How to Upload Photos On Flickr

Flickr is easy to use and gives anyone an opportunity to view your photos easily from home. If you don't have the time to print out photos and send them to friends and relatives, you can simply provide the link to your album for others to view. No matter where you are, it can be easy to upload and share your photos.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer with Internet access
• Digital camera

Sign Into Flickr

1. Enter the Flickr home page and select "Sign Up" to begin creating your profile (see Resources below).

2. Sign in to Flickr with your Yahoo ID! and Password and click "Sign In."

Upload Your Pictures to Flickr

3. Begin to upload your first photo by selecting "Upload Your First Photo."

4. Click "Browse" to select your first photo that you want to upload.

5. Select the photo from the dialog box by clicking on the image and selecting "Upload."

6. Continue to select photos to upload by clicking the "Browse" button on each respective selection.

7. Add a tag to your images next. Select a word or combination of words that best represent these pictures.

8. Select your privacy setting. You can make your photos open to any viewer by setting them as "Public." You can choose only to share your photos by selecting "Private."

9. Click on "Upload" to upload your photos to Flickr.

Add a Description and Save

10. Review your options for adding extra information in each field. You will be able to add and edit a title, description and one tag or more at this point.

11. Separate each tag with a space. To make two words one tag, add quotation marks around those words.

12. Click on "Save" to finish uploading your photos to Flickr.

Tips & Warnings

• When selecting a password, be careful. Choose something that you will remember, but also something that incorporates both numbers and letters.
• If you have any questions while uploading your photos, you can seek help from Flickr's "Help" section (see Resources below).
• If you don't remember your Yahoo! ID or password but you do have an account, select the "Forget Your ID or Password" link to receive your personal information again.
• When selecting image tags, remember that Flickr removes words like "my," "and," "at," and "the" automatically.

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