In addition to this, collectively we as photographers frequently moan about how people want to use our work for free, and yet each and every day we are happy to give our work away to our very consumers through our social networks, our websites and our blogs.

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Right now, the only way people consume my work is online for free and this is something I feel I need to fix by creating more physical ways of viewing my work and less free digital ones.

James Dodd, on leaving Flickr.

James’ thoughts largely mirror my own regarding Flickr at the moment. I use it less and less as time moves on, and my visits and posting there are largely down to habit, rather than anything else. It’s a damn shame that Yahoo couldn’t be bothered to update Flickr over these last few years, beyond a few minor facelifts and pointless mini-features, but the truth is that new avenues have opened up that offer better experiences for photographers, and Flickr is being left behind by most of the people I care about following.

Source: Flickr / jamesdodd

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  1. jmcdonaldphotography said: This is something I’ve been thinking about for a month or so now. Having only joined Flickr a year ago I don’t see the demise of it yet because I haven’t been around long enough. Hopefully James returns and Flickr updates and gets better.
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