Flickr.com: More than pretty picturesGWA 2010 Symposium

What is Flickr.com? Online photo management and

sharing application

Who can benefit from Flickr? Bloggers who want to store their

photos or find other people’s photos to use on their blog

Photographers who need a place to store and organize their photos

Anyone who wants to get involved with social networking

How can Flickr help you? Upload, store, and find photos for

easy retrieval and use Build social media presence

Pros Full-size JPG files (Pro account) Unlimited storage space (Pro account) Highly searchable Low cost No software to download or buy Available on any computer

Cons Can’t accept RAW image files Won’t integrate directly with photo

editing software

Create an account: Can create an account for free in just a few minutes with a Yahoo! ID Basic account is free, then upgrade to a Flickr Pro account for a low annual fee Choose an avatar Configure your privacy settings to restrict who can see, comment on, print, or download

your photos (http://www.flickr.com/help/privacy)

Upload your photos: Use the built-in uploading tool (http://www.flickr.com/photos/upload) Download the desktop Uploadr software for easier and more efficient uploading

(http://www.flickr.com/tools) Use a plug-in to upload via Windows XP, iPhoto, or Aperture Via email or mobile device

Organize your photos:

Presented by Kim Taylor (Information Specialist, UF/IFAS—Full presentation at www.slideshare.com/krtaylor

Tags—keywords that you assign to photos and can use to search for them later Sets—albums that you create to group photos by event or theme Collections—supergroups that you can use to organize related sets Geotag—add your photos to a map (http://www.flickr.com/help/map) Organizr—Flickr’s built-in tool that lets you reorganize and edit photos in batches

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/; http://www.flickr.com/help/organizr)

Find and use photos: Search

o Use the search box in the upper right of the screen to find photos with specific titles, tags, or descriptions

o Click on the drop-down arrow on the box to search just your own photoso Use the advanced search (http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced) to find other

people’s photos that are licensed for use via Creative Commons (http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons)

Downloado Click on the “Actions” tab above a photo and then on “View all sizes”o Choose the size you want and download it

Link or embed photoso URL—Click on the “Share this” tab above a photo and then on “Grab the link” o HTML or BBCode—Click on the “Share this” tab above a photo, click on “Grab the

HTML/BBCode,” choose the size photo you want, and then copy the codeo Blog or Twitter—Create a blog post or tweet straight from Flickr by clicking on

the “Share this” tab and then on “Blog it” Note: You have to add your blog(s) and Twitter account(s) first

(http://www.flickr.com/account/blogs)

Connect with other people: Groups—place your photos in public groups based on their content

(http://www.flickr.com/help/groups/) Comments—write comments on other people’s photos Contacts—mark other Flickr account holders as contacts

(http://www.flickr.com/help/contacts/) Share photos with non-Flickr users

o Click on “Share this” tab and then enter the person’s email addresso For private photos, a guest pass will be included with the email message

(http://www.flickr.com/help/guestpass/)

Measure: Learn who is adding you as a contact, commenting on your photos, and marking them as

favorites (http://www.flickr.com/activity) Get historical data on which of your photos receive the most views and where your visitors

come from (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ yourFlickrUserID /stats/ )

Presented by Kim Taylor (Information Specialist, UF/IFAS—Full presentation at www.slideshare.com/krtaylor