Flickr is a great photo sharing tool. With millions of photographs, and TONS of users, it’s a great place not only to share photographs with your friends and family, but also a wonderful place to get noticed. Countless photographers of amazing talent have been discovered via flickr, but that will only happen to you if you get your photos out there.
One of the ways to get your photos noticed is to post them to groups. You also need to spend some quality time finding other photographers that you like and comment… Always comment back when someone comments on your stream, because the more relationships you build, the more people will friend you, and the more likely you will get noticed by someone important.
So, how do you add your photos to groups? It’s pretty simple. First, click the group tab at the top of the flickr website.
Then click “Search for a group”. Type in some keywords, for this photograph I might type in “Indiana”, or “church”, or “statue”, or “nature”.
There’s tons of groups for all different things. Maybe you want to become active in a group of people your own age (“College” would be a good search term)? Or possibly of your interests (“Rock Music Lovers”)? You could also join one of the groups that is specifically set up to provide constructive criticism. In these groups, you post a photo, but must also comment and give constructive criticism on a certain number of other photos.
Join a group, and then go back to your photo page and click “Add to group”. Select the group you want to add the photograph to, and then boom, you’re done!
