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Having Fun @ The Pool #4

The last week was very interesting week on my professional career, I was attending a software conference in Toronto called The Agile Conference 2008. The conference was all about making software better. (Any Agile practitioners here? Give me a shout).

I find that there are plenty of similarities between Agile software development and striving for photography perfection and style, and I intend to share this in an upcoming post. (Don't worry, this will not be a geeky-techie post).

While being away from home I had the pleasure of watching the DIYP Flickr group grow. We are now 2751 enthusiastic photographers, and sharing 2653 picture. Great work. While it feels great to be part of such a striving community, I noticed that the number of photographer is smaller then the number of pictures. That means that some of us are missing on the great opportunity to share our pictures and get ideas, critique and standing ovations from group member.

Here is my suggestion, if you did not submit at least on picture to the group, submit one picture now, and pick one of the other images on the group and make a comment. This is turn will encourage other to comment on your images.

Thanks for making my day great! Below are some of my favorites from the last month.

Take me with you! by Hugo de Stockholm cupcake_aftermath.jpg by hodgespics Isle Of Avalon promo by kryss martin Stormy weeds by Dr|g Christine by Jon Neftali spencer_portrait2.jpg by hodgespics
KCS Train by 710 Photography IMG_1704 by ZtarMan aka ZMan Vasutas lettem by akosphoto by kaankiran Play "Misty" for me! by Anthony HB2007 by kaankiran
what's at the end of this rainbow? by hlkljgk Tres Chic by viktor.dite Angela and Sadie by Artheon Mermaid Watching by Brian Auer Yellow Gerbera by nickwheeleroz
Small World by ksten singing-lessons-copy by rockhoppermedia Curves by skedonk CRW_4259 by evolved photography Pinhole Seesaw by Darren C. Alexa-1 by MATTaddington
Signing Documents by TrixSigio Might as well jump.... 2bw by Adam Melancon Sunrest by Hugo de Stockholm 9pm Spectacular on Sydney Harbour by sachman75 Vanished by oz_ranger Floating Gin by Bald Monk
Give a man a thought... by getbusylivn Cover Shot by Auzigog painting smoke II by morrmota Save Christian in Egypt by Brian Auer Half Full by Chica-X Firestarter by 710 Photography
Kenzie by Jon Neftali Day 13 - Inspiration by Kwame John classic_Spencer.jpg by hodgespics Soraya by Abdallah ? "Dicen que los galanes existen en las películas nomás" by Yon Pol (Digital Canon XT en Venta) reader by rsplatpc
Ice Lollies are not just for Kids! by Bald Monk Lemon Lime by Matthew Stones the wind by Lady Twiglet You Don't Bring Me Flowers.....Anymore by DownTown Pictures Devil's Den by getbusylivn The Halls Are Empty Now..... by DownTown Pictures
The Self Preservation Society by nickwheeleroz Girlfreind having a Cigarette by PaulGT Shot from the cab by Dr|g windywalk by neilcreek

More Photodumps:
- Having Fun @ The Pool #3
- Having Fun @ The Pool #2 - What a Splash
- Having Fun @ The Pool #1

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Sun, 2008-08-10 06:07 — Adam Melancon (not verified)

Thanks!

Thanks for adding my photo! My son had a blast jumping on the bed that evening. I also have quite a few more fun ones from that set on my flickr account.
Might as well jump.... 7
Enjoy!

Sun, 2008-08-10 15:09 — bmxbanditdude (not verified)

deleted photo

Thanks for liking my image! 4 across, 3 down. I deleted it, so your link won't work. I have put it up again and the link is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bmxbandit/2749604780/

Thanks,
scott

Mon, 2008-08-11 07:54 — udijw

Fixed it

thanks

Sun, 2008-08-10 20:17 — Matthew Botos (not verified)

Agile

I've been doing agile scrum for about two years now with a few stints as a scrum master. It's a good way of running many software projects; I look forward to hearing how you compare it to the photographic process!

Mon, 2008-08-11 08:43 — udijw

Agile totally rocks

I find it can be applied to almost any aspect of life. I'll definitely write more about it in the post.

Mon, 2008-08-11 20:47 — bob (not verified)

Agile

We use a less formal agile system her at my company. Really helped us push more software out the door with less issues especially considering our less then sufficient staff.

Tue, 2008-08-12 05:23 — Bradley Hodges (not verified)

thanks

thanks for selecting 3 of my photos as some of your favorites for the month. i enjoy your site!

Tue, 2008-08-12 19:19 — Phat Photographer (not verified)

Two Thumbs up to Agile

Been doing variations of agile for 4 years - tough to get it right, but totally worth it. At the core of agile is a short feedback loop between the client and the delivery team so there are definitely analogies to be had in photography, especially with the advent of digital cameras. Looking forward to reading your post.

Wed, 2008-08-13 16:29 — dcpatton (not verified)

Agile Photography

I've been an agile practitioner for years. Looking forward to your post connecting agile software development to photography. I am thinking of something about iterative processes, testing, etc..

Sat, 2008-08-16 15:02 — Abdallah Aberouch (not verified)

Thanks for the feature

Thanks for picking one of my pics, mean a lot.
(My sister on the 3rd row from the bottom)

Sat, 2008-08-16 23:07 — udijw

thanks for submitting

Sure  Abdallah, I really liked the way she just bounces of the white background. Have you seen Zack's white background tutorial? it has many tricks for utilizing your frame.

Sun, 2008-08-17 17:48 — Abdallah Aberouch (not verified)

thanks

I'm glad you liked my picture. I did not see that tutorial before, but thank you for the link, I'm going to check it out right now.

Fri, 2008-08-22 15:45 — w0lf (not verified)

agile scrum

Excelent idea about agile and photography.Agile is a sooo natural methodology that it works applied on almost everything.
Maybe a conference about this...:)

Fri, 2008-08-22 23:40 — udijw

agile scrum rocks

Well, it turns out scrum (and Agile) in general was not invented at the software industry, but as part of Toyota's self improvement. They were tackling the issue that their cars because obsolete as soon as they were our of production and needed to some up with a way to make changing and feature adding faster.

I think almost all can be done better if done agile, and it is hard to resist and counter the understandings that lie in the core of agile, teamwork, fast feedback, respect,...

Tue, 2008-08-26 01:16 — Dbranco (not verified)

Thanks

WOW. One of my pictures in DIY :|

Many thanks for my chosing my picture as one of your favorites this realy gives more motivation.

BTW mine is the little Dog in the second row.

Tue, 2008-08-26 15:01 — Anonymous (not verified)

hmmm... what about other photo sites?

Back in the day, there was a huge backlash based on the changes Yahoo then made to the ToU for Flickr. I'm one of those who decided to take my business elsewhere.
What about other sharing sites? Do they also have a DIYP group? Should I be starting one on 23hq?

Agile? We've been using it for a while, reasonably successfully. Personally, I like the "beyond budgeting" idea, too...

Thu, 2008-08-28 09:24 — udijw

Thanks for getting me acquainted with 23

It looks like a nice platform. It would be great to have a DIYP group there.

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