What is EyeEm? How does it work?

Gabriella Baldacchino
3 min readMay 2, 2021

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Nature appreciation

EyeEm is an application designed specifically for photographers to communicate and share their work with the rest of the world. In addition, this application is also suitable for amateur photographers or for people who are passionate about the concept of sharing different visual creations through a safe space online environment.

The application is free to use and has easy to use enhancement features to make editing and posting a much more fun and efficient process. With different editing settings and filters, one can edit an image to their liking with endless tags to choose from, increasing traffic and exposure to their profile. The upload photos have to be strictly original and taken by the owner of the profile, thus following the regulations and protocol of copyright.

With EyeEm, photographers have the opportunity to create an online portfolio to display all their work. Moreover, this application also features an online market where businesses can have excess to different photos and purchase them; therefore, photographers can make a small earning out of the photos that they post. This feature gives the owner a small percentage of income and recognition among other potentially interested businesses or websites.

  1. Connect with other photographers

The purpose being for photography appreciation, EyeEm is a friendly platform for users to share their stories and work. People can connect with each other to share and help each other reach their respective goals and create a community with a passion for photography and all that comes with it.

2. Images can be featured on other websites.

Images posted and approved by the EyeEm market can be selected as partners and featured on other websites such as Unsplash and Getty for people to purchase and use. Ultimately this will increase the photographer’s exposure and increase traffic towards their work. Moreover, these images can be sold on the EyeEm market space for business use and other purposes.

3. An excellent way to start your photography journey

EyeEm is a great way to get started on a new photography journey. One can create a personalised portfolio and create their own world of unique visual art. This can be suitable for photographers that just started their journey and want to showcase their work with other users or simply for those photography fanatics who want to share their life experiences through beautiful and unique images.

4. Learn and enhance photography skills

With easy to use features and editing options, one can enhance their own photography skills and learn new techniques to capture high-quality images. Users can also learn different editing skills that will improve the quality of their work. Moreover, EyeEm showcases the latest trends; therefore, photographers can be updated on popular trends and what’s relevant in today’s digital world.

John Lenon Wall — Prague

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