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I have got to love flickr over the last 18 months or so. I find it really useful to trawl around looking at images and ideas and think some of the threads are really useful. I hate the badges / stickers element and am amazed at some of the invites I get ( An invite to the Ploughman`s Lunch group for a food shot I did was one of the most bizarre - yes it was a group that majored on PL`s !!)
The real plus for me is that we have an incredibly active Leeds Flickr group that doubles up as a photography club - the only other ones I found were so dull and anti-digital in Leeds it seemed. Our flicr group has a monthly meet where we do workshops / presentations put forward free by other members skilled in an area, monthly click n sup nights where we go round Leeds shooting in groups after a coffee and before a pint and have so far had 3 photocamp weekends - new to the UK where we do a whole weekend of worshops. Yesterdays had 150 people there and featured that flicr celebrity Miss Aniela ( Natalie Dybisz) who did the opening address and a session on composites. Als spearheaded by a hardworking commited guy who makes it happen wth help but shows what can be done with some co-operation on flickr. I led a world wide photowalk in Leeds linked to flickr recently with 40 people involved from Leeds. Incredible tool used well and one of my key learning areas.
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