Comments on: Tagging your photos on Flickr

By: Raul

Raul — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:17:49 +0000

@ Phaedra – Oh and I do tag yours with phaedraphunk

By: Phaedra

Phaedra — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:53:05 +0000

I am guilty of not tagging my flickr photos. Not sure why I don’t do it. Guess I should start.

By: Raul

Raul — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:15:07 +0000

@ Keira-Anne – Thanks

@ Mel – True, important to geo-tag too

@ Karen – I know, I use tinybites

@ Tanya – Oh your photos are good

@ Derek – True! I should do the same! Actually your suggestion is great.

By: Derek K. Miller

Derek K. Miller — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:05:52 +0000

I usually tag photos of the Schwebers with “blogaholics,” by the way, since that is their website.

By: Tanya (aka NetChick)

Tanya (aka NetChick) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:53:16 +0000

Yep, netchick, or Tanya (aka NetChick) or even my full name works fine. But, since everyone knows me as NetChick (it’s my personal brand, afterall) that seems logical.

But, then again, I hate my photos. All of them. But, these days, I just don’t worry about it.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:12:17 +0000

Tagging photos with appropriate keywords and geotags is something I try to do to each image posted to Flickr, except when it comes to images of me. I prefer not to be very visible…there is a reason that I am behind the lens instead of in front of it!

But, should you ever have a photo with me in it, you can tag it with “tiny bites” (as opposed to my actual name) =)

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:39:34 +0000

Well, obviously you don’t have any photos to tag of me. But maybe the next time I make it Vancouver, haha.

As for my take on tags and Flickr, I LOVE tagging things. I also like geotagging them as specifically as possible. Most of the photos I have on Flickr so far are travel photos or photos from figure skating & gymnastics competitions. The travel photos don’t have people, so I try to tag them specifically, with the city, and with general terms like “buildings” or “sky.” It’s nice to look back at collections that span across different trips. For the photos of figure skaters & gymnasts, I tag with their full names. I think it’s nice for the athletes, their families/friends, and their fans to be able to find photos of specific people.

By: Keira-Anne

Keira-Anne — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:06:24 +0000

I think tagging your Flickr photos, generally speaking, is just a smart practice for a number of obvious reasons. I have no preference, really… “keira-anne” is fine