You know how people - maybe you, even - get stuck taking a hundred photos of their cats and dogs? There's nothing wrong with that, but what you need is inspiration. If you haven't already surfed through Flickr's Interestingness page, you're missing out on the most creative of photos on the 'net. Even if you're no camera wiz, Interestingness is still, well, interesting to click through. Think of it as the Wikipedia of photography. There's tags for the South Bay and just about every city within it. Look at our part of the world from different points of view.
Shuttertalk and Photojojo are great resources for propelling you deeper into the craft of photography. Both Web sites are dedicated to serving camera fiends with the best in tips and tricks, do-it-yourself gear and projects and Photoshop guides. The two sites cover everything from road trip and vacation photography to pointers on how to shoot for your eBay auctions.
Once you've got a memory card full of personal art, maybe you'll want to alter your photos a little bit - lay on some text, resize them, add a sepia tone. Nothing too crazy. But say you don't have Photoshop, or iPhoto, or even Microsoft Paint at your fingertips. Picnick is a free online-based photo application that offers most of the basics without clogging up your hard drive space. You can also save and share your photos directly to Flickr, Facebook, Photobucket or MySpace.
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