I heart Flickr

I use Flickr regularly, and have for over a year now. I love Flickr.

I'm no pro photographer, but I use my account for family and friend purposes. I'm shy to share it here in my professional life, but happy to talk about it.

Here's an example of why this site works so well for me. As I mentioned in an earlier post, my brother lives in Tokyo. So when he and his wife visited this past winter, I took hundreds of photos (the joy of digital photography.) I load the best of these up to Flickr. I tag them and create a set (kind of an electronic photo album.) I send my brother the link. Now he can enjoy the photos, download any he likes, print them, use them as he needs. No unwieldy email attachments. No expensive postage to send prints or a CD.

I also like to use the Explore feature. There's some really great photos up on Flickr. I like to look at Most Recent and Popular Tags, but my favorite is Interesting. Just cruising around on Interesting today, I like this, this (the worldwide aspect of Flickr is wonderful), this one is evocative with great colors, and finally this.