get flicker
What is flickr? Just the coolest, hippest place to display and share your photos, that’s all! And it’s so simple to use that I shouldn’t even need to make this flickr tutorial…but my current insomnia is allowing me to do it (okay, you can read mine, or you can read his…I don’t care).
According to the flickr website, they say they want to provide a place to share and organize digital photos.
Actually flickr is a photo blog. They call it a photostream, but it’s really a blog. For example, if you go to my photostream you’ll see the anatomy of a blog. Each photo is it’s own post complete with a title, photo and optional description, and a place for comments. The most recent is at the top and each photo can be tagged (or given descriptive names or categories).
So the short answer is flickr is just a photo blog. But oh, flickr can do so much more! It’s a community of other flickr-people. You can set other people to be your contacts (friends, family, or just contacts). This is cool because you can set your photos to only be viewed by certain groups of contacts. Also it’s cool because if you make others your contact, you can watch their photos easier (especially through RSS).
Uploading images is a snap (it’ll even re-size large images down to thumbnail and other sized images on the fly). Tagging your photos adds them to the public pool of similar photos. You can join groups to share photos together and have discussions. If you find photos you like that others have posted, mark it as one of your favorites.
If you’re a blogger, you can set up your blog account so that you can post a photo from flickr in one click. You can even set it so others can use your photo in a blog. I’ve even set the flickr explore page as my start-up page so when I open my browser, I get a really cool photo to get my browser started.
Flickr has done us all a favor in putting together a list for how to get the most out of it. Or just go to your account to get rolling and max out flickr.
So I encourage you, if you have a digi-cam, why not share some of those photos with others? You can make them available for people to download (or not) and choose who can see them. And be sure to add me as a contact. I’d love to see what you’re doing on flickr! And stop by and leave a comment on some photos and make them a favorite if you so choose!
All you need is a flickr or yahoo account (yahoo bought flickr last year).
Happy Flickring!
Hi, thanks for the link.
Comment by Preetam Rai — January 25, 2006 @ 8:20 am
[...] There are many ways to get a photo posted in a blog post. In every case, that photo must be online in order for anyone else to see it. And I’ve found that Flickr.com is one of the best places to put your photos online…especially if you want to share them in a blog! Using Flickr.com to post photos in a blog is a snap. But before we get to that, please read the flickr tutorial that I created to get you started. [...]
Pingback by orangejack blogging university » posting photos with flickr — January 26, 2006 @ 1:04 pm
[...] Hello friends. Here are some photos from our conference. If you’ve taken digital photos, consider joining flickr. Here’s a flickr tutorial I wrote on my personal blog. [...]
Pingback by effective web ministry notes » Welcome Agape — February 2, 2006 @ 3:49 pm
[...] Flickr - I (Rob) like taking photos and sharing them with the world. Don’t you? So I upload my photos to Flickr.com, aka: my photo blog. They’ve made it so simple to upload, tag photos, create sets, share my photos with whom I want to, and join groups (like Central Florida Flickrs that I created). I’ve created a tutorial on how to use flickr. [...]
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Pingback by rob’s place » my flickr tutorial — February 20, 2006 @ 7:44 am
[...] I decided to take away the graphic from BubbleShare because it took too long to download. After using the product, I would still recommend Flickr. I have used it some but not as much as a friend of mine, Rob Williams. He has a Flickr tutorial on his blog if you want to find out more. [...]
Pingback by Jeff Bridgforth » Flickr, BubbleShare and Thoughts of Hungary (Revised) — March 7, 2006 @ 1:33 pm
I posted a link to your tutorial from my blog. I did a short review of BubbleShare and recommended Flickr. I pointed to your tutorial because I really have not utilized Flickr like I could. A project for the future.
Comment by Jeff — March 7, 2006 @ 1:35 pm
[...] If you want to find out more about how to use Flickr, Rob has done us all a favor by posting a great tutorial on his site. Read Rob’s Flickr tutorial here. [...]
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