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Is Anyone Using Flickr’s People-Tagging Feature?

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It’s been nearly a month since Flickr announced support for tagging people in photos. Are you using it? Personally I’ve tagged a few people as I’ve uploaded small groups of photos, but when I process a large quantity of pictures for an event or other client job I haven’t been taking the time to tag [...]

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Tag! You’re It on Flickr

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One of Facebook’s popular social features has been the ability to “tag” people in photos. Users can indicate who is in a photo, and that indication becomes a link to that person’s Facebook page. Yesterday Flickr added a similar feature, calling it “People in Photos” (Yahoo must’ve cut the funding for any sort of innovative [...]

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Organization: Step One is to Just Do It

I’m going to borrow a slogan from Nike and suggest it as a mantra for organization of photographs. Just Do It. Whether your photography medium is film, slides, or digital, as you take more photos you’re going to end up with storage and organization needs. I know a couple guys who have gradually accumulated thousands [...]

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Tips for Effective Flickr Tagging

As I explore Flickr and look at others’ photos, here are some tips I’ve learned about effective photo tagging (as well as one pet peeve to avoid): This one is almost too obvious, but always tag. Add some keywords so that folks will find your photos. Add some “concept” tags. Think of the emotions, feelings, [...]

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