I had been using “photohito” as photo sharing service provided in Japanese. It is really a good service and community, however, I have switched to Flickr, the most popular photo sharing service in the world.
The reason is the Lightroom 3, photo managing/developing application I am using, has a good collaboration with Flickr. I can upload my photos to Flickr directly from LR3 without converting RAW into Jpeg. It makes my process really simple.
I had a free account of Flickr but rarely used it. After I decided to start using it, I upgraded to Pro account. To purchase Pro account I needed to pay in USD, and thanks to recent strong JPY against USD, I could buy it in much cheaper price than before.
I have been putting Flickr widget in the sidebar of this blog. Now you can see my most updated photos.
congratulation for your new flicker
btw, i have followed your twitter
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