Instagram is one of the latest and most used social networking sites on the internet today. Instagram, like Facebook, is the product of a lot of work, a lot of thought, and a lot of investment.
Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010*. The service speedily gained reputation, with over 300 million users as of December 2014. Instagram is distributed through the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Windows Phone Store.
With the popularity of Instagram, it is now possible to share photos in the easiest way possible. You can instantaneously share your Instagram pictures if you link them over with Facebook and Twitter, and automatically, hundreds or even thousands of people can view your photos in just a matter of minutes.
With its retro-inspired filters that are cool to manage, you can effortlessly edit your photos. You don’t need to use other editors as the filters are within Instagram itself.
This may not sit well with old-fashioned or expert photographers, but Instagram users like the fact that with just a single press of a button, they can turn their colored photos into black and white ones, and vice versa. With these instant filters, you can immediately create the image you want people to see.
With Instagram, taking photos has become meeker. In one platform, you can shoot photos, edit and then share them in a matter of minutes. People now have an unconventional tool to costly cameras and photography gears.
Traditional cameras and DSLRs are quite hefty. Camera phones nowadays are the most convenient gizmos used for photography. In fact, a number of photojournalists even find their iPhones a better alternative than their SLRs, especially when unforeseen events crop up. Since they’re small and can be kept inside the pocket, iPhones and other camera phones can be modestly carried around.
In conclusion, it is safe to say that Instagram should be seen as an effective means of sharing pertinent photos to as many people as possible. Professional photographers can choose to accept it or not, but the fact remains that Instagram has and will continue to transform the world of camerawork.
Whether it is because of the instantaneous gratification of posting a picture and getting feedback, or because the application acts as a way to demystify celebrities’ lives, Instagram is going strong and it is here to stay. No matter what photographers are saying about Instagram, it cannot be denied that the photo-sharing app has contributed quite a lot to the evolution of photography
(*Credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram)
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