A big part of the way we see ourselves as a community comes through the pictures we take and share. Few would dispute that Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods would be among the first images to come to mind when you say “Colorado Springs”; or that old steel mill smokestacks would come to mind if you say “Pueblo” and so forth. What we would like to do with our KRCC Flickr Photo Group is to create alternate visions of our region. And we want you to do it! That’s why we’re going to feature reader-submitted photos in our daily email.

To submit photos to our Flickr group you have to have a FREE Flickr account, but it’s really easy and here are the simple steps:

1). Go to Flickr.com.
2). Click on the “Create Your Account” button.
3). If you don’t have a Yahoo ID, sign up for one.
4). Create your account and follow the directions to upload photos.
5). Once you’ve uploaded your photos, search for “KRCC” under groups or click HERE.
6). Click “Join This Group”
7). Once you’ve joined the group, click on the photos in your photostream that you want to share with the group and then click on the small “Send to Group” icon above the photo that looks like this:

And you’re done! You’ve just shared your photos with the group and they’ll instantly appear in our neato little swirling photo globe that appears in the right hand column on The Big Something page and, possibly, our daily email.

If you want some inspiration or want to participate in a cool yearlong photography project with other local photographers, click HERE to find out more about the “Word A Day” project.