Anne Hornyak, GoSeeTell NetworkCreating a Flickr Gallery

Creating a Flickr Gallery Even if you dont have a lot of photos on Flickr, you can easily create a gallery to showcase your area.

All you need is a basic Flickr account and little creativity.

Here are the 4 easy steps: 1. Search for photos2. Click on the Add to Gallery icon above the photo3. Drag the thumbnails to reorder the photos in your gallery4. Write comments to explain why you chose each photo

1. Search for photos

Be general at first and then narrow your search down to particular seasons or features.

Creating a Flickr Gallery

Note: When viewing your search results, click on i to open a more information pop-up window. This allows you to view the photo at a larger size without losing your place in the search.

Creating a Flickr Gallery

More information pop-up window

Hint: open potential photos for your gallery in new tabs or browser windows to keep track them easily.

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2. Click on the Add to Gallery icon above the photo. Select your gallery or create a new one.

Creating a Flickr Gallery

If this is your first photo in a new gallery, create the title and description here. You can edit this information at any time.

Creating a Flickr Gallery

3. Drag the thumbnails to reorder the photos in your gallery. You can also drag one of the thumbnails to replace your gallerys thumbnail here (left of the gallery title).

Creating a Flickr Gallery

4. Write comments to explain why you chose each photo. You can edit your comment by clicking on the text again.

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Additional things to consider:

1. Once you add a photo to your gallery, a one-time message (Flickr email) will be sent to the photographer to notify them.

2. There is a maximum of 18 photos per gallery.

3. Be specific on which photos you choose.

4. You cannot choose photos from your own photostream.

5. Dont worry about photo licensing since all the photos are still housed in Flickr.

6. You cannot get an RSS feed of your galleries. ie: cannot use on your website or Facebook page.

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7. Photographers can control who can add their photos to galleries by changing their preferences at http://www.flickr.com/account/prefs/galleries.

Creating a Flickr Gallery

Example Gallery: A Bean for every Season: http://bit.ly/flickrbean

Have you created any Flickr Galleries?

Creating a Flickr Gallery

Thank You!

Anne HornyakSocial Media StrategistGoSeeTell Networkanne@goseetell.com219.743.5392

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