Why Flickr, Part One
Over the past year or so, I have been using the social photo-sharing site Flickr as one of the main avenues for my photography on the web. Why Flickr? Why would I use a hosted service when I could host the photos on my own site? There are a variety of reasons, but the big ones can be summed up in one word: community. In a series of posts, I will explain some of Flickr’s features and reasons why I think the site is definitely worth my time (and the $25/year for a pro account).
Future posts will dive into more detail on some of Flickr’s features as well as provide tips, tricks, and tools to make the most of the Flickr experience, but first let’s talk a bit about community. The Flickr photography community shares a love of photography, and allows one to easily share their photos with the world while making it easy to engage in sharing and communications with others with common photography interests
Photos can easily be added to various topic groups for pretty much any topic imaginable. There are groups for locations, techniques, camera models, colors, objects, hobbies, portraits, and so on. You can comment on any photo or mark it as a favorite. Photos can be grouped into sets of related images.
By using the contacts feature, you can note those users you want to follow, and Flickr makes it easy to see a quick update of what your contacts have uploaded recently.
Flickr isn’t just photo storage, it’s photo sharing, and the community aspects can be a powerful tool for a photographer to get feedback on their work and improve the quality of their images. Stay tuned for coming posts that share more detail of how to best use Flickr.
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I’d been following your posts on Dogcaught for a while and saw your comment there about this blog. After reading this post, I quickly ran over to add you on my contact list so I can keep up on your photos there (I’m Slambo_42 over there). Thanks for sharing!