New syndicated email newsletter is miles ahead of the competition in delivering fresh, ‘valuable’ digital photography news daily.

How to Use Flickr, The Digital Photography Revolution


Image by Thomas Hawk
Posted this at my blog today:

"Well if you read this blog regularly then you know I love Flickr (almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world). But while frequent Flickr users may love the capabilities of the site, it can still be a formidable thing to navigate for the more casual photographer or beginner new to the whole online photo sharing thing.

It’s great then to see Richard Giles out with his fine new book, How to Use Flickr, The Digital Photography Revolution. I would heartily recommend this 276 page primer for anyone who is interested in learning the ropes of how Flickr works a bit more. The book also would also make a great gift for a friend of family member if you are already a Flickr old hand but would like to help someone new get into the service. At a little over for the book from Amazon it’s a bargain.

Even though the book is a great book for Flickr newcomers, I also still found myself, even as a more advanced Flickr user, learning quite a bit (especially about the history of Flickr and the staff).

The book is organized and laid out nicely and is structured in an easy way to figure Flickr out on a step by step basis. It starts out with basic chapters about things like “Introducing Flickr” and “Getting Started” and progresses through all of the various aspects of the service ending with more advance uses and the last chapter, “Third-Party Flickr Tools.”

Throughout the book there are great little anecdote sections that bring up all kinds of interesting Flickr trivia and information. Things like Flickr Coincidences, how the “May Offend” button works, special html tags for posting to Flickr or blogs, etc. Hey, even Thomas Hawk gets a mention in one, but I won’t say where. There are also many interviews with tech heavyweights about Flickr like Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow, CNET’s Esther Dyson (an early investor), and various high profile Flickr members themselves.

Included in the book also are great rundowns on some of the more popular groups and Flickr forums, a pretty handy writeup on how the various licensing for your photos work on Flickr (creative commons and all it’s variations vs. all rights reserved, etc.), uploading via email or with your mobile phone, etc.

Overall I was impressed with the completeness of the book while at the same time I was impressed with how easy it was to read and follow. Author Richard Giles, who also produces The Gadget Show podcast, did a thorough job, and as Technical Editor Flickr member Striatic keeps lots of the more advanced Flickr info in line. It’s great to see a book like this out there and I wish them lots of success!

I’ve written a couple of other posts on Flickr basics myself including “Top 10 Tips for Getting Attention on Flickr” and “Top 10 Ways to Find Great Photos on Flickr.”

New syndicated email newsletter is miles ahead of the competition in delivering fresh, ‘valuable’ digital photography news daily.

(PRWEB) September 22, 2004

Photopheed.com recently launched their new email newsletter, The Daily Digital Dose with a view of filling a gaping void in digital photography resources on the Internet.

“Quality information on digital photography is scarce, and many photographers, amateur and professional alike, have to spend considerable time and effort in combing through several news, websites and xml feeds to find content relevant to digital photography” according to Nathan Lynch, Director of Marketing for Warren Lynch and Associates, Inc. and Webmaster for Photopheed.com.

“Our research team gathers the latest news regarding digital photography from top news resources across the Internet, brings it together and delivers fresh content to your desktop daily”, Added Lynch.

His statement just scratches the surface. Apart from getting quality syndicated content daily in their inbox, subscribers also get unrestricted access to newsletter archives on http://www.photopheed.com, providing them with a permanent resource base. The newsletter also includes a bi-weekly article on digital photography tips written by Warren Lynch, award-winning professional photographer (see http://www.wlynch.com). His articles are featured in the newsletter on the 1st and 15th of every month.

According to an early subscriber, “Photopheed.com keeps me updated with news from all over the digital photography world. Add to this their tips section and you have a virtual advisor giving you daily insights on digital photography.”

The daily newsletter is just one more perk offered by the world-class resource that is http://www.photopheed.com. “There is a definite need in the industry for premium content on digital photography. With the market adapting to technological advances, we’ve made sure that http://www.photopheed.com is at the forefront in serving amateur and professional photographers with all the resources they need”, said Lynch.

With digital photography poised to overtake the traditional medium by virtue of ever-improving technology, all industry trends point to a big surge of interest in news, reviews, and online help on the subject. Photopheed.com, as a pioneer in providing that content, looks set to capture a big share of market.

Photopheed.com is a one-stop resource for digital photography. Whether you’re an amateur photographer looking to shift up a gear or a professional photographer fine-tuning his or her skills, http://www.photopheed.com boasts the best tools for the job. Apart from the daily newsletter, the site also includes an innovative world-class search engine catering specifically to digital photography, as well as blogs, forums, articles, content feeds and reviews that are all continuously updated and archived.

Before you waste your time searching the Internet for news on digital photography, log on to http://www.photopheed.com/newsletter and subscribe to the Daily Digital Dose Newsletter.

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