My girlfriend’s brother recently asked me whether I knew how to use a camera – being the incredible photographer that he is, I was hesitant to answer his question with anything more than ‘erh, just a little bit’. Perhaps that was a bit of misguided modesty – pictures are not just all about (technical) skill but in the most primary sense are there to convey a narrative, a story – and the story of one of my pictures was able to capture the attention of the editor of Schmap – a really cool (of course) website that combines an interactive map with a travel guide and pictures. To leverage their production costs, they use photos with a Creative Commons license which allow them to reuse other people’s pictures as long as they do not sell them commercially and give the original author attribution. My picture of the Dam Square drenched in sunshine, taken on a day while I was waiting for a friend, made it to the third edition of the Amsterdam guide. [full pic here]