Hello Instagram

Seemingly several decades after everyone else, I have decided to join photo streaming site Instagram. The idea of fast photography and immediate uploads never appealed – until I realised that high quality and considered work is also widely being showcased on the service. I’ve started a stream from scratch using shots that are already banked and can conveniently do this anywhere using my smartphone.

I’d like to connect with any of you who also use Instagram. Click on the image above to visit my new feed and join me – I would very much like to see your collection of Instasquares.

And what do you do on Instagram? Does it make you look at your work in a different light? Or do you think it’s a waste of effort?…

Tags: followers, following, Instagram, photo sharing, photo streaming, photography, Smartphone

29 thoughts on “Hello Instagram”

John on January 17, 2015 at 11:21 said:

I’m hit or miss with Instagram … it’s just one more thing to remember to check :) But, I’ll definitely follow…

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 17, 2015 at 13:00 said:
  
  Thanks John, it was nice to see a familiar face over there. Yes, I abandoned Flickr because it was another thing to do, and Instagram seems much the same but all the more portable!
  
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  - John on January 18, 2015 at 00:18 said:
    
    Of course, with Instagram you can share your photos to your Flickr account, so that makes it a bit easier.
    
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    - mikeosbornphoto on January 18, 2015 at 09:20 said:
      
      Ah yes. Though that adds another twist to the tale, I guess? I abandoned Flickr in a huff when my free account with all the frills was taken away…
      
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Alexander Lautsyus on January 14, 2015 at 15:54 said:

Welcome to Instagram, MIke!

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 14, 2015 at 16:33 said:
  
  Thank you Alexander, nice to see you are already active there.
  
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Noeline Smith on January 14, 2015 at 09:08 said:

Good luck with it Mike. I struggle to find time to keep up with my blog let alone getting into Facebook, instagram etc.. Having a very unsmart phone probably doesn’t help :)

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 14, 2015 at 13:32 said:
  
  Many thanks, Noeline. Well, it’s not too bad so far. It’s taken the place of Flickr but is that little bit more convenient. But without a smartphone you might struggle!
  
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IslandMomma on January 13, 2015 at 21:53 said:

Just followed you (am madrislena over there). I used to enjoy Instagram a lot until my phone broke! Actually, you can clearly post pics which are not taken with a mobile phone, but it’s my personal “thing” to use it as a day-to-day thing and so I only use my phone. That said, I haven’t enjoyed so much since the phone broke and I am relegated to a small one which takes lousy pictures! I’m more blogger than photographer, but I follow some photographers over there, so I think they consider it a useful marketing tool. Take a look at laurenepbath, an Australian photographer who has an amazing following!

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 14, 2015 at 13:35 said:
  
  Thanks Linda, it’s good to see you over there too! It turns out to be a good way to put out your photographs in a different format, and hopefully tune into a whole new “audience”. Sorry to hear your phone isn’t up to the job any more – some of them rival the mastery of the actual proper camera!
  
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Eddie N on January 13, 2015 at 20:15 said:

Welcome to the club!

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 14, 2015 at 12:48 said:
  
  Thanks Eddie, good to see you down there :)
  
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  - Eddie N on January 19, 2015 at 20:24 said:
    
    Just added you buddy. Im @edcapture
    
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    - mikeosbornphoto on January 20, 2015 at 16:30 said:
      
      I see you Eddie! Many thanks :)
      
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LensScaper on January 13, 2015 at 18:51 said:

Welcome to Instagram Mike. I’ll set up a follow shortly. I post erratically. Partly because I have to remind myself to capture images with the iPhone (which is still a ‘3’ and partly because persuading the iPhone to sync images with a folder on my iMac is a process that results in a lot of four letter words and total exasperation.

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 13, 2015 at 19:10 said:
  
  Thanks Andy, good to be connected over there too. So you actually create iPhone photos (and to good effect). As long as I have all my files on my phone then sharing them on Instagram is easy.
  
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Laura Bloomsbury on January 13, 2015 at 15:46 said:

We need your kind of quality on there Mike – (she says after yet another of her immediate uploads ;)

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 13, 2015 at 15:56 said:
  
  Thanks Laura :) There are some superb photos uploaded there. But instant is what it was invented for!
  
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Scott Marshall on January 13, 2015 at 12:09 said:

It is an excellent location resource @skm1963 👍

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 13, 2015 at 13:19 said:
  
  Thanks Scott, and what a great idea… it’s good to check out places before traipsing all the way there. Consider yourself followed – you have a very handsome stream there.
  
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leecleland on January 13, 2015 at 04:59 said:

I hope you will still be blogging Mike. Instagram and such are way beyond me and I spend enough time on blogs at present without extra. Enjoy it though.

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 13, 2015 at 13:22 said:
  
  Fear not, Lee, I’ll still be devoting most of my resources to the blog. The Instagram stream is quite separate and is developing its own life. And it’s more of a curated strand of existing work as opposed to new photographs. You’re right, it’s another thing to do but can be done pretty much anywhere and on the go in those spare moments.
  
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Ron Hillmar on January 13, 2015 at 03:51 said:

Interesting, just started on Instagram a couple of months back. Also a good place to share good quality photos and get noticed, I thought, and to be inspired by lots of great photographers on there as well. Good luck, will be following what you can put in a square ;) (Although many times I just use the black bars)

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 13, 2015 at 13:23 said:
  
  Thank you Ron, and very nice to interact with you over there. It’s reminiscent of Flick which I sady fell out of love with some time ago. I’m quite fond of the squares – it makes you think again about existing shots.
  
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mjculverphotography on January 13, 2015 at 01:27 said:

Pretty cool Mike. I guess neither Marks nor I had considered Instagram but you have certainly provided food for thought. Your work does look really good. We just received our new cameras…….maybe tomorrow it will stop raining and we can go out and play :)

Joey

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 13, 2015 at 13:24 said:
  
  Hey Joey, good to see you. I’m quite sure your work would be a striking hit over there. If you have it all digitised and to hand then it’s easy to make use of. Very exciting about your new equipment – I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to seeing the results.
  
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Cos on January 12, 2015 at 20:15 said:

I use Instagram for documenting my daily life and to get inspired by photographers all over the world. Instagram, for me, is a great, artistic way of connecting with people.

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- mikeosbornphoto on January 12, 2015 at 20:17 said:
  
  Thank you very much, Koos :) The pieces of Last week must feed into Instagram! I’m starting from scratch with my many photos, so can take an interesting journey.
  
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  - Cos on January 12, 2015 at 21:03 said:
    
    I hope to see lots of interesting sights during your journey!
    
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