DNR Staff Photo/Video Upload Links
This page is intended for DNR staff to upload DNR related photos and videos to the DNR photo gallery. When you upload your images/videos you are saying that they are yours and that the DNR has the right to use them for any DNR related project or promotion as well as to redistribute them. More info on that may be found elsewhere on the page.
After the administrator ensures images are properly sorted they will appear on a public facing photo gallery.
How does it work?
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Use the link below to upload your images or videos.
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You'll need to tag them when you upload them, so do them in batches. For instance, all the salmon pictures in one upload, and then all the brook trout in another, etc.
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Please don't tag all of your images “lamprey” just because one of them contains a lamprey. (We're using lamprey as an example here.)
Upload the lamprey image separately and tag it then. Those lamprey pictures with no lampreys in them are "false positives"—they pop up in your search even though they're not what you're looking for. This makes it harder to find the actual lamprey pictures you need. So, it's important to tag images correctly with what's really in them!
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- Instructions can be found elsewhere on this page.
- Any questions? Write [email protected].
Detailed Upload Instructions
- Click the upload link.
- In the page that opens, click Upload Files, browse to the file(s) that you want to upload, select them (you can select more than one) and click the Open button.
- In the new dialog that opens there are four fields, two of them are required, Description and Tags, and two are optional, Keywords and Author.
- Description: give us a good description of your image(s). If you're doing a bunch of images at once, they'll all get the same description.
- Keywords: these are preset, you just choose from a list. They can be used to help filter a search once they're in place.
- Tags: these are important, tag your images with words that match the content, like sunrise, campground, firepit, etc. If the picnic table is way off in the background, don't tag it, just things that make up the subject of the photo.
- Author: whoever took the photos, their name goes here. It's for historical purposes.
- Click Apply and the images will upload. If it takes forever to upload try disconnecting from the SOM VPN (if you are connected) and just wait until the upload is done to see if there are any errors.
- When done uploading, the images will disappear and it will look like nothing happened. That's good! Success.
Photo/Video Usage & Rights
By uploading images or videos, you are representing that you have rights and permissions to use these images and to give the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) rights and permission to display these images for marketing and informational purposes with regards to any and all DNR related matters. Documentation to show proof of these rights and permissions is to be presented to the DNR upon request.
You further agree to indemnify and hold the DNR, their employees, agents, officers, directors, successors, licensees and assigns (together, the Indemnified Parties) harmless against any liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) Indemnified Parties may incur as a result of claims and/or proceedings relating to the use of the images uploaded.
This bit of legaleze was cribbed from Pure MI. If you have concerns, please contact the admin.