Although Operation Gadget has its own Coppermine Photo Gallery, I wanted to find a different web-based solution for casual photo sharing. I decided to give Flickr a try, uploaded a few test photos, and invited my wife, my sister-in-law, my mother-in-law, and my sister to view the photos.

Anyone can have a Flickr account, but the free accounts being issued have relatively small monthly upload quotas. I wanted to do a much more in depth test of the service, so I contacted the people at Flickr and they offered me a Flickr Pro account for a one month trial.

I uploaded about 100 photos from my new Canon PowerShot A95 already this morning. I'll be inviting more friends and family to view them and to comment on how they like Flickr. I'll take this feedback, incorporate my own feelings about it, and let you know what we think of the service.

I'm also planning on uploading at least a few public photos, so Operation Gadget readers can participate in this test. When I've got some photos up there that you can see, I'll let you know.