Thursday, December 1, 2011

Class Project on Flickr

My wife is a very talented individual. She is a photographer. Working in Photography services at the University of Memphis, she shot many photos of Tiger football and basketball in the years before her retirement, but I think her best work was shooting photos of Memphis as a hobby. I have wanted to display some of her work for years, and this class project has given me that opportunity. At the suggestion of Dr. Markman, I used Flickr and my wife's photos for my class project. I have created a Flickr photo group of Memphis Neons by Phyliss. I first had to have the photos scanned to CD by converting them from analog to digital format. From the digital format I was able to introduce them to my Flickr account and edit them into a group. For the first group, and for demonstration purposes, I used neons of the Memphis music scene. Each photo has been given a brief description and has been tagged by key words for location by other groups with similar photos. Each photo has been mapped for location, and shared on my Facebook account as well. I intend to follow all post and views with the ultimate goal of creating a web site to possibly sell some of the photos online. Memphis Neons by Phyliss can be viewed at http://www.flickr/groups/memphisneons/. If there proves to be significant interest in this photo group, I will create even more on different topics.

Malvin Massey, Jr.
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4 comments:

  1. Marina BarrettDecember 1, 2011 at 1:39 AM

    Hey Malvin, just an FYI I tried to copy and paste your link but it did not work. Might want to check that out.

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  2. SusanDecember 1, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    I think it might be a good idea to make the group open to other members to make it more interactive. If you can, change the title to just Memphis Neons and invite other users. Or just cross-post to other Memphis groups, neon groups to get in their stream. That way, you could get more exposure.
    There are also groups for film photography that you could add to in order to get exposed to another, broader audience.

    I love these photos!

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  3. KrisMDecember 1, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    You can see the pictures from this link:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/neonsmemphis/

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  4. grace twainDecember 3, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    I love the pics, Malvin. Neon signs are one of my favorite things to take pictures of as well.

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