9 Years Ago

Hands-on Flickr 3.0, With New Features That Make Flickr Cool Again

" Why Flickr? Strictly looking at functionality, Flickr 3.0 doesn’t offer much that other photo management apps can’t do. Yes, it backs up your photos, but so does Dropbox’s Carousel. Yes, it has a social element, but Instagram is still the ruler of that roost. Yes, you can edit your photos before you share them, but iOS’s native Camera app offers some editing tools as well. No, it’s not functionality that sets Flickr apart: It’s the photos themselves, and the Flickr community. Flickr puts the photos first, displaying them beautifully on the screen and giving details about how the photographer captured that shot. Because of its web counterpart, users can curate photos into albums that tell a story before sharing them via mobile. Photos captured with high-end DSLRs shine through Flickr, since users can zoom in and study a photo’s detail. This is clearly an app for the art of photography. "

http://www.macworld.com/article/2144942/hands-on-with-flickr-3-0-with-new-features-that-make-flickr-cool-again.html

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Frank J Casella

9 Years Ago

Flickr vs Instagram: Which is Better and Why
Read more at http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2014/04/29/flickr-vs-instagram-better/#MoI3655kdSVV8Q4C.99

Flickr offers everything Instagram has and more. The only drawback to having a Flickr account is that the company requires you create a Yahoo account. Previously, you could sign in using Google or Facebook, but those days are long gone. However, creating a yahoo email address that you'll likely never use anyway is not that bad of a trade off for getting to use all the applications features.
Read more at http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2014/04/29/flickr-vs-instagram-better/#MoI3655kdSVV8Q4C.99

Dan Turner

9 Years Ago

So Flickr is not considered to be a competitor site? How is competitor site being defined?

Dan Turner
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online

Frank J Casella

9 Years Ago

Flickr is a social site like Instagram and Twitter. Thanks, Dan, for asking. Enjoy your day.

See My Photos

9 Years Ago

Why do I need to be on Flickr?

But as Flickr tries to forge ahead with its new plans for making money, not everyone is on board. Some photographers are reportedly upset with Flickr's decision to sell prints of photos contributed to Creative Commons -- a collection of photos and writing that creators have deemed free to use, with various restrictions. For some Creative Commons photos, Yahoo will sell canvas prints and keep all the profits. But for prints of other photos not on Creative Commons, photographers will get a 51 percent cut. Those photographers take issue with Yahoo's profiting on photos that were meant to be given away for free.

http://www.cnet.com/news/flickr-is-trying-to-change-its-image/

Dan Turner

9 Years Ago

"Yahoo will sell canvas prints"

How is that not competition? Not that I mind, more power to them, but how is Flickr getting a pass in this forum when the others are not? I would prefer an open discussion/comparison for all of them.

Dan Turner
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online

Frank J Casella

9 Years Ago

The photographers selling on Flickr is a selected few, and this is a test project. 99% of the ( 90 Million + ) members can't sell prints only print from their own photography. So, it's not a competitor and don't think it will be. Right now the Flickr app for iPad is blowing away Instagram and that is were their major focus is.

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