Do you Flickr?

jaqian

Just curious as to what photo hosting websites ppl use here? Are there are there any Flickr users here?

www.flickr.com/photos/jaqian/

rymus

yeaaaaaaaas...

www.flickr.com/photos/rymus

440Hz

http://www.flickr.com/photos/click_click

Flickr addict!

jaqian

Deadly. Has anyone heard of the Ireland & Dublin groups? Great place to submit your homegrown photos.

Ireland: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ireland/

Dublin: http://www.flickr.com/groups/48889078629@N01/

440Hz

Join this one http://www.flickr.com/groups/whereinireland/. Its great fun. As a bogger im also part of the Kingdom of Kerry group.

<edit> oops just saw you are already a member... Grogg got there first!! well he's allowed I suppose!! </edit>

rymus

I think we're all members of the Kerry group after that huge recruitment push a few months back

Enygma

I used to be on deviantart.com but now I much prefer Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/corksurf/

captain P

i use deviantart mostly, but I also have a Flickr account

http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpaula/

Flipflip

http://www.flickr.com/people/flipflip/

Joined today.

Meh, seems ok!

Merrion

Yup - http://www.flickr.com/photos/merrion

DotOrg

i just pay a few euro a month and host my own website, much more flexible, more space and a better address

bp_me

I didnt Flickr....I do now

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bp_me/

Fenster

I use Wordpress, but I do have a Flickr account:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/84193152@N00/

rabbitinlights

DotOrg wrote:

i just pay a few euro a month and host my own website, much more flexible, more space and a better address

Same as. Makes much more sense and looks alot more professional.

rymus

whatever about looking professional but making much more sense? Not so financially speaking anyway; getting unlimited bandwidth and unlimited space for around $50 per year makes alot more sense than getting a couple of hundred megs of space and a few gigs of bandwidth for over a hundred euros per year...

Even if you do have your own virtual server out there somewhere, flickr is invaluable for image storage. I host my own blog & several photo related websites but wouldn't bother hosting all the images on them on my primary webspace.

jaqian

I'd eventually like my own webpage when I get a bit better but I think I'd still use Flickr as there is a great community there always willing to help with advice etc.

Enygma

I like Flickr for the features, community and ease of use. It's great value too IMHO.

If I was a pro looking to sell photos I'd definetely do up my own website with a proper shopping cart etc.

donncha

<aol>me too!</aol>
My flickr account hosts the photos I use on my blog.. best of both worlds and I get a number of hits every day from Flickr to my blog!

http://flickr.com/photos/donncha/
http://inphotos.org/

Donncha.

Flipflip

How do u change the URL of ur account? I cant seem to do it!

440Hz

Flipflip wrote:

How do u change the URL of ur account? I cant seem to do it!

From Flickr Help:

Q. All my friends have 'friendly' Flickr URLs while all I have is a string of numbers. How do I get a friendly URL?

A: You can make your own Flickr alias. BUT!
You only get ONE SHOT at it, so choose carefully!

http://www.flickr.com/profile_mailconf.gne

Hope that works for yeah. best to just pick your Flickr username

rabbitinlights

rymus wrote:

flickr is invaluable for image storage. I host my own blog & several photo related websites but wouldn't bother hosting all the images on them on my primary webspace.

Sorry, thats kinda what i was getting @, I do have a flickr account and when I run out of space on my webspace (800mbs) Ill use it to host the files, but untill then (Im @ about 120mb used) Ill being using my own site, I think flickr is a good idea, but Its kinda like myspace.com, more of a community than anything else.

rymus

grand so.. I won't skin you and eat your flesh just yet

Speaking of skin, the one thing that would complete flickr now is a skinnable frontend. It would detract from the same ol 'cookie cutter' look on everyones photo pages anyway.

rabbitinlights

Id say skins are on the way, As long as there are a good few formats and they can be changed by the user, it will be great. (but still not as good as a full site!!!)

S.

Flipflip

440Hz wrote:

From Flickr Help:

Q. All my friends have 'friendly' Flickr URLs while all I have is a string of numbers. How do I get a friendly URL?

A: You can make your own Flickr alias. BUT!
You only get ONE SHOT at it, so choose carefully!

http://www.flickr.com/profile_mailconf.gne

Hope that works for yeah. best to just pick your Flickr username

Cheers, thanks very much!

Fajitas!

Sorry to bump this, but just created a new account there...gotta wait 'til next month to upload more photos.

http://www.flickr.com/people/fajitasgtr/

WSnowMan

Try eSnips, it's not just for photos and the community is much more interesting. They give you 1GB free, no limits on monthly uploads, and you can upload any type of file you want. If you're interested in sharing more than photos, it's the place to go.

mikeanywhere

Mine is

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_anywhere/

m_stan

I usen't to flickr, but I do now thanks to some mates who put me under pressure ! I've since realised the social networking side of it is great fun, nevermind the easy uploading, tagging and moo cards. Oh, and did I mention my precious moo cards ?

I haven't gone pro yet as I'm still testing it out, but I reckon it's only a matter of time.

www.flickr.com/photos/ragorder/