My Flickr collection is now organised
Monday, February 4th, 2008Organise your Flickr collection before it gets outta control!
Motivated by a post over at Epic Edits Weblog, I decided to re-organise my Flickr photos. As with most Flickr fans, I only had sets arranged down the sidebar and had not delved into the collections (groups of sets) option. Collections allow you to group many sets into a few (or, if you wish, many) broader categories.
And I seem to have a lot of sets! Some sets have a large number of images and some are a more specific topic and contain only a few. Collections are a very efficient way to order your photos and you can add a set to more than one collection. I also like the mosaic that is generated for each collection’s thumbnail.
Getting the flick
During this process, I was able to look more critically at some of my earlier Flickr snaps and realise they had been madly, or prematurely, uploaded when I caught that contagious bug called Flickritis. So…some got the flick.
Now I feel much more organised.
My current collections
- Macro shots - 4 sets
- In Nature - 5 sets
- The Built Environment - 3 sets
- Food! - 3 sets
- Animals (mostly cats) - 4 sets
- B&W and Sepia - 2 sets
- Vintage camera - 2 sets
- Night images - 3 sets
- Colours - 3 sets
- Miscellaneous - 5 sets (includes “Made it to Epic Edits” weekly photodump…the suspense that one causes!)
I’m sure these will be refined over time. It’s really a never-ending process.
Are you ready to get organised?
I have 147 photos on Flickr which isn’t a lot compared to many other users. It still took me a while to sort my collections. My tip would be to get organised before your collection gets too big.
I also made sure to create the number of collections that would fit on the sidebar without having to use the “More” option.
How do you mange all your Flickr photos? Is it a practical and efficient process or perhaps a bit more haphazard? Let me know in the comments.