Flickr Account - Black Sand Beaches

Bucket List

After watching the movie Bucket List in 2008 I decided to create a bucket list for myself. One of the things on this list is to go to Hawaii and walk the Black Sand Beaches. Since I’m not sure I will ever get there I choose to use my Flickr account to create an album of photos about The Black Sand Beaches.

Search Strategy

I have never used Flickr before so I was little apprehensive when I started my search. After taking the time to read some of the tutorials and looking over the database I decided to just go for it. Starting my search using the following search terms:

• Hawaii


• Hawaii Beaches


• Black Sands Beaches in Hawaii

After I narrowed my search down I still had a large quantity of photos to look through, however I decided to eliminate any photos that had people in them. I then based my photo selection criteria on the following requirements; clarity, background, color and photos that showed a large amount of the sand. After selecting those photos that met my criteria I decided to put a caption beside each photo. I found this easy to do and it was fun to try and come up with something to describe the photo.

Evaluation

Once I got over my apprehensive I was amazed how easy it was to find photos on this topic; however I had some problems maneuvering within the site. I thought the titles at the top of the page could have been named something more self explanatory. For example, I started my gallery one day and when I went back into the database the next day I wasn’t sure to find where to find it. I spent some time looking under each title until I eventually found it under the title You, which might make sense to some individuals, but it didn’t to me so others might have the same issue. Overall, I think the more time you spend on this website the easier it will be to use.