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I would suggest that the vast majority of amateurs in a whole host of hobbies spend more on equipment than is objectively justified by performance. It doesn't matter one jot if you get enjoyment out of it and it doesn't cause you a financial difficulty Cyclists (I am one) spend a fortune on...

Have you tried contacting Adobe? I would hope they are able to help as it would seem to be only the initial verification that you have a licensed copy that you need. I don't think Elements needs access to Adobe servers after that? It may be that you really want to continue to use Elements...

To be clear, I like the Flickr groups in terms of pooling photos of a specific genre together, or having competitions. I just think the discussion forums are all too fragmented

I think Flickr is really good for photo sharing precisely because it isn't Instagram. It's true many forums are dead although there are good discussions in some I would personally scrap forums within groups and instead host (fewer) forums in a section organised like TP. In fact if TP...

I'm both impressed and amazed at the sophistication of people's backup solutions. Mine is much more basic Ignoring phone photos (which backup to Google photos), I have two external ssds. I keep one in my locker at work. Once a month I backup the folder structure on my laptop (photos and a...

Yup. I did

Brilliant. Thanks very much Gav

Can someone explain this to me please? What is BB code? Or rather, how do I post a flickr photo here? Thanks!

Just to update on this. I started using LRc. It was nice. But then a new version of Darktable was released and I invested time in it. And I now reckon Darktable is as good for my needs (it may not be for others) so switched to it and cancelled subscription. Thanks for help getting started though

What this highlights to me is that for photographers starting out the online photography community is very fractured. It used to be that Flickr was the place to go to display work, get constructive feedback and compete if that was your thing. And just logging in recently it seems to me the site...

Hi all Wasn't wanting to cause arguments. I have a laptop which has one slot for a SSD. I've got a 2TB SDD and I will store everything on there while also backing up every month or so to an external SSD. I haven't quite decided yet whether I'll just back up the data regularly or whether I'll...

Well if I have 2TB and no partitions, then I have complete flexibility on how to use that space. I keep on adding photos and that uses up some space but then all remaining space is completely free for other software, games etc If I partition it to say 0.75 gig for software and 1.25 gig for...

Hi Thanks for the advice. My laptop only has a slot for one drive. I'll not partition it as on balance I think the disadvantages of adding in restrictions on what I can use the space for outweigh the advantages I hadn't thought of cloning the entire drive when I backup. That actually makes a...

I have a new computer arriving which has 2TB SDD included. Is it advisable to partion the SDD so photos are in a 1TB partition? Or if I am backing up regularly on an external SDD does it make next to no odds anyhow?

Not sure if this useful for others but I've done a list of the various weekly and monthly challenges I have found. It's not intended to be exhaustive. And I won't do all of them each week But others may find it useful...