For the assignment I chose to review a very popular photograph website called Flickr. Flickr can be found online at http://www.flickr.com. Their are two main functions of this site, one is to help people save and organize their photographs and the other is to help make their pictures easily accessible to people who matter to them.
The look of the website is very clean and simple making using it a breeze. On the main page there are only a few, but just enough, options making this web site very user friendly. The options are Create An Account, for new users looking to upload pictures, the Share & Stay In Touch link discuses the topics of groups and even covers the hassles of privacy, by showing the levels of privacy, including Public, anyone can join, Public, invitation only, and Private, that you can apply to your account. The Upload & Organize link describes the five ways you are able to upload you pictures to your account, the Make Stuff tab shows you how to make an array of things from your pictures you have up loaded, you can make everything from photo books to postage stamps. The Explore link allows you to search the most interesting photos from that day one year ago, you can also explore Flickr through Tags, and for the beginner there is even a our that you can take which will take you step by step through the whole Flickr process.
The social aspects of Flickr are huge, they can bring other people into the lives of other with just a click of the mouse, someone could look at another persons entire wedding album or of their vacation to Cancun. Flickr even has a blog where people with shared interests or photos can get together to discuss them and show them off to each other. Keeping families and friends in touch is another social aspect that Flickr has to offer.
I think this site is very beneficial to people even if they just want to start getting their photographs organized, we all have that box full of old photos all mixed up with no dates on them to remember them by. This is a way to keep all of those memories right where you know they are, and you can even show off you skills to other people if you chose to. this site is interesting because you can find literally anything you want to search for, there are photographs of everything you can imagine and they are all right at your finger tips. You can keep in touch with loved one who are far away, make different things our of your pictures, just let your creativity flow. I think this site is very interesting useful, and beneficial, check out this photo that I thought was pretty neat.
