i am thinking of a database-free approach on this one...maybe JSON or something like jsonstore

hook-up to the Flickr api and pull that into your blog?

nah i am building everything from scratch...it'll be as simple as some photos with description (like exp, fstop) on each

jquery will handle all the UI

so i am thinking of making this an experimental site...try some new stuff on it like json

my blog is almost ready...built it with symfony

I think Flickr is not free, is it?

ah, that sounds cool Flickr is free for personal/non-comm, but they require your photos to link back to them IIRC