Celebrating four years of Flickr!
Flickrversaries one, two and three all got the special year-end wrap so I'm back again running down my fourth year on Flickr.
I have to start out by saying that I'm still never entirely happy with my photos. And even after four years of regular shooting and posting, I'm still not really a better photographer. But I enjoyed year four just as much as the first three years of Flickr entirely because I like looking at everyone else's photos and making connections around the world as much as I enjoy the creative process itself. If I get a photo I don't hate, that's just a bonus. The act of taking photos itself is entirely relaxing and sharing my photos on Flickr keeps me checking out what everyone else is doing. That way I continue to be moved and inspired on a daily basis.
There is a recurring theme for all four years that I've spent with Flickr: people. It's the people that continue to make Flickr fun. And I'm pretty sure I'll never get tired of meeting my contacts in person. While there was no travelling this year, I still managed to meet and/or shoot with Aaron, Alan, Alissa, Allen, Arlene (and Harold), Carol, Chris, Chun, Claude, Don, Dudo, Evan, Frank, Herman, Hubert, Jay, John, Kris, Mike, Mikhail, Pedro, Spencer, Tom, and Tom Abrahamsson. Interestingly, the Vancouver-area Four Thirds Photographers group that I started up roughly a year ago factored into almost every meeting in year four.
I've thrown the numbers out there every year before, but this year just gets a trimmed-down version. I previously posted numbers for the most-viewed, most-commented and most-favourited photos, but I stopped caring about comments without meaning or a connection and views for the sake of views a long time ago.
Photos: 2,725 [714 uploads in year four... up from 701 in year three. And I actually uploaded at least one photo every single day in year four!]
Views of my photostream: 192,126
Other people's photos I've commented on: 89,082 [It was 54,825 on last year's Flickrversary.]
Well... here's looking forward to year five!
Celebrating four years of Flickr!
Flickrversaries one, two and three all got the special year-end wrap so I'm back again running down my fourth year on Flickr.
I have to start out by saying that I'm still never entirely happy with my photos. And even after four years of regular shooting and posting, I'm still not really a better photographer. But I enjoyed year four just as much as the first three years of Flickr entirely because I like looking at everyone else's photos and making connections around the world as much as I enjoy the creative process itself. If I get a photo I don't hate, that's just a bonus. The act of taking photos itself is entirely relaxing and sharing my photos on Flickr keeps me checking out what everyone else is doing. That way I continue to be moved and inspired on a daily basis.
There is a recurring theme for all four years that I've spent with Flickr: people. It's the people that continue to make Flickr fun. And I'm pretty sure I'll never get tired of meeting my contacts in person. While there was no travelling this year, I still managed to meet and/or shoot with Aaron, Alan, Alissa, Allen, Arlene (and Harold), Carol, Chris, Chun, Claude, Don, Dudo, Evan, Frank, Herman, Hubert, Jay, John, Kris, Mike, Mikhail, Pedro, Spencer, Tom, and Tom Abrahamsson. Interestingly, the Vancouver-area Four Thirds Photographers group that I started up roughly a year ago factored into almost every meeting in year four.
I've thrown the numbers out there every year before, but this year just gets a trimmed-down version. I previously posted numbers for the most-viewed, most-commented and most-favourited photos, but I stopped caring about comments without meaning or a connection and views for the sake of views a long time ago.
Photos: 2,725 [714 uploads in year four... up from 701 in year three. And I actually uploaded at least one photo every single day in year four!]
Views of my photostream: 192,126
Other people's photos I've commented on: 89,082 [It was 54,825 on last year's Flickrversary.]
Well... here's looking forward to year five!