Since tomorrow is the Fourth of July, I thought I would share some past Picture of the Day winners from July 4th.



July 4, 2003 - Eric Amistani




July 4, 2004 - Nicole de Brabant




July 4, 2005 - Bobbie Davis




July 4, 2006 - William Donnelly




July 4, 2007 - Michelle Lee Jenkins




July 4, 2008 - Tawna Callahan

As you make your Fourth of July plans for tomorrow, here are some tips for taking great fireworks photos.

If you are a fan on the Kodak Facebook Page, you may have noticed some changes the past few days.

It has been transformed into a place that celebrates relationships and provides tips, videos and discussions on how to strengthen and deepen yours.

One of the first things posted is this study on the state of relationships. For instance, did you know although Facebook members report an average of 136 friends, they only count 6 people they trust enough to share their innermost feelings with. You can read more from the study here...



There are also some fun things like photo challenges - this week the challenge is photos of grads. If you have a favorite photo from graduation - new or old - share it on the Kodak Facebook wall and the funniest, most heartwarming and all around best shots will be included in the Kodak Grad Photo Album.

If you aren't a fan yet, take a moment and join in! It's time to smile!

A winner for the Kodak entry in the MOFILM contest has been chosen... "Always Connected" submitted by Karima Salmi from Temecula, CA.

A big thank you to everyone who submitted videos!

I am very excited to be a guest judge this week at the fun photo site I Heart Faces! I Heart Faces is a place for highlighting photography of faces and the many emotions they can convey. It is a source of photographic inspiration and knowledge. Plus they have contests and giveaways!

Right now they are hosting a giveaway of a Kodak ESP All-in_One Printer! You have until 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern today, Friday, June 19th to enter.

Check out I Heart Faces to see how to enter.

There is an exciting conference going on in NYC about Twitter and Kodak is there. The 140 Conference is covering Twitter's effects on many industries from media to advertising to politics.

Kodak CMO Jeff Hayzlett was a keynote speaker yesterday, where he got the crowd riled up about bad behavior on Twitter and urged them to coin the term Twankers for people who hijack, terrorize, provoke and spam on Twitter.

Kodak has a table in the exhibitor lobby where attendees can check out products like the wireless Kodak W1020 Digital Frame and Kodak Digital Cameras (good for posting Twitpics!) Kodaker Bill Streb is there to answer any questions and as you can see, appear really happy to assist.

Today Jeff will be moderating a panel of video experts who are on Twitter and I will be on a panel with other brands that are on Twitter. You can follow what is going on at the conference by tracking #140conf or following @jeffreyhayzlett and @kodakcb on Twitter.

I have been going through photos from my vacation last week.

Reliving memories.

Uploading and sharing them. Saving them for another day.

It got me thinking about this unique way of looking at pictures. My mom got me this for my birthday this year.

It's a very old View-Master! From around the late 1940's from what I can tell from a few of the reels. And look closely - "7 three-dimensional pictures in full-color Kodakchrome!"

View-Masters first came out in 1939 as an alternative to postcards and were sold at photo stores and landmark gift shops. What a fun way to remember a vacation!