HOWTO : View/Download My Photographs on Flickr

Posted on 2019-03-262019-08-27 by Daniel Fishman

I share some of my photography on the photo sharing site Flickr. Flickr was part of Yahoo and has since been purchased by SmugMug. This article explains how to create a free Flickr acount and how to view and download my photography.

If you do not have a Flickr account:

Browse to https://www.flickr.com
Click Sign Up
Fill in the form as directed. You can sign up with any of your existing emails addresses and do not need to sign up for Yahooo.
Continue below

If you already have a Flickr account:

login at https://www.flickr.com
Search for Daniel Fishman and select People
Find my account and select FOLLOW
If you would like access to provate albums – mostly family events, email me and I will add access to them for you.

Amazon Prime Photos – Unlimited Photo Storage Free with Prime

Posted on 2014-11-082014-11-08 by Daniel Fishman

Amazon has added free “unlimitted” cloud storage of photos called Prime Photos as another benefit of it’s Amazon Prime subscription. The $99 a year subscription now includes free two day shipping, Prime Instant Video: unlimited streaming of movies and TV episodes, and expected by the end of the year, free 4K video streaming.

The terms of Amazon Photo limiot a single image to 2GB and a video to 20 minutes. A wide range of formats are supported. According to the Amazon website:

Supported File Types

For photos:

.bmp

.gif

.jpeg

.jpg

.png

.raw

.tif

.tiff

For videos:

.mp4 (including mov, 3gp, m4v)

.avi (including divx)

.mts (mpeg transport stream)

.mpg (mpeg program stream)

.asf/.wmv

.flv

.ogg

Note:

Supported RAW photo formats include: Adobe (dng), Canon (cr2, crw), Epson (erf), Fuji (raf), Kodak (dcr), Minolta (mrw), Nikon (nef, nrw), Panasonic (rw2), Pentax (pef), Sigma (x3f), and Sony (srf). Other RAW formats may be supported, but we cannot guarantee them fully.(emphasis added)

Supported video codecs include: h.264, mjpeg, mpeg4, mpeg2, mpeg1, h.263, Sorenson. Supported audio codecs include: aac, mpeg1/2, amr, wma, qcelp, pcm.

Photos or video file types that do not meet the above requirements can be found in Cloud Drive Files, but not viewed in Cloud Drive Photos & Videos. Unsupported photo file types are not covered under the Prime unlimited storage benefit and will count against your Cloud Drive storage limit.

Left unclear is wether RAW formats, generally used by advancewd amatures and pro photographers will count against the regular Cloud Drive Storage limit. (Lets test it). Assuming “may be supported” means RAW images are included makes this a valuable benefit to Amazon Prime members. OSX users will be limitted to using the web sintyrface to upload images until Amazon completes work on a Mac client.

Flickr.com Enhances Free Accounts

Posted on 2013-05-212013-05-21 by Daniel Fishman

The photo sharing site Flickr.com has enhanced their free account to include 1 TB of storage and full resolution uploads. Previously, only the $30/year Pro account offered full resolution as well as unlimited storage. While 1TB isn’t unlimited it will cover most family picture needs. Current high resolution DSLR cameras output .jpg files of about 8MB.per picture. A 1TB storage limit would handle about 125,000 photographs Assuming you take, on average, 100 pictures each week, it would take 24 years to reach the !TB limit. While not the most convenient site for casual sharing, it is a great way to archive your digital photos.