Flickr - Photo Management and Sharing
Category: Social Platform
Tags: Flickr, photo management, social groups, social photography
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Flickr was one of the original cornerstone platforms of the social media and web 2.0 evolution. Today it’s easy to get lost on the this site with such brilliant photos and interesting character represented by the site participants.
Featured Flickr Image by by ctaloi
Flickr widgets traditionally adorned the innovative blogs as web 2.0 expanded, and was a key requirement for bloggers due to the lack of photo hosting available from the majority of initial blog platforms.
The site has matured and now is host to a thriving groups of creative professionals and those that aspire for some sense of photographic capability.
There are several award winning (oh yes there are many Flickr community awards) photo sets and images. Take “do you like??” for example. In addition to the overall photograph comments, notes can be inserted by users for highlighted regions of the images for commentary or other observation.
Photo sets can also be viewed as a slideshow giving the visitor a great full page view of the picture set.
Flickr Photos for the examples of Flickr details and slideshow by Mariah DeMarco
Many of the most talented photographers have Flickr Pro accounts which enables them to avoid limits on uploads and now provides the ability to load video. The video is presented in a higher quality presentation format than other social video sharing sites.
This video by DanieVDM
Review more Flickr Videos: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=video&ct=0&mt=videos
Flickr “No Video” controversy, and covered on Wired, as well as the Group Photo Pool on Flickr.
Flickr, which is now owned by Yahoo has always utilized keyword tags as a key organizational taxonomy factor making the site easy to search and browse.
Just pick a keyword and start exploring…
art australia baby beach birthday blue bw california canada canon cat china christmas city dog england europe family flower flowers food france friends fun germany holiday india italy japan london me mexico music nature new newyork night nikon nyc paris park party people portrait red sanfrancisco sky snow spain summer sunset taiwan travel trip uk usa vacation water wedding winter
Flickr groups allow users to participate in collections and interests categories and it’s always nice to see the social dynamic of a community with a positive and friendly social culture.
One of my favorite ways to view interesting photos is to use Flickr’s “Interestingness” section, calendar and last 7 days.
Interestingness changes over time, as more and more fantastic content and stories are added to Flickr. - Flickr’s About Interestingness Page
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The amazing photos presented on this site will keep you amazed for hours. You can start with a free account to get your feet wet or take the full feature tour. Many social content promotion sites such as Mixx and Digg often have a single content item classifications for interesting photos and many of these posts link to a Flickr hosted image.
With a Page Rank of 9 / 10 and thousands of photos uploaded every minute, you’ll want to take a look at this site if you aren’t already a regular visitor or user.