If you have a profile on Facebook, be sure to become a fan of The Lens Flare by visiting our new fan page.  Also, while you’re there, be sure to add me as a friend. When you do, please add a note that you found me from TLF.  Otherwise, I may ignore the request.  Feel […]

In the Dashboard, one of the links is to Manage Images.  This page has a list of your images plus several stats.  In this article, I’ll explain what those stats mean.
Hits:  The number of times your page has been viewed by unique people.  If somebody goes to a page a 2nd time, it is not […]

As a fun spring event, we’ve decided to have a treasure hunt on The Lens Flare.
There are graphics of silver bars carefully placed on 2 different pages on the website, and the first person to find each one will win a free silver membership for a year.  If you already have a membership, it will […]

As photographers and artists, we often strive to improve our skills and seek the opinions of others regarding our work. Many art and photography sites set aside a place for this purpose, and The Lens Flare now has a comments and criticism forum for you to use (which is often referred to as C&C).
When using […]

I just took a look at the stats and noticed that there have been 1,032,978 visits since I started tracking visitor statistics in the middle of 2006. A million visits is a big milestone for TLF, and I wanted to thank all of you for visiting the website.
Here’s to the next million visits!
Brian

For the past year, we’ve been working on a software application for online communities. The system currently makes it possible for you to create a niche website, blog, and business card. You can create and join groups and talk to others via a messaging system. Your profile is listed in a directory based on your […]

We’d like your feedback.
We’ve been busy programming a new community system from the ground up with many new and exciting features. We’re now working on adding TLF’s features to the new code, and we need your help determining what is important. We’re planning on spending time programming and improving the features that are the most […]

I’d like to thank you all for taking the time to fill out the survey.  You’ve provided a lot of great feedback, which will help me decide on new features to add to the site, where I can improve, and what you like about the website.
Here are the averages to the first 3 questions:
Overall Rating: […]

Each image on The Lens Flare receives a score from 1 to 100.  This number is updated every night and is used, in part, to determine which order the images show up in the various galleries.  You can view your image’s scores by visiting the “Manage Images” page in your dashboard.
There are many aspects that […]

We’ve recently added a list of alphabetical links so that you can browse different photographers and artists quickly and easily.
By visiting the Photographers and Artists member page, you’ll see a list of links for each letter in the alphabet and a link for new members.  Clicking on a link will allow you to see all […]