Lyrak is a new photo-sharing app. Unlike Instagram, Lyrak does not have incessant ads and videos. Also, no data collection or AI training of your photos. Can it replace your Insta habit? Lyrak is a photo-sharing app Rishi Siva, founder of Lyrak, contacted us recently. He described Lyrak like this:
Not everyone who owns a camera is a serious hobbyist or professional. For those who just want to take photos and share, print and save them for the future, here are some things you can do to help keep your photo collection a bit more organized. Duplicates, bad images and
Flickr has set up a shop for people to purchase prints. It was only a matter of time seeing as how they were acquired by SmugMug a few years ago. Print selling is one of the functions of SmugMug. In mid-January, Flickr made the announcement that it was expanding its
Last week, Flickr told us about 35 female photographers to follow, in celebration of Women’s History Month. Photographers from a wide array of genres and parts of the world were highlighted, each bringing their own uniqueness to Flickr, the photo sharing service. Part of that list was our very own
Update, March 12, 2020: Flickr has decided to postpone its photowalk due to concerns over Coronavirus. Read more on Flickr.com. Who doesn’t love a good photowalk? Personally, I find it fun, inspiring and motivating to hang out with a group of like-minded, passionate about photography, photographers. Flickr has created a
Two years ago, I wrote about why Flickr will ultimately fail. I’m here today, to tell you that I was wrong. At the time, Flickr was in the middle of a stagnant period. No changes had been made, and then-parent company Yahoo! had been recently sold to Verizon. There were
Starting today, Flickr will begin imposing its 1,000 file limit for all free accounts. Originally announced in November 2018, all free accounts that hold more than 1,000 photos or videos will start seeing older files deleted from their account. Oldest photos will be removed from the service first. Before this
When I first got started in photography, I was constantly on Flickr. I uploaded all my photos there, browsed tons of groups and crossed my fingers that some of my work would make it to the coveted Explore gallery. While I’m no longer active on the service, I know several
Welcome to a brand new feature — the Weekly Wrap-Up — a compendium of some of the articles published this week on Photofocus. Flickr to end 1 TB of free storage, limit free accounts to 1,000 photos Flickr has announced massive changes to its account offerings, taking effect this coming January. In
Flickr has announced massive changes to its account offerings, taking effect this coming January. In April, SmugMug purchased Flickr, which sparked a “months-long effort to listen to its members and understand what Flickr needed to thrive and evolve.” One of the most requested changes will come in January 2019 —
Whether you are a model, professional photographer or a weekend photographer, an online portfolio simply makes sense, especially since it is free and easy to create.
(Editor’s note: For more information see Bryan Esler’s post on this consolidation in the photo-sharing website industry.) Big news just crossed our desk. The popular photo sharing site Flickr has been bought by SmugMug. Previously Flickr was owned by Yahoo. Below are some details about the changes. Why did SmugMug
