If your library is surrounded by trees bursting with color like this one is, get out there with your camera and capture the beauty while you have the chance, and share your best shots on your library website or on … Read the rest
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Spring Library Photographs
It’s spring! Birds are singing, trees are blossoming and flowers are blooming. It’s a good time to take the camera outside and take some pictures of your library in all its spring loveliness to put on your library’s website or … Read the rest
Winter Photographs of Your Library
It’s January, and for much of the country that means snow! You may not like to shovel it or drive through it, but snow transforms the landscape, changes the appearance of our buildings, and can make for some beautiful photographs … Read the rest
Read moreAdd Flickr Pictures to Your Site Using ImageCodr
Many libraries use Flickr to find photographs to add color and visual interest to their blogs and websites. It’s an incredible resource, but one that you have to use with care. You need to check images to make sure any … Read the rest
Read moreFun Fake Stamps from Your Photos
If you were designing a postage stamp for your library, what would it look like? What about historic buildings and other notable places within your community, wouldn’t it be fun to see them featured on postage stamps?
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Read moreDCPL Then and Now Photo Contest
The DC Public Library is using Flickr to run an interesting photography contest. Photographers choose any of the historic photographs from the DCPL Flickr Commons collection, take a new photograph of the same location, and upload it to the DC … Read the rest