Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts

Friday, May 23, 2008

ScrnShots - Free Screen Shot Hosting

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This ain't no Flickr! Every blogger needs a place to host screen shots. Flickr is the best place for photos (IMHO) but they ask that all the images you post be photos (not that they're rabid about that). But now there's SCRNSHOTS.com. Unlimited screen shot uploads. You can tag them for easy searching. The photo below is a screen shot of scrnshots.com and it is hosted on scrnshots.com. How recursive is that!



It works pretty much like flickr. Take a screen shot and save it on your computer. Upload it, add a description and tags. Embed it using the provided html. They do ask that you link back to them which is the same thing flickr asks.


On the social side, I've found that people frequently comment on shots. It's fun to browse around and look at the shots other people are taking. I'm going to try to post at least one interesting shot per day and I'll try to comment on any interesting ones that I find.


I am very happy to have this available. I'm not sure what the financial model is for this. I'm hoping they don't disappear anytime soon. Flickr seems to be going strong, especially now that they got bought. Maybe google will buy this one.


LewisC

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Free Pictures for your Blog

Putting pictures on your blog is a great way to get people to notice it. When the eye catches a picture, it tends to stay longer.

Old Time Religion I found the best list of pictures anywhere on the GraphicsAndDesign Blog. The blog entry, Free Stock Photos for Graphic and Web Designers lists many, many sites. I have used photos from BurningWell.org, which contains totally free (public domain images).

Make sure to read the Terms of Use on the individual web sites to make sure you can use them. Many of the sites allow you to use the images for personal use but not for commercial use.

BurningWell.org - Free Public Domain Images