In Flickr Essential Training, professional photographer Derrick Story presents a step-by-step guide for uploading, editing, and sharing images and video on Flickr. The course begins with the basics of setting up an account, modifying privacy settings, and uploading content, and goes on to illustrate techniques for making photos searchable using tags and geolocation data. Also included are tutorials on editing photos, managing groups, and accessing Flickr from a mobile device.

Topics include:

* Uploading photos and videos from various sources
* Viewing and sharing photos
* Adding titles, descriptions, and captions
* Changing the licensing for a photo
* Posting photos from Flickr to a blog
* Editing and enhancing photos using Picnik
* Organizing images into sets, collections, and galleries
* Interacting with the Flickr community
* Inviting non-Flickr members to look at photos
* Exploring the Places project and the Creative Commons