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Blame the Crowd, Not the Camera: Challenges to a New Open Photo Policy at the National Gallery

Museum 2.0

The posts come from an aptly-named blog: Grumpy Art Historian. A swarm of cameras everywhere. Reading Michael''s posts carefully, it seems that the cameras are not the ultimate culprits. Cameras weaponize an already unwieldy mob of people. You can''t not see their camera. I still feel that way. Lots of flashes.

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Amazing AI Images for Impact: AI Generators for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

A picture is worth a thousand words. Imagine if you didn’t need an expensive camera, artistic mastery, or a ton of time to create what was in your mind’s eye. Using pop art styles gives the ability to avoid the pitfalls of photorealism and instead focus on the action. Public link: [link]. Public Link: [link]. Imagined Visuals.

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22 Ways Nonprofits Can Use QR Codes for Fundraising and Awareness Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

QR Codes are two-dimensional bar code images that when scanned by a camera on a smartphone open a link to a website, send a SMS, or dial a phone number. To scan a QR Code, smartphone owners download a QR Code Reader [browse your App Store/Gallery for a "qr code reader"] and then take a picture of the QR Code. For art walks.

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Guest Post: Maintaining a connection with pandemic-inactive volunteers

Twenty Hats

Smithsonian Associates (SA) , which annually presents 700+ classes and other educational and entertaining programs, made a hard fast pivot in June 2020, when it began to present all of its lectures and art courses as livestreamed programs on Zoom. This addition is a slide show of photographs that the volunteers email to me.

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And the 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Awards Go To.

Tech Soup

Cisco Flip camera. Cisco Flip cameras. Flip camera. Flip Camera. he said, "On behalf of everyone at Water School and Michael Snyder of Interdependent Pictures, thank you so much for this award and for and believing in our story. From Michael Snyder at Interdependent Pictures, and everyone at Water School."

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It’s Time to #Showyourculture!

Connection Cafe

Everyone from engineers to sales representatives to our CEO Mike Gianoni got in on the fun, posting their favorite memories from arts and cultural organizations on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, using #showyourculture in their post so we could all follow along. Pictures drive engagement: Cultural events make for great pictures.

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Top 10 Sources for Free Images

Tech Soup

Creative Commons Search is another search engine that searches multiple sites simultaneously, including Flickr, Open Clip Art Library , Pixabay , and several more. DPLA is a great source for historical images, fine arts, and a wealth of other things. If you clean up a park, take before and after pictures of the work you did.

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