Photosharing
Flickr is a popular photo sharing site that features social networking, content grouping, collaboration and critique of images, meetup groups, free and for-fee services. It features mobile uploads, feed services, robust image tagging and searching, as well as privacy and web searching restrictions.
Image: Breezy Hill Farm Wedding, Matthew Coan
Much of the content of Flickr is licensed for Creative Commons, non-commercial reuse, which makes it a good source of images for student projects and presentations. Searches on the site can be limited to those images that students may use freely.
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Two alternatives to Flickr are Unsplash and Getty Images, a website featuring stock photos. Much like Flickr, users can upload images and specify how those images can be used by others.
Online Photo Editing
- RibbetFree online photo editor. The site gives users the ability to crop, resize, and rotate their images, along with adding captions in a host of different fonts. You can also select from several different photo filters.
Navigating Copyright on Photosharing Sites
- Flickr: Creative CommonsNon-profit alternative to full copyright permits others to use their images, with different restrictions explained here.
Other Photosharing Sites
- SmugMugFee-based photo sharing site.
- ShutterflyShutterfly users must create Shutterfly products (e.g., personalized photo books) in order to store their images on the site.