Can multiple people contribute photos to one shared Flickr album or similar service?
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A group of friends returned from a trip with 2,000+ photos and videos from several devices, including phones, a DSLR, a GoPro, and a compact camera. They want one online place where multiple people can upload to a shared collection, then review, organize, and trim down the best images. They also want to know whether Flickr supports this kind of multi-person shared album, and if not, what services or workflow might work better.
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Is there some service that will allow us to upload all these photos and put them into a combined album? Does Flickr have shared albums?
Flickr does not have shared albums, but instead has a feature called groups. If each of you get an individual Flickr account, one of you can create a group (public, invitation only public, or private, up to you), and invite all the other folks to become members of the group who can submit photos into the group pool.
We also have a bunch of accidental, blurry, or nearly-identical photos that we want to delete. And just generally clean things up and organize, like a selection of the best photos.
While it would probably be best to do this editing prior to uploading :), if you choose to upload all your photos, you will be selecting which photos to submit to the pool, so you can leave out the ones you prefer not to have in the group. Also, whoever chooses to be an administrator of the group can edit what appears in the pool.
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Flickr doesn’t offer a true shared album in the same way some cloud photo services do, but it does support Flickr Groups. Each person would need their own Flickr account, then one person can create a group and invite the others to add photos to the group pool. That gives you a combined shared collection, with privacy options depending on how you set up the group.
For cleanup and curation, the most practical advice is to edit before uploading: remove blurry, accidental, and near-duplicate shots first, then share a smaller selection. With 2,000 images, viewers are unlikely to want to browse everything, and a tighter set of highlights is easier to organize and enjoy.
If you don’t need photography-specific features, Dropbox can also work as a simple shared repository and has basic gallery viewing. So: Flickr Groups if you want a photo-community-oriented solution, or Dropbox for a simpler shared folder approach. In any case, curate first and upload the best images rather than the entire dump.
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