Just in time for the Olympic protests, Yahoo’s Flickr is strapping on a new video lens. A site that has become a standard share space for personal photos will now include subscriber videos too. "We want to be the eyes of the world - that's what's tattooed on our hearts. There's no reason why that shouldn't include video." -- Kakul Srivastava, general manager of Flickr

If you're a would-be photojournalist looking for a challenge, check out 100 Strangers Project, a Flickr group designed to push you out onto the street where fantastic real life portraits await. 100 Strangers isn't looking for the kind of duck and cover candid shots made possible by the telephoto lens. No, we're talking walking up to people you've never met, striking up a conversation and asking for permission to do an on-the-spot photo shoot. Sound scary?

Flickr users with a pro account have some great new features available. A pro account is only $25 a year, and a lot of amateur photographers like myself are "pros" on Flickr. Flickr is now integrated with Picnik. And Flickr now has stats. I first wrote about Picnik in Edit Photos Online for Free with Picnik. It's a powerful editing tool that you can get to directly from your Flickr account. When you're looking at an individual photo of your own, simply click the Edit Photo icon above the photo.

A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept. --Ansel Adams My tombstone will read thus: Here Lies ClizBiz: A Good Egg Though She Never Did Finish Uploading I’ve become Flickr’s bitch, basically. With nagging emails from friends asking, “When will all the photos from the wedding/party/camping trip be uploaded?” it’s become more chore than delight. Honestly, I try to keep up with documenting the latest assigned social event while remembering to entertain myself – which is Rule Number One.

Earlier today, BlogHer Contributing Editor Sassymonkey reminded us that November brings the return of both NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo. I tried NaNoWriMo once, only to learn definitively that I do NOT have a novel in me; last year, I opted for NaBloPoMo, because I reasoned that I could always post photos of my shoes on my blog when I ran out of actual content. Next thing I knew, we had a whole Flickr pool of shoes, and NoBloShoeMo was born.

If you've been searching for a quick easy way to get your art in gallery format, look no further than Dripbook--an artist community site that declutters the viewing experience and puts the art first. Dripbook has the ease and functionality of Flickr--you can upload, drag and drop your images into sets or artist "books" grouped according to your preference. Artists can create a profile, message or connect with other members--unless, of course, you aren't completely engrossed in uploading your entire portfolio.

Before we go any further, I need to show you all what I'm wearing today.

I'm fond of taking pictures, but I am not a photographer. The noble endeavor of photography is an activity best avoided by non-arty philistines like me. I do, however, think of myself as an old school snapshot taker who loves to take pictures to tell a story. I am such an old school snapshot taker that I used to own and wield the lazy woman's snapshot machine, a Kodak Instamatic camera.