THE BOX, you either love it or you hate it! Then again there are those of us that just donât really care đ
If you havenât figured it out we are talking about Instagram. Arguably the most popular photo sharing social media site out there. Started in mmnnmnm (What Anne means is âOctober 2010â – K) and now owned by the Big Blue Giant FB the box hasn’t changed.
I use instagramâŚ. >.>…. sometimes. My screen name is Chimera_Refelections. I usually don’t post a lot of mobile photography per say as much as I take my camera shots and crop them to fit the box. I also hate trying to hashtag all my photos.
I happen to use G+ for a lot of my mobile shots now. Even before it changed owners I wasnât a big user and after wellâŚ. I felt much less likely to use it. From my previous trip I posted a few shots of Fu but other than that I havenât done much. In all honesty if I used it more it would probably be pics of my daily life (which I assume is what its supposed to be) and my dog.
Being the stupid perfectionist that I tend to be when it comes to my photography I donât like posting half thought out shots and thats what most of my mobile shots are. My bf on the other hand is an instagram pro, his screen name is shirokodogg  and he spends HOURS and HOURS (small exaggeration⌅not really pretty sure he spent an hr on some of those photos) getting that perfect instagram shot. He works from within the box to begin with and doesnât crop. I on the other hand canât spend that much time doing so with my phone. I like being able to enjoy the moments as the come rather than record them as they go.  Especially if I didn’t bring my big camera for just that reason. I am one of those people who get upset, well FURIOUS, at those people who canât put their phone down and just enjoy dinner or the park or wherever we are. Also I hate it when my phone dies and the camera and auto-upload with G+ are two things that drain my battery!
I, on the other hand, use Instagram quite a bit. Â You can find me as kwaterloo. Â As per my previous post, I use it more to share moments in my life with my friends and family. Â I do equal parts bringing a photo in to Instagram and simply using the camera feature within Instagram. Â It depends on how quickly I want to get the shot. Â And I donât typically spend a whole lot of time perfecting a photo. Â I worry less about âdoes this photo look amazing?â and more about âwill this photo remind me of the experience I was having at the time?â Â
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I was very hesitant of using Instagram at first, but once I took those first steps, I broke out into a run into the Instagram craze. Â I donât have it linked to my Facebook or my Twitter. Â I have more friends on Facebook and donât necessarily want to flood their news feeds with pictures of my cats (read: they would not enjoy being flooded with pictures of my cats). Â
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But I am considering connecting it to my Twitter, just for shits and giggles. Â I feel like Twitter would appreciate my cat pics more than Facebook would. Â I tend to be one of those people thatâs always on my phone. Â But I think that has more to do with the fact that Iâve had a smartphone for less than a year and am still mesmerized by the whole experience. Â If I am at dinner or out somewhere with a friend, what I usually do is snap a quick picture and deal with Instagram later. Â That way I get to capture the moment and enjoy it! Â