instagram lecture by kpcc's grant slater
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Instagram Lecture by KPCC's Grant SlaterTRANSCRIPT
Instagram Anonymous
Instagram is... ... the future of photography. ... all food and cat pics. ... worth $1,000,000,000. Not really, but… Instagram is simple. That's why it's special.
First time on Instagram?
• Use same name as Twitter. • Use the Find Friends tool. • Follow more than your friends.
So many filters...
image darker
hudson
x-pro ii
lo-fi
sutro
brannan
hefe
...but not really.
image lighter
amaro
rise
sierra
earlybird
inkwell (b+w)
walden
valencia
bad filters toaster nashville 1977 kelvin
Photography rules. Light. Golden hour. Rule of thirds. Close. Wide. Perspective. Details. Portrait. Leading lines. Moment.
SHOOT <then>
EDIT <then>
SHARE
#apps
Choose your own adventure.
#cameras
ProCamera
Difficulty Level: 1 Use it for: Shooting all the time. Great basic toning, exposure, cropping and straightening tools. Protip: Use either volume button for the shutter release.
Hipstamatic
Difficulty Level: 1 Use it for: Lo-mo shooting from the hip. Random acts of photographic serendipity. Experimenting with lenses and film to find new looks. Protip: This is not the best app for daily photography because of its lack of control. But it can be fun.
#editingapps
Camera+
Difficulty Level: 1 Use it for: A good backup camera and it's really useful Clarity filter. Protip: The Clarity filter can help fix a backlit picture really quickly. It evens out even some bad images, but it has a limit.
SquareReady Pro
Difficulty Level: 1.5 Use it for: when you don't want to use a square image. This creates a white background that matches Instagram. Looks great! Protip: For quickest results, pinch your image to make it a bit smaller and then click on the bottom right button with four arrows to center it.
Difficulty Level: 2 Use it for: Creating collages of your images. You can pick templates and then add images one by one. Drag the bars to resize the windows. Protip: Make sure to select a border that matches the color of the filter border in your final product!
Pic Frame
BlendCam
Difficulty Level: 3 Use it for: Stacking images on top of each other with transparency to create a double exposure effect. Protip: Different blending modes produce dramatically different results.
Lo-Mob
Difficulty Level: 2 Use it for: Old-timey and vintage filters with an array of borders much broader than Instagram. Watch out for overuse. Protip: You have to choose a filter that matches the shape of your picture. If it's square, pick a square filter.
FilterStorm
Difficulty Level: 4.5 Use it for: Everything you would use Photoshop for on a PC, only with your thumbs. Protip: This app is the best way to add masks and layers to your images so you only change certain parts. If you get the hang of it, it's awesome.
Decim8
Difficulty Level: ∞ Use it for: Adding digital noise like stacked ProTools plug-ins to your images. Like Radiolab for Instagram. Protip: There is no try. Only do. ?
#OtherApps • PS Express Photoshop dumbed down for your phone. • Wood Camera Not the best camera but a fun assortment of filters. • Noir If vignettes are your thing, this is your app. • ScratchCam Add imperfections to photos so they look, you know, old. • Pic Grungr Same thing as ScratchCam, but more punk rawk. • 645 Pro Ridiculously intricate camera app that can do anything. • Hueless Black and white only camera. For purists and Dick Van Dyke. • Diptic Another collage app with a few different features.
Sharing is caring. Facebook: Just turn on the switch.
Twitter: Share. Click on the three dots. Then type away w/ character counts and Twitter handles.
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1-2-3 Rule
• Post one picture. • Like two pictures. • Comment on three pictures.
See and Be Seen
• Twitter for pictures. • Use hashtags to find topics. • Use hashtags to be found. • Wanna be seen?
Use #losangeles.