Flickr

I established a Flickr account quite a while ago, but haven't really made much use of it. It was kind of one of those 'OMG that's so cool, I need to have one too' things. I guess these days it sort of competes with Facebook as a medium for sharing photos online, after all, the people with whom I want to share pictures are usually on FB.

However, Flickr does have a few major benefits over FB for photo sharing and that is that you don't necessarily have to know a person to see their photo stream. For example this freaky picture I found on Flickr. Is this in fact a giant doll, or is it forced perspective?? Is it also a copy of a Blythe doll, 'cos she sure looks like one.

From an educational perspective, something like Flickr works so much better for students than the FB photostream. Pictures from around the world are available under a Creative Commons licence, with some very professional looking photographs for them to view. I can really see some great ideas for creative writing, illustration of projects, examination for photography students of what works and what doesn't in an image, and images that may facilitate discussion. Not the least of which students could upload their work and comment upon each other's photographs.