I’ve been having a lot of fun recording my little daily moments to Instagram lately. It fills in that place where I really don’t need to take a full on 30 megabyte RAW dSLR photo, and somehow even partially satisfies my need to shoot film, so that I’m not shooting too much film!
I’ve also seen quite a few other users commenting about how they feel about Instagram. One said she felt it was no longer a very creative space, another said that the people she has met through Instagram have been just awesome and she looks forward to their continued friendships. How are you all feeling about it lately? What purpose is it fulfilling for you?
Happy Snapping!
Cara of tumbleweedineden
You are such a talent! Beautiful work no matter what you shoot with.
For me IG has filled the community gap that Flickr once was.
thanks Vanessa. Is IG much of a community? I feel like for every 100 likes I get maybe one or two comments…
Beautiful images, they really are evocative.
I find IG a community. I agree there aren’t always tons of comments but those I receive come from some wonderful people whom I am pleased to have had a chance to get to know and would miss their company without it.
so true. for that handful i’m grateful, and several of them are folks who were like that on flickr but have moved over from flickr so its good to still be in touch.
I love your Instagrams (though I’m most partial to the Rosie ones!). In terms of community, I feel like IG keeps me connected with my photography friends, especially since I’m hardly posting to Flickr these days. Also, IG offers chihuahua-related hashtag wormholes that can resolve any boredom issues I may have 🙂
haha yes i love the small group of Rosie fans I’ve got…thank you! as you must know with moz, our pups are the light of our life!
i love ig. i agree with vanessa. for me, it is the community that flickr once was for me when i had the time to use my dslr. i’ve continued some wonderful friendships on ig. i like seeing pieces of their lives and interacting with them. i really don’t care about the number of likes i get, just the comments from my friends. 🙂
I have made lots of friends on IG. From the #igers_philly meetups to having guest appearance of friends I’ve made in my coffee shots. The community is wonderful and although it hasn’t entirely replaced my original flickr community, it comes cozily right behind. Truly, the community is there to be had if you want one with all kinds of challenges and groups to participate in if people want. But with any community, it all comes down to what you want out of it, how much time you put into it, and what it fulfills for you 🙂 For me, it’s been a great place for sharing and to make new friends.
This is such an interesting question, Cara! For me as well, IG is a community, and is only becoming all the more so. I enjoy it as a way to see what other people share of their lives and share a bit of mine in return.
Perhaps it isn’t as much as a community as flickr was, but I think that’s (also) due to the fact that it is more informal and easier to participate in without a big time commitment (which is something I enjoy in itself).
Such a good question! I do think it has replaced the flickr community feel for me, but I sometimes get a little bogged down in all the comments, which has put me off for the last few weeks, I have to admit.
I like IG for a couple of reasons: the most important being a way to document my daily goings-on in a casual way (I make books out of the photos and my kids love flipping through them). I enjoy the community there, but I don’t make a lot of time for commenting or put a lot of effort into building relationships through IG (seems like a lot of others do). I find it tiresome to flip through my feed, and see people tagging each other asking what they’re doing. Frankly, I’m not that concerned with what everyone is doing at the moment as much as I’d like to see a thoughtfully composed photograph.
yes! this is me too. although I admit I IG sparingly and am not often satisfied with what my phone produces (still learning I suppose).
and I do find it is a way to continue the connection with my Flickr peeps who have become quiet.
I love the connections I’ve made through Flickr and then IG and hope that those connections will remain, but the pressure to comment can become a little overwhelming and time consuming at times. Sometimes I think it’s enough to just look and enjoy the work. The VSCO Grid is a great example of this. No commenting or likes, just post, look and be inspired.
for me there isn’t pressure to comment, but if a thought bubbles up about a great photo, i do leave a comment. i feel like that happens less strictly because it can be harder to type on our phones, where we are mostly looking at IG. Sometimes I will view thru the computer just to make leaving a few comments easier.