grain)
- Enjoy and have fun.

Photos from guruveee, deana rae, and Brian’sEye.
View more photos in the Peephole fish eye group pool.
See also: World Peep Hole Photo Association, DIY Fisheye, Peepholes, and peeper views.