I recently just paid for flickr pro.... well lets just say I wish I could get a refund lol.
There seems to be a world of people there that I can't connect with lol I comment and get no reply, I post my pics and get very few comments. Does anyone else here use flickr? any tips on how to use it properly? I am probably driving it wrong LOL
I'm on flickr. Like @soboy5 said, comment on photos you like, add contacts and join groups. It takes a while but you get there. I mostly have the pro account as extra storage for my photos, having had in the past laptops and computers break and I haven't had a chance to back up the photos on there I know that at least my favourite photos are stored online.
I will say though the community here is nicer, it's easier to navigate here.
@tracywilliams Flickr is fine you need to be in lots of groups and post in as many as u can, it's not as warm and fuzzy as this site, most times you will need to just copy & paste code into replies, like I saw this in "Nature only" etc... most times you will just get pasted rewards and no comments, just how Flickr is.
@tracywilliams i'm on flickr, i have made a few comments and joined a few groups but not really built up any relationships - i found it much more difficult to get feedback than here - so now just use it as an online backup
I am on Flickr, get very few comments but to be honest don't have the time to comment on others shots any way. It feels more of a community on here too, plus the vast majority of comments I do get are from people also on here :D
When I first joined Flickr, it took a while to adjust; but like so many have said, getting involved in groups and adding your photos to groups really helps. If you post a picture of a "Red Apple" for example, search for groups about "Red," "Apples," "Fruit," and anything else that comes to mind. Be cautioned though, doing this burned me out in about 6 months! LOL I do a little bit of Flickr now, and will eventually clean it up and use it again, but I do prefer it here :)
I'm on flickr - like John, get very few comments, (but don't have time to comment either) - I've had a Pro account for several years now.
However, I'm not really there for the community - much more to share albums etc, with friends who for whatever reason aren't on Facebook, so the lack of connection with unknown contacts isn't a problem for me.
That said, I tend to post the 365 photos there first & then here - v. interesting to see the difference in response that I get.
@emmadw It's the same for me. Flickr is very quiet, but you can at least upload a bunch of things instead of one photo at a time. I tend to think of it as online storage and a sort of try-out area. The way the colours display seems to be slightly different there to here, I think: maybe something in the way they upload.
I recently moved across Tracy, when several of my fav people left here to go there. but whatever people say its quite, and the layout has more options and you feel like the website is so big you kinda get lost a bit in there. you do have to post your pics to groups like Aaron says. find me
www.flickr.com/daveschoie
I've got a pile of 365ers in my friends group and there's a 365 group on there, but only for film, don't know if you shoot film?
Thanks so much everyone :) I appreciate the tips. I might just use it as an extra storage place. @chewyteeth I don't shoot film, I only have my digital :(
Flickr is awesome, as the others have said it's all about the groups. Search and get involved with groups that shoot genres you are interested in, or maybe some local groups to hook up with other photogers.
I love Flickr!! I don't get any comments on here but I get tons on Flickr, BUT i have been a member of Flickr for 4 years and have a large friend base there and am a member of quite a few groups.
I like posting my photos to flikr in original size..Flikr has different viewing options for seeing your photos .. When I post my photos on Flikr and enlarge them to original size, I can tell whether my photo is noisy...Great for archiving:)
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I will say though the community here is nicer, it's easier to navigate here.
However, I'm not really there for the community - much more to share albums etc, with friends who for whatever reason aren't on Facebook, so the lack of connection with unknown contacts isn't a problem for me.
That said, I tend to post the 365 photos there first & then here - v. interesting to see the difference in response that I get.
www.flickr.com/daveschoie
I've got a pile of 365ers in my friends group and there's a 365 group on there, but only for film, don't know if you shoot film?