Assignment 6: Flickr Album

For this assignment I decided to find and share pictures relating to skydiving. I went skydiving in Denver, Colorado two summers ago and loved it! I created a set of pictures with my own pictures from this trip and I also created a skydiving gallery using other people's pictures. When I was creating a gallery using pictures from other users I was looking for action shots and anything else that would capture the intense experience of skydiving. Before this class I had never used Flickr, but I have found it pretty easy to use and will continue to use it after this class ends.

Uploading my own pictures was easy to do and it was very similar to how you would upload photos on a social networking site, such as facebook. To find pictures from other users I searched using these terms:
Skydiving
Parachute
Tandem jump
Skydive
Skydiving formations
Skydiving lands
Sky
Jumping from airplanes
Free falling
Extreme sports

Most of the pictures came up right away under "skydiving," but the more detailed terms brought up some pictures showing different aspects of skydiving. I was very satisfied with the pictures that came up. I found exactly what I was looking for in these pictures. I was actually surprised that I found so many pictures from other Flickr users on this topic.

Flickr is very user-friendly and it seems like every time I use it I learn about another service or thing that you can do with your pictures on the site. I like that Flickr has a place where you can edit your pictures. Most social networking sites only allow you to upload pictures, but do not have a place to edit pictures. Usually I end up opening two different programs, but Flickr would make this process much easier. The only thing that I was a little confused about was the difference between sets and galleries. It seems that you create sets with your own pictures and galleries with pictures from other users. I would have liked to combine my own pictures with pictures from other users, but I couldn't quite figure out how to do that. Overall, I have been very pleased with Flickr and will continue to use it.

View my skydiving set and gallery on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/meganseibel/