I caved. I caved big time. I swore to myself that I would not be one of those people. Those people with a flickr account. Or with that little “pro” written next to their name on their flickr account. Or with that little flickr badge on their blog with the photos moving around begging “look at me! look at me! aren’t my photos pretty!?!”
But Eric started a flickr group with pictures of our literary society and I joined so that I could see all the photos. And then I thought, well I’ll just upload a few pictures, so that I’m not that sad girl with no pictures listed under their flickr account. And then I uploaded a few more. And then I started reaching the upper limits of the free account bandwidth…
Flickr is like crack people. They give you a taste for free, get you hooked and then you have to pay if you want more.
“I can stop anytime!” I swore, “I’ve got my own website! I’ll put my photos there!”
But, I couldn’t stop, and the siren song of the Flickr Pro account called to me. “Unlimited storage space,” it said, “unlimited downloads. The whole world can see pictures of your cats and you will never go over your limit.” So I signed up. I gave them my paypal info. And, before I knew it, I was joining groups and posting pictures of my kitten. I was obsessively logging in to see if anyone had tagged my photos as favorites. I was crushed when only 7 people looked at this adorable photo of Sophie and nobody left a comment. I started my own group with its own clever name (Photo Klüb). I chased my kitten around last night commanding her to do something cute so that I could put her in the cute kittens group and then, when she didn’t obey (damn kitten! learn English already) I put her in my pink rain boots and took her picture.
GAH!
But, much like a functioning alcoholic, I believe that I can still flickr and continue to be a productive member of society. If anything, it will be good motivation for me to get off of my ass and do new things with my camera. I want to get serious about my photography again. I am inspired to finally finish making the macro lens mount that I purchased the supplies for and then abandoned when the stress of moving forced me to abandon all other interests. I am determined to take better pictures.
Now, for the love of god, please will someone go comment on my photos and tell me how wonderful I am!?!?!
