BA Photo Group on Flickr
by Adrian Hanft, (3 comments)
Collecting “BA” photography has been a part of this site from the very beginning. It started as an exercise for keeping us alert to design that is always surrounding us, and has become a rewarding and slightly obsessive activity. Although Bennett has contributed the bulk of our BA Photo Collection, the hope has always been to get as many people to contribute to our photo collection as possible. When BA Photo of the Week evolved into a photo blog, we were going to accept submissions from all our readers. Due to the lack of an efficient system, that never happened - until now. Introducing the Be A Design Group photo pool on Flickr. Now anyone can share their photography with our group!
Here is how it works:
1. Join Flickr
If you haven’t joined Flickr yet, you need to. A free membership allows you to upload photos and plug into a huge community. You will soon see why Flickr is one of the most exciting sites online. (Design Observer even says so!)
2. Upload Photos
After you get some of your photos on Flickr, join the Be A Design Group, uh, group, and add some photos to our pool.
3. Look for your photos every time you read our blog
The photos in the sidebar are pulled straight from our Flickr pool. The top two are the 2 most recent additions, and the bottom two are pulled randomly from the collection.
You are probably wondering what kind of photos you can share with our group, right? Well, although we are most interested with photos that have a “BA” in them, you can submit any photo that might be of interest to a graphic designer. Mainly, we just want to see some of your pictures and connect with more of our readers. I am also hoping that this might even turn into something bigger in the future. Maybe we can pick our favorite BA photo and feature a BA photographer each month. If anybody knows someone who might like to contribute a prize, maybe we could turn it into a monthly contest. If things really take off, it would be cool to make a publication like Light Leaks Magazine. The possibilities are endless, so get out there and take some “BA” photos and share them with our group! I can’t wait to see wait to see what you come up with.
Comments (3)
Adrian said:
I forgot to say that our old photo blog won’t be dissappearing, but it won’t be quite as visible anymore. I am going to add a link in the “extras” section of our sidebar, but you will always be able to get to it at http://www.beadesigngroup.com/photoblog/
Posted on November 9, 2005
Bennett said:
Adrian, I will be joining the pool soon. I have a couple questions, that others might have as well. Does Flickr only take a certain resolution photos? Or… Can you upload whatever resolution your digital camera takes, and let Flickr to the resizing etc.? I assume these photos don’t need to be a certain proportion either?
Side Note: My understanding is that, if you already have a Yahoo account, you are next door to having a Flickr account (Since Yahoo bought out Flickr). Right?
Posted on November 9, 2005
Adrian said:
Good questions. Yes, If you have a Yahoo acount, signing up for Flickr should be a snap.
You can upload your photos at whatever resolution your camera takes, but with the free account, you can only upload 20mb of files a month. Flickr automatically resizes your photos to several common sizes. Proportions don’t matter either, but obviously it will crop the non-square photos in order to make the small square thumbnail.
Posted on November 9, 2005