Share Photos Quickly and Easily Online with Clients

I wanted to have a better handle on flickr before I wrote about it, but I see now that I’m going to have to do it in pieces. Setting up an account is free and if you don’t need to upload lots of photos at a time, you can be an active member for free. Becoming a member is only about $25/year and it entitles you to unlimited uploads.

A basic and unbelievably handy way to use flickr is to share photos from a shoot with clients (or family and friends). This relieves you of the burden of having a backend to your website for posting images, saving money and programming headaches.
1. Download flickr’s flash uploader software.
2. Drag and drop jpg files in the uploader window area.
3. In the righthand area of the uploader window, hit the Create a Set button and give the group of photos a name—Club Med Bahamas.
4. Decide who you want to be able to see the images—only people you designate, only family, the world.
5. Good idea to give photos that you’re sharing with the world titles, descriptions and tags. This will help the photos turn up in a search.
6. Upload. This takes awhile.
7. View your photos. Sign in to flickr. Navigate to “Organize/Sets & Collections.”
8. You can invite people to see the images by navigating to “You/Your Sets” and then hitting the “Share This” button in the upper righthand corner of the screen. Type in a list of email addresses to issue a guest pass.
9. You can monitor the number of views of your guest passes by navigating to “Contacts/Guest Pass History.” When you issue a guest pass, that person will only see the photos in that set.
10. People can review the photos using the slideshow feature, or one by one. They can also order prints directly from flickr.