Do you Flickr?
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Kevin
Rainbow Bridge
Upload your best work to flickr if you wish to offer millions of people the opportunity to steal your pictures and creative ideas. What ever happened to exclusivity?
willie_901
Veteran
I find FLICKR to be a perfect vehicle to get feedback on my work and inspiration from the work of others. The diversity of photographers is amazing.
It is very convenient to upload, organize and share photos.
There are a number of FLICKR groups that discuss matters of interest to rangefinder users.
willie
It is very convenient to upload, organize and share photos.
There are a number of FLICKR groups that discuss matters of interest to rangefinder users.
willie
sbug
Acceptably Sharp
Kevin said:
Put a Creative Commons license on your photos. It's easy. It won't prevent that from happening but it will give you some ammo if it does.
flipflop
Well-known
I dont flickr, but it seems as though alot of people do...Im going to definetly check it out..
This post is a good reminder to do so
This post is a good reminder to do so
flipflop
Well-known
hmm what happend to the post count I was up to 496 last time I looked....this is no good 🙁
ywenz
Veteran
Kevin said:
So it's better for your work to be seen by no one?
GeneW
Veteran
My flickr is in my sig. I started with a free account to test the waters and recently upgraded to a paid account. I find it suits me because there's a place for all my work -- RF, SLR, TLR, and digital. The Contacts feature helps me keep in the loop on new photos posted by interesting photographers and the groups ... you could get lost in the groups ...
Gene
Gene
mihai
><
I don't flickr myself but here are 3 photo streams I enjoyed looking
at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinius
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mecan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willpower
cheers
at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinius
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mecan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willpower
cheers
Kevin
Rainbow Bridge
ywenz said:
People see my pics hanging on the walls of my flat and studio.
But they cannot right-mouse-click on them.
There is enough copying going on in the software industry.
Why make it worse by uploading your best work to hoards of egomaniac flickr users?
telenous
Well-known
I joined Flickr way before I joined RFF. In many ways I owe my interest in photography to the abundant talent flourishing in flickr.
Here's my link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/telenous/
I had no idea about altphoto.com and I will check it as soon as possible.
Here's my link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/telenous/
I had no idea about altphoto.com and I will check it as soon as possible.
JoeFriday
Agent Provacateur
there are also a lot of regional groups.. and if you don't find what you're looking for, you can easily start a new group
ywenz
Veteran
Kevin said:
So maybe 1000 ppl might see your stuff on the wall, if that's fine with you, then that's fine with me.
sbug
Acceptably Sharp
mihai said:
Those are 3 great places to start. Hin's photos are what got me looking at flickr originally. He's a member here too.
Kevin
Rainbow Bridge
After several years of looking at certain pics hanging on my walls I can decide for myself which ones are good. Users at flickr will look at a pic for 15 seconds and post some asinine comment like "nice one" or "great shot."
One cannot judge a pic in seconds or minutes. Personally I need years for that and thus I am fine with this primitive solution.
Only the house cleaner sees my newer work. And the guy who comes to check the meters.
You might want to look at this flickr copy-cat picture. It is often on the home page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/raul/41476707/
It is a weak replica of an old b&w photo of a group of chinese (or korean?) soldiers looking at their first polaroid.
Can't remember the photog's name, however. Someone here should know the pic for sure.
One cannot judge a pic in seconds or minutes. Personally I need years for that and thus I am fine with this primitive solution.
Only the house cleaner sees my newer work. And the guy who comes to check the meters.
You might want to look at this flickr copy-cat picture. It is often on the home page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/raul/41476707/
It is a weak replica of an old b&w photo of a group of chinese (or korean?) soldiers looking at their first polaroid.
Can't remember the photog's name, however. Someone here should know the pic for sure.
Andrew McK
Andrew
I don't worry about people stealing my images off flickr.
I have the creative commons set to all rights reserved and anyway I only ever upload a low res version of my photos. I was on dial up when I joined flickr so I did it that way to make it workable for me but it also stops anyone stealing my pics. They'd look awful if you tried to print them.
I find flickr a wee bit shallow in places. It's a good site with some very cool things on it. people like http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommyoshima/ who is a noctilux wizard. people that do things I find inspiring and it's great that you can do whatever the hell you want on there It's like a big sketchbook to me.
trouble is.
You go out and take a photo. put some thought and effort into it, put it on flickr
and you get like 8 views
go take a pic of a girl in some slightly suggestive pose
200 views - easy
It's probably more a comment on the shallowness of people rather than just flickr
but it still pisses me off!
I have the creative commons set to all rights reserved and anyway I only ever upload a low res version of my photos. I was on dial up when I joined flickr so I did it that way to make it workable for me but it also stops anyone stealing my pics. They'd look awful if you tried to print them.
I find flickr a wee bit shallow in places. It's a good site with some very cool things on it. people like http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommyoshima/ who is a noctilux wizard. people that do things I find inspiring and it's great that you can do whatever the hell you want on there It's like a big sketchbook to me.
trouble is.
You go out and take a photo. put some thought and effort into it, put it on flickr
and you get like 8 views
go take a pic of a girl in some slightly suggestive pose
200 views - easy
It's probably more a comment on the shallowness of people rather than just flickr
but it still pisses me off!
sf
Veteran
I flickr, but have only really visited the site once or twice since i got the account.
Forgot my username AND password.
Forgot my username AND password.
JoeFriday
Agent Provacateur
I completely agree.. I like to think a handful of my photos are decent, and they generally garner a whole 18 views (if I'm lucky).. but just for argument's sake, I once posted a couple photos of attractive women in short skirts and skimpy tops.. the pictures were nothing more than snapshots.. they collected about 100 views each in a few days (after I added the appropriate 'sexy' tags)Andrew McK said:
and there are a few women in flickr who are genuinely talented, but their galleries are simply overflowing with photos of themselves in erotic poses.. while I'm not going to complain about their images, it annoys me that they upload a new image and literally within 20 minutes will have comments from 40 people gushing over them, even tho the new image is simply a rehash of the previous 80 images in their gallery
yes, flickr is shallow.. but I get more inspiration from the members there than from anywhere else.. it's also the best place to go to look up images from a specific lens, film or developing soup combination.. you simply can't look that up in RFF galleries.. but it's as easy as googling in flickr
T
Todd.Hanz
Guest
I have some pics on flikr and agree it's a bit confusing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17281858@N00/?saved=1
Todd
Todd
Silva Lining
CanoHasseLeica
I don't Flickr, alhtough I do browse there from time to time.
I use pbase.com
They have a brilliant camera database
I use pbase.com
They have a brilliant camera database
