Flickr.com is an excellent photo-sharing website that I gladly recommend to all photographers - beginners and professionals alike. I've been using it for quite a while for my own purposes, and I think it's a fantastic service not only for sharing images, but for discussing and learning all things photography by joining different "Groups" - like special interest groups - within Flickr. I've joined several Flickr photography groups and it's quite enjoyable and educational. And, it’s all free!
The purpose of our Flickr group is for you to upload as many images as you want from your New Castle photo walk and to share them and talk about them. This is completely optional and unrelated to your uploading the contest entry. That is done through the main Worldwide Photo Walk site, and you will be receiving separate instructions for that.
Our Flickr group is a public group - meaning that anyone can view the images. However, membership is by invitation only so I can restrict membership to our photo walk participants only -- that is, only our group members can upload images.
In order to participate, here's what you do:
1. If you don't have one already, create a Flickr account. It's free. To learn more about setting up an account, go to www.Flickr.com . Also, “RC” from the home Worldwide Photo Walk organization has created a short video HERE to show you more about how to set up a Flickr account. You will upload your Photo Walk photos to your Flickr account first.
2. Join our Flickr Group. In order to be able to participate in our Photo Group and discussion, visit our Group page www.flickr.com/groups/dephotowalk, and follow the prompts to join our Group. I will receive an email from your account, and I will activate your membership into the Group.
3. Share your Photo Walk images. Once your membership is activated, you will see our Group listed in your account's groups listing. (There is a "Groups" menu at the top of your Flickr home page). You can then select the Photo Walk images that you uploaded previously to your own Flickr account, and make them available to our Group. You don't actually move them or copy them to the group, they get linked to the Group so others can view them.
By the way, as an aside, if you already have or will have a Flickr account, I suggest that you click on your account settings page and look over all your settings to make sure you are protecting your privacy and copyrights adequately. Notice that you can restrict what your viewers can do with your photos, and you can restrict what resolutions are available for downloads. You can also prohibit the downloading and printing of your images.
I hope you take advantage of the Flickr group! It's a fantastic resource from all photographers.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Sandro V Cuccia
Leader, New Castle Photo Walk
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