Jer & Min Photography

For Christmas, my mother got me a five Cokin filters I have been eyeing for sometime.  I’ve never shot with filters before, and these first few shots show I’ve got a bunch of work to do before I figure them out, but I’m pleased with the results of my first time out with them.

I’ve added a link to my cokin photoset on the right side of this blog.  I’ll add every Cokin shot I take to that photoset.

Interesting note, most people use filters to enhance their color photos.  I’m actually more excited about using these for black and white as I’ll be able to control my light better.  I will however, still shoot color with them.

Admittedly, I don’t know very much about Flickr‘s Explored feature.  I know that photos get explored based on their special algorithm that determines interestingness which calculates comments, favs, notes, views, and window of time in which they are attached to a photo.  Beyond that I’m constantly surprised at some of the photos that make it and some that don’t.

Up until earlier today I had assumed I hadn’t had any photos that were “explored”.  I figured that somehow I would be notified perhaps in my Recent Activity view on Flickr or some other way by Flickr.  I was wrong, I have been “explored”.  I found the information from a BigHugeLabs.com‘s Scout application.

I’ve had four photos explored in total, three of which are currently still in explore.  The fourth was dropped sometime after being explored.  Although I’m somewhat embarrassed to say it as I know some people get explored frequently, I’m actually a bit flattered.

I’ve created a photo set showing my explored photos on flickr and accessible on the right navigation bar of this site.

Here are my four explored photos so far: