Flickr

Although I'm not great at it or profess to understand all the fancy terminology about f stops and aperture etc, taking photos is something I love doing and do quite a bit of.

Up until recently I used my Nikon D40 as my main camera and used to take it everywhere - I'd then get home, upload the photos I'd taken onto the computer and upload the ones I liked and thought were good enough to Flickr! Then I'd sit back and watch the views increase slowly and maybe the odd comment would appear! At this point I would put anything I thought made what I perceived as a 'proper' photo onto Flickr and more family, silly type of photos would go onto Facebook or maybe Twitter - that way I would know friends and family would see them.

However, recently I have changed in what I do and have now found myself using Flickr less and less, to the extent that my pro account expired last week and so far I haven't bothered renewing it! I think I found that the photos I put on Flickr did not reach out to the same volume of people that uploading a photo to Facebook, Twitter and now Instagram does. I personally think that photos are there to be shared with and seen by as many people as possible! With my Flickr photos I can almost guarantee they would have 2 views from my Dad and Phil - other than that not many - until I linked my account to Facebook!

I'm also finding that I'm rarely using my D40 and instead rely on my iPhone 5 as my main camera. Although it won't take as good a photo as my D40 does it's portability and size mean I don't need to carry a backpack everywhere! Then the fact that from my phone I can upload a photo to any of the photo sites after having tweaked it makes it easier!

I really hope this isn't the end of my journey with Flickr because I like it, however I certainly think that it is no longer the main place for uploading my photos to as with the other areas the audience is potentially a lot larger as we already have a link by being a follower, friend or having something retweeted!