Assignment 211: Presenting Photo Images - through the internet

Presenting Photo Images:  Through the Internet

My last blog looked at creating a photobook, a very personal way to produce images that endure, but as an amateur photographer limiting to the audience that you can share it with, and potentially costly.

The internet has created greater opportunity for photographers to share their images with a wider audience. This has the benefit of reducing cost and increasing circulation.

There are a number of opportunities to share images through the internet - for example - flicker, on line photo management allowing you to share your images with as many people as you want: http://www.flickr.com/  where you can create your own gallery to promote your work, or through specific websites such london festival of photography: http://www.lfph.org

Flicker:

You can make your images available to all, or restrict access to your chosen few.

I have uploaded a selection of my street images to flicker and created my first on-line photo stream.  Click on the link below to view

http://www.flickr.com/photos/74843485@N07/show/with/6735788563

Flicker allows you to organise your images into sets, add descriptions, titles and tags.  Tags are important if you want your photo's to be found and viewed by others when searching for images on a specific theme.

Flicker is free for the first 300mb of photo's stored and displayed - after this, or for more flexibility on what you can do there is a charge of $25 US dollars per year.

London Festival of Photography:

Another way of using the intranet to share your photographs is to look for groups or institutions that use the internet to manage their membership.  London Festival of Photography is an example of this.  click on this link to view:  http://www.lfph.org/

I've chosen this website as it is dedicated to Street Photography which was one of my two themes.

This site is currently running a number of competitions that are free to enter - clink on the link below for more information: http://www.lfph.org/submissions

This website also provides information on exhibitions, workshops.

In summary the internet can be an excellent media for sharing your images and progressing your interests in a cost effective manner.  It opens up endless possibilities, gives easy access and provides potential unlimited audience.