Back in November I met Krista from Photrade at Blog World Expo. We spent some time talking at the Postiecon party at Tao. A while later I we had a phone conversation where I worked on Photrade while Krista listened. We discussed enhancements to the service.
Well, I am going back to Blog World Expo and so will the folks from Photrade. I recently went back to the site to see what had been done since our last conversation. I have to say I was pretty impressed with all the changes. The interface is much better. It is easier to update your photos as well as upload them. I have started going through my best shots so that I can upload them to Photrade and maybe make a little money. I hadn’t done much so far and already made $0.46, imagine if I put some effort into this. Photrade is also a place where you can buy some of my photos as prints. Here are a few of the images I recently uploaded.
Last night Allison and I stayed up, bleary-eyed, to watch the newest installment in Alton’s Brown’s culinary questing. This time he’s taken off the motorcycle helmet, donned a Hawaiian shirt and set sail in the Caribbean. Alton’s new show is called Feasting on Waves. In the show Alton and his team are aboard two boats and visiting the islands in the Caribbean. The first episode started at Saint Kitts and a storm forced the team to go to Saint Barts instead of their intended destination.
I know that the show is pretty frenetic and the camera angles are wacky plus the boom mic guy is in almost every shot, but I love it. I love the rawness of the show. I love how Alton interacts with all the people that he meets. I like that he has a handheld camera with him all the time too.
In this episode we see Alton learn how to make Bush Tea, visit the restaurant that inspired “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and have a fricasseed lobster dish. I’m excited about watching this show because I eat up everything (pun intended) that Alton produces. And I’m happy to hear that he’s signed on for 3 more years at Food Network.
