I finally got my first smartphone and so I’ve become and
Instagrammer. Instagram, the app that turns your camera photos into
vintage or grungy or hyper-colored images. I have to admit I love it.
The styles achieved with “IG” are what I always tried to achieve thru
hours of working in Photoshop. Now, simply press a couple buttons and
I’ve made an image that evokes nostalgia as I’ve so often tried to
achieve thru Photoshop. And it’s so easy it’s making everyone an
artist. Granted, many photos posted on Instagram are lousy snapshots,
but many are actually excellent compositions worthy of art galleries and
I enjoy perusing the Instagram user galleries. The Instagram
revolution has enabled millions more people around the world to express
something that’s been inside them but they didn’t have the tools before
now. I say this is all a plus. Yes, it’s “competition” for visual
attention, but what the heck. More power to everyone to express
themselves, I say.
My phone is a lesser model with only a 3.2 megapixel
camera. And being an Android phone, I don’t have access to some of the
apps (software programs) to enhance images that are available for the
iPhone, which itself has a better camera. Nontheless, I’m just starting
out and having fun with it. And unless photography is used for
official ID photos or to document a crime scene or what have you,
whether its end result is fine art or a portrait of a loved one or
vacation memento photos, photography has pretty much always been just
about having fun.
