It’s been too long….
Wow, time has flown since my last blog post. It’s great that others across the organization are also contributing – takes some of the pressure of regular updating off, and keeps readers interested, I hope.
Along with this blog, one of the other cool online tools we’ve been developing is an official City of Edmonton photo gallery. We’re putting our photos here so people can use them (with conditions, more about that below) and see what our city looks like and what’s going on here.
We’ve continually adding new photos as they become available. And we’re talking high resolution images of the Edmonton landscape, City Hall, our park system (lots more from parks are on the way).
And then of course there are photos of the many events and festivals that take place in Edmonton throughout the year. We’ve been adding pictures of those too.
All these images are free to use (for non-commercial purposes of course). Maybe you want to encourage your relatives to come and visit you in this beautiful city – now you can send them to gallery full of pictures to help convince them. Maybe your son or daughter could use some photos for a school report or presentation – we have pictures . You can even use these photos for art projects. However, you must only do so under the following conditions (apologies for the legal-ease but it’s important that we all try to understand this):
Attribution — You must attribute the work to the City of Edmonton (but not in any way that suggests that we endorse you or your use of the work).
Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
Share Alike — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar licence to this one.
Pretty simple. We post photos and you can use them. But what about photos that you have taken?
Pretty regularly, we get asked whether we want someone else’s photos – this can be a tricky question, kind of like when a not-distant-enough relative gives you a favorite knick-knack for a house-warming gift.
So to avoid all the embarrassing social awkwardness, we’ve setup a group on Flickr where everyone can share their photos of Edmonton with others. It’s the best of both world’s really, you get to keep the credit and show off your photography skills. By sharing in this group your photo might also be profiled on the blog.
Of course, you can do this on your own, and many already have, but come join the party and share with us all. It’s safe in cyberspace, and one person’s knick-knack is just about guaranteed to be another person’s treasure.