One social media platform that I simply love is Instagram. I love to follow people and enjoy their photos and I especially enjoy taking and sharing my own. My techniques are simple—I try not to get to advanced and take away from the “insta” feel of “Instragram”. Instagram is supposed to be an image that it shared instantly. Like many things, I am a purest. If I want to share carefully chosen and edited photos—I will share them on facebook or this blog. Maybe one day I will move to flicker—but not today.
Being a purest, I try to take photos regularly—but no more than two or three a day, if I’m a in a very active and interesting day. Mostly, however, I take only one…and then miss a lot of days. I try to post regularly. Weekends are a high point to take instagrams. Typically, I will use a filter. I use X-PRO II most of all. I used to enjoy the “real negative” frame, but it seems that they have done away with frames—and really that’s ok. I like to zoom in fairly tight when I take the photo. Sometimes I add words with the Wordswag app on my iPhone. Typically, I only post to Instagram. On occasion—like a McDonald’s trip—I will post to facebook and/or twitter to give to photo more exposure. But, most of my photos now are only on Instagram. Using these techniques, and keeping it simple, make taking Instagrams very enjoyable. If you’re interested in see my Instagram page—check out Instagram.com/chaplainandrews.