Well now Pro is back, and it comes off the heels of a few other interesting announcements.įirst, Flickr Pro will again be completely ad-free on desktop and mobile platforms. But, many of us still wanted more from Flickr given we’d spent so much time building it up, but just had to look elsewhere. Then Flickr murdered Flickr Pro to level the field. Then, all these other platforms arose giving away more for free, like Google+ Photos, and Facebook enhanced their image options. Remember Flickr? I say that in some jest, but they were sort of the cat’s pajamas for a while, and if you were a photographer, you had a Pro account. But you can’t ignore them because these services are vital marketing and business tools. Then like a weed, another comes up, and the cycle starts again. Possibly less costly but more frustrating is this business of online photo storage and display, because new tantalizing options seem to spring from nowhere, and then they vanish, leaving you with lots of time invested in something that is no more. That means your lenses and such will likely work to an extent and so forth for ages.
One of the big draws of going with a camera manufacturer like the Canons or Nikons of the world, is that you can be quite sure that they’ll be around tomorrow, and for several years or decades worth of tomorrows to come. In particular what I’m getting at, is investing money or time, or both, into systems that may not be around for very long. Or is that death? Nonetheless, one of the issues we as photographers have to deal with, especially in this digital age, is the issue of continuity.
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