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 […]

One of the best ways to help improve the number of visitors to your pictures is by simply including in your description where you took the picture, and even better, including this in your title.
Let’s say you’re uploading a picture of a waterfall.  There are millions of pages about waterfalls on the Internet, and you’re […]

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 […]

I’ve recently made a few changes to the gallery image pages to make it a little more logical.
This logic started bouncing around my head since I added the 3 ‘related pictures’ to the bottom the gallery page.  The first version had 3 related pictures from the site, but not the person.  After criticism of this […]

When posting pictures on the Internet, I’ve often said to people, “This picture is way better when viewed full size because so much of the detail is lost when it’s reduced to fit on a webpage.”
And it’s true, so to counter that, members of The Lens Flare can now upload multiple views of the same […]

It’s quick and easy to enter a free contest at The Lens Flare by following these steps:

Login to The Lens Flare by entering your user name and password into the login fields near the top of the page in the blue bar.
Visit the contest page.
Click on “Submit Artwork” near the contest that you want to […]

Using popular forums can significantly increase the number of people visiting your images. By using the comments and criticism (or C&C) forums, you’ll be able to attract a larger audience as well as get good feedback on your photographs.  There are 3 main forums or message boards that I’ve found over the years.
DPReview.com is probably […]

To help you get started as quickly as possible, I’d like to explain how a few of the pages on the site works. First, once you’re logged in, you’ll notice an area labeled Dashboard near the upper right of the page. This will include links and other helpful information.Within this section, the first place […]