Comments on: A Flickr Project for Everybody

By: This Week’s Highlights « Hey Stephanie

This Week’s Highlights « Hey Stephanie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:36:27 +0000

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By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:24:37 +0000

Shashi, the very fact your photos are on Flickr and not KodakGallery.com, for instance, is indicative to me that you want to share your photography and the subjects therein. So by not tagging the photos, how would anyone they are there?

By: Shashi Bellamkonda

Shashi Bellamkonda — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:41:44 +0000

Chris,

I think I knew this blog post was coming so I started this project ahead of time a few months ago. http://www.flickr.com/photos/drbeachvacation/

Now to tag people thats a challenge sometimes if you take too many pictures. I guess i will burnt eh midnight oil after reading your post to tag them properly. Maybe Flickr will introduce a feature where I click a button and say the perosn’s name and that will convert it to text a la Jott or utterz ;)

Just a thought not a sermon :) Nice post Chris and nice idea

Shashi

By: david usher

david usher — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:17:07 +0000

Thats a great way to use Flickr Chris! I’ve been using it as a way to let my fans upload their own photos to my music blog. All the photos on http://www.davidusher.com are fan generated. After the show they just upload them to my Flickr group and they automatically appear on the front page. It really helps keep the site fresh and gets my fans involved.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:20:51 +0000

Great post Chris, thanks for sharing this! You mentioned we don’t need a great camera to take great pictures, but what camera can you recommend? Btw, the head shots are really nice, I’ll try to copy that style of taking pics of people. :)

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:30:50 +0000

I think this is something you should proceed with caution. You might want to consider LinkedIn (don’t know if it accepts photos), but it might be more permission based and you can link up to all your contacts and associates, acquaintences, etc.

I personally would not do this on Flickr for social/personal or professional reasons. Sorry Chris, gotta disagree with this one.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:22:07 +0000

Soooooo which camera was it already?? :)

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:37:15 +0000

Interesting concept, Chris. I use Flickr for uploading photos for sharing with friends and others, entering thematic photo challenges, etc. Never thought about taking single headshots of people.

Of course, the background behind your concept is that the person you’re taking a photo of either gave you permission to shoot them (and upload their image for the world to see) or they were in a public setting where such photos would be fair game.

I’d hate to be in the situation where someone’s angry I photographed them but then it’s too late as the web caches all.

By: Paul Chaney

Paul Chaney — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:51:12 +0000

Tell me more about the camera. I’ve been lusting after a Nikon D40 for months.

By: Daniele Rossi

Daniele Rossi — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:50:39 +0000

What a great idea! I’ll have to go back to my PAB photos and tag everyone.