Things To Keep In Mind While Uploading Pictures On Flickr

Written by Anurag Bhateja on October 28, 2009 – 12:59 pm -

Flickr is one of the biggest resource for photographers in order to share photographs. We, who are on flickr, upload photographs very often there in order to get recognition as a photographer. Now, while uploading a photograph, sometimes we just upload it and forget about many things that has to be taken care of. I am explaining the list of “to dos” when you upload a photograph there.

1. Title: Always try to be specific in your title. Avoid titles as IMG0808 or something like that. These are names given by your camera while saving it on memory. No one can recognize your work with such names. Be specific and to the point in title. It also helps you to get recognized by search engines.

2. Description: A very important part. You should write a small introduction of the place where you clicked, your subject, name of the model if any, information on the species of the animal/bird/insect if you are aware of and keep it precise. This is not important to stretch it like a long story. You should keep in mind that only 10% read full story, 20% take it personally, 10% comment and rest 60% just see the photograph and go away. So if the description is small and informative, there is chance that people will read and if they like, you will get more comments.

3. Reply to comments: People think that commenting on their own photographs is just to increase comments but I think you should reply to queries if occur or answer to a generous comment. Thanking all above in single comment can also be done. This creates a bond between you and your viewers.

4. Send to group: Keeping the rules of the groups in mind, you should add your photographs to groups. You should also visit those groups regularly and comment on photographs you like. Some group have rules to comment and fav so keep this in mind too.

5. Sets: You can make different sets and sort your photographs accordingly so that people can see photographs according to their interest.

6. Geotagging: Maximum of do not do that. It is marking the photograph’s venue on map. It is good to do as sometimes people search for photographs of a particular place so that they can see how it looks like. Geotagging the photograph properly will increase the chance of getting more people to your photograph.

Keeping the above points in mind will surely help you in getting good results for your stream :)

Enjoy, keep blogging, keep reading and keep clicking :)




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Invite Your Friends To See A Photograph In Your Flickr Stream

Written by Anurag Bhateja on October 10, 2009 – 6:27 am -

A lot of people who are using flickr, might have got invite from their friends to see their photograph. The invite comes via flickr and the photograph and a link to photograph is embedded in the photograph in an automated manner. This is a great feature when you want to ask your friends to check the photograph you have uploaded recently. The following tutorial will let you understand how this thing works.

First of all login to your flickr profile and open the photograph for which you want to send the invite.

Now scroll down and look for “Send to a friend” and click on it.
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Now you can either type in the name of the person from your flickr contact list and a smaller clickable list will be visible or you can send it to a mail ID.
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If you want to add a custom message you can add otherwise a standard message will be there in the invite.

Enjoy sending photographs :)




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Flickr Groups: Tips For Admins And Moderators

Written by Anurag Bhateja on September 19, 2009 – 10:24 am -

Flickr, being one of the most popular image hosting service for photographers, is used for its other services also very intensively. One of the service which you will find on flickr is of groups. Flickr groups are for those who want to spread words about their work or particular field of photography or want to make a place where they can meet photographers in and around their cities. Few group which I administrate and some of which I am member of are CFC (Chandigarh Fotography Club – Admin), DFC (Digital Films and Cameras – Member), MWS (Mumbai Weekend Shoot – Member). These groups not only work online but also work offline and go for photowalks.

With a small experience of around 9 months of administrating the groups along with two fellow admin (Sandeep Gupta and Vijay Bainsla) and a team of experienced mods (Naveen Chaoudhary, Varun Bajaj, Ravi Shankar, Ashwani Verma) I have worked a lot on making the group active and clean. What I have learn from the experience about administrating the group and duties of admins and mods, I want to share with you here.

While administrating a group over flickr or anywhere, the first thing you should keep in mind is that you are working for the group and not individuals. You should share the information you get about the events online or offline which ever suits your groups’ needs. The information can be about anything like a photowalk, some meeting with a professional, some event happening in your city or a get together. The main motive of a group which is working online as well as offline should be learn, teach and enjoy. It is very important that if you think you can share some tip on photography or post production of a photograph, you should share it with fellow members.

You can have discussions on photowalks, after photowalks and in some cafe house where all members can sit, see the photographs, talk about the post production, photoshop effects and other things to take care. These discussions can also be forwarded to discussions for the group like making it popular, bringing more enthusiast people in group, expanding sponsorships, launching contests and celebrating birthdays and anniversaries ;).

Photowalks, a word known to almost every professional and amateur photographer, is a great initiative which any group can have in and around city. Photowalks will make you learn in group, share your experiences and have fun with fellow members. Now while going for photowalks it is responsibility of the leaders i.e. admins and mods to keep the group together and walk like a group of course if possible. In some places while shooting like in a slum area or some market the admins and mods should make teams in which there is one leader and 2-3 members and then they can move forward. At such places, all members should take extra care so that sentiments are not on stake.

While going to some farm, villages etc. the thing which has to be taken care of is the location and stick together. As many people prefer to go in car pools, sometimes they get scattered and it taken long to locate each. So it is always better to stay intact.

Now what else should taken care of online:
1. If you are running a public group with photographers from all genders and ages, you should keep strict eye on what is submitted in the pool. If the pictures are related to porn, child abuse, non relevant things etc. the admins/mods should warn the member and if the same thing continues, should ban him/her.
2. You should make sure that people who believe in divide and rule should not be allowed in the group. If accidentally they enter, the admin/mods should either ban them or keep hold on them so that they can not break the group into pieces. This will though, not have effect on the strength of the group but this may result in rising of bad reputation about the group.
3. You should make sure that racial comments, hatred comments, comments against any community, foul words etc are not written in any group discussions.
4. Try to have one introduction section and one chatting section so that other important threads do not get out of track.
5. If possible have contests and homework threads to make the group more interactive.

All these steps will not only help you in taking the group to next level but will also make a healthy place to be and click.




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