Category: Instagram

You Will Never Trust Instagram Again After Watching This Movie

Udi Tirosh

Do you follow any of the big lifestyle/travel Instagram account? You know the type. They share amazing views and emotion evoking photos, usually accompanied by inspiring and motivating proverbs. Cinematographer Matthew Rycroft suggests a different interpretation to those accounts with his HASHTAG NOFILTER short. And for me, I may never fully trust an Instagram account again. […]

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This cheat sheet shows every single profile photo size for every social media platform

Anna Gunn

Social media platforms seem to change their image sizes pretty much every time you login. And every time that happens, photographers everywhere have to scour the internet searching for the new sizes. You just know that facebook is going to CRASH your photo if you don’t feed it the exact right size. Well, here’s some […]

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Listen To An Expert Image Analyst Easily Explain The Science Behind Photo Filters

Tiffany Mueller

  Photo filters like those we find in Instagram, VSCO, and Photoshop are often used to apply a desired style to a photograph without having to put much thought into it, but have you have ever took a moment to think about how they work under the surface? How exactly do they work and what’s actually happening […]

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These Are The Most Intsagrammed Locations In All 50 US States (And Canada, Too!)

Tiffany Mueller

Travel website, Busbud, has been up to some interesting research–they’ve been scouring Instagram for the most ‘grammed locations in both the United States and Canada. In many instances, you’ll probably be able to guess the most photographed places, but there are some surprises hidden in there, too. For example, Washington D.C.’s hot photo spot is […]

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Japanese Photographer Captures The Beauty Of Living In Japan

Tiffany Mueller

  Five years ago, Takashi Yasui’s niece was born. It was with this new arrival, Yasui would discover a passion for photography. What started out as a way to capture his beloved family, began evolving into a serious hobby. Now, Yasui works as a freelance photographer based out of Kyoto, Osaka, Japan–and his portfolio has […]

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Chris Burkard Is Giving Away 1000’s Of Prints To Celebrate 1 Million Instagram Followers; Here’s How To Get Yours

Tiffany Mueller

It’s hard not to appreciate the awesomeness of every photo in Chris Burkard’s portfolio, and we have featured his work a couple times in the past–he was even kind enough to share these awesome night landscape photography tips with us last year. So, of course, we’re happy to see his success as a photographer reach new […]

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Social Media Networks Don’t Give a Flying Fudge-Nugget About Your Copyright!

JP Danko

I have been working on ways to automate some of my social media and blogging activity over the last little while and one of the super useful tools I’ve been using is IFTTT (If This Then That). However, browsing the recipes on IFTTT I have realized how redonkulously easy it is to fully automate the […]

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Instagram Steps Outside the Box, Allows Non-Square Photos & Videos

Eric Reagan

Instagram is singlehandedly responsible for the resurgence of the square format photo. It’s the reason we have a square photo template available in the iPhone camera app. And now, Instagram is opening its doors to non-square formats. So, finally, we don’t have to squeeze a landscape or portrait image into a square frame. With this […]

Instagram Unsquares, Will Allow Portrait and Landscape Photos – Kicks Off With #Starwars Exlusive

Udi Tirosh

There has been an awakening… #StarWars #TheForceAwakens A video posted by Star Wars (@starwars) on Aug 27, 2015 at 10:00am PDT For a long time now, Instagram signature look was a square photo with a filter applied. But users are not happy about this restriction. In fact Instagram reports that about 20% of their uploads […]

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