Really excited about the first guest post on the Snapjoy blog by friend and Australian photog Lisa Diederich.
First thing I do every morning at the office: Stare out the window. #Boulder (Taken with Instagram at Snapjoy HQ)
Phyll is a fatty.
(5D mk iii + 50mm f/1.4)
I think I understand why Instagram was acquired by Facebook for ~$1B.
Stick with me, this will make sense.
Let’s say that I took a photo on my iPhone and decided to share it with Instagram.
Perhaps I chose to share it via Facebook from within Instagram.
On Facebook, you’d see the image below:
As you can see, nobody chose to like it. Using the liked vs. not liked logic, this photo was completely un-liked. That’s always a bummer.
If, for some strange reason, you decided to click on the image, you’d see Facebook’s lightbox view below:
Again, not a single person liked it on Facebook. Cue the tumbleweed.
If you clicked the Instagram URL link from the lightbox view, you’d see the image below, which is the only web view available for Instagram photos.
Wait, there are actually 43 likes and three comments?
Based on all of this, it seems that the more active photo community is actually on Instagram. People who liked my photo on Instagram didn’t like it on Facebook. That would be redundant.
Something interesting to consider: On Facebook I have 1,240 friends. On Instagram I have 432 followers. If 43 of my Instagram followers liked the photo and almost all of those followers are already Facebook friends, one could conclude that Instagram likes happened first and negated the need for a redundant action on Facebook.
Both companies use likes as social currency, but at the moment, in terms of photos, Instagram’s currency seems to be of higher value.
I hope that Facebook’s ownership of Instagram will allow for a like to be a like, as combining actions on one platform will inevitably be a better experience for Facebook’s users, while not really effecting Instagram’s.
I’m excited to see how this acquisition plays out. I think I like it, but I’m not sure yet if I like it like it.
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#latergram from a quick bike ride last night around Waneka lake. (Taken with Instagram at Waneka lake)
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I don’t know about you, but I don’t refer to my doctor as a professional doctor. When I’m up to my knees in poop, I don’t look for a professional plumber. I look for a plumber. Preferably someone nearby with a powerful shop-vac.
If you frequently describe yourself as a professional something, stop.
You should stop because it comes off like you’re purposely trying to highlight the fact that someone gives you money to do what you do. You also come off like you’re claiming to be better than the folks around you who don’t get paid to do the same thing. (read: It’s snarky)
Maybe I’m just overly sensitive to redundancy, but if you are hired to do a job, it’s implied that you’re a professional.
A surfer and a professional surfer both surf. In conversation, however, the one who doesn’t get paid is actually cooler than the one who refers to himself as a professional, because he’s cool just doing what he does.
Just be cool doing what you do.
*flips table
If you’re curious about what the macro lens for iPhone looks like, it looks like this.
You can scoop one here.
Thanks again, Christy! Great Birfday gift.
(photo w/ 5D mk iii)
Watered the garden just to get this shot. #macro lens for iPhone from @photojojo (Taken with instagram)
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Instagram the World in 200 Days. -
File under: Things that make me super duper jealous.
Thanks again for the painting, Sarah. (Taken with instagram)
We are.
Some of us climb to the top of the world, risking everything.
Some of us never leave home.
Some of us slice into others to try to fix problems.
Some of us cut into others to exact revenge.
Some of us start businesses, in hopes to change the world.
Some of us hope for nothing more than to fit like a cog in a machine.
Some of us are lonely.
Some of us have found God.
Some of us aren’t looking.
We are, all of us, human.