Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/HowTo

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Consider organizing a photography project to illustrate LGBT culture and history in your region. Projects could take the form of a group photo hunt, or simply showcasing LGBT-related images uploaded during the month of June. Be sure to add your images to relevant articles!

See last year's images for ideas: Commons:Wiki Loves Pride 2014

Uploading Images to Commons

Option 1: Upload your photographs to Wikimedia Commons. To contribute you can use the Commons Upload wizard tool.
Option 2: Upload your photographs to Flickr with a public domain, Creative Commons (CC0 license).
Email: <[email protected]> and let us know where your photographs are so we can add them to Wikipedia pages, and our image galleries.

If you have questions about any aspects of this process please get in touch!

Resources

The Upload Wizard is the easiest way to upload photographs to Wikimedia Commons: Upload Wizard
Remember that Wikimedia Commons asks for a source and author, and for the author to donate the images to the public domain.
A video tutorial on how to upload images created by the Art+Feminism campaign: Video.

Photography Tips

Use a camera that has high resolution - camera photos are preferred, but cell phone photos are acceptable.