photography flickr deleteme Archives - The Story of David Kaspar https://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/tag/photography-flickr-deleteme Online journal and ponderings about the Internet, gadgets and photography. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:58:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://blog.davidkaspar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/chubby.gif photography flickr deleteme Archives - The Story of David Kaspar https://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/tag/photography-flickr-deleteme 32 32 Flickr to fuel your photography passion https://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/2007/03/flickr-to-fuel-your-photography-passion.php https://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/2007/03/flickr-to-fuel-your-photography-passion.php#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:58:35 +0000 https://davidkaspar.com/wp/2007/03/07/flickr-to-fuel-your-photography-passion/ I joined Flickr a while back but never got into using the site. To me the site offered just storage of my photographs but I wanted to have full control of my precious possessions and so preferred hosting them on my own (gallery). What I had completely missed out on was the social networking features … Continue reading "Flickr to fuel your photography passion"

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]]> I joined Flickr a while back but never got into using the site.
To me the site offered just storage of my photographs but I wanted to have full control of my precious possessions and so preferred hosting them on my own (gallery).
What I had completely missed out on was the social networking features of Flickr. The rating, comments, inspiration, groups, continuous learning and new friends who too are passionate about photography.
Last week while visiting Flickr to browse a few friends updated photos, a Flickr group caught my eye.
It was called “DeleteMe” which seemed to be the opposite of what anyone would want to do with their photos.
Turns out that the Deleteme group is focused on brutally honest opinions.
Members submit their absolute best photographs and fellow group members rate them; saveme or deleteme.
When the photograph has collected 10 deletemes, it is removed from the pool. Should the photo on a rare occasion gather 10 savemes, it is regarded as a masterpiece and is then moved to the safe where it will shine in all eternity.
The general common comments on Flickr are “wow” and “great shot”. People want to build friendships and not offend and so often hold back on what they truly think of a photo.
Your mum and special other will always tell you that a photograph of yours is fantastci but wouldn’t you rather be challanged and really find out how good it is?
The Deleteme group is a refreshing in that it’s members are honest. Sometimes they can be outright nasty but nobody holds it against them.
If you want to get some honest, high quality constructive comments you should give the group a go. A warning though; if you can’t stand the heat, better stay out of the Flickr Deleteme group!
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Photo credit: davebluedevil, laurence_grayson, Shek Graham, laurence_grayson

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