Wednesday, April 09, 2008

I am in love with Flickr

I signed up for Flickr about a year ago.  I forget why.  My account lay dormant for months at a time; I used my own install of Gallery2 to host my photos.  But while I toiled over customizing my primitive little albums, Flickr was pumping billions of dollars into improving its mechanics and UI. 

I am now officially on board, and I’m uploading six years’ worth of photos to my Flickr pro account.

I’m often a photographer, but I never print my own photos.  I admire (or obsess over) them on my monitor, then archive them for safekeeping.  Flickr automates so much of what I love about digital photography, from archiving to sorting to sharing.  Printing, even, should the urge possess me.  I have hours of fawning over memories in front of me.  For instance, did you know that in 2001, I rocked “the pirate?”