Tag: phoneography
Instagram 3.0 Update Adds Mapping Feature
Instagram launched it’s latest version (3.0) and it is now available for both Apple and Android smart phones. This latest version adds optimization features that will make the photo sharing app easier and faster to use. The new features will also allow users to report abusive comments and spam. The real buzz is about Instagram’s [...]
Instagram Has Made it All the Way to Sports Illustrated
For the first time ever, Sports Illustrated will be using Instagram photos in their magazine. On Wednesday, July 23rd the Sports Illustrated issue will feature a series of Instagram Photos taken by Sports Illustrated contributing photographer, Brad Mangin. Sports Illustrated commissioned Mangin to cover Spring Training and baseball teams in the western part of the [...]
Five Basic Tips for Creating Better Photos with Your Smartphone
With the prevalence of smartphones in our society, the gorgeous gadgets are more of a necessity than a luxury. Apart from all the comfort that they have to offer, it is the smartphone camera that has ignited an unbelievable consumer interest into picture-taking, giving birth to terms like phoneography or iPhoneography. While the finesse a [...]
Take Instagram Out To The Old Ballgame
Instagram and the National Pastime are a fantastic fit. It is something new (that makes your photos feel old) paired with something old (that has a new beginning every year). Confused yet? The one thing that baseball and Instagram have in common is a sense of nostalgia, creating memories that will be called upon each [...]
Introducting Pinstagram – A Mash Up of Pinterest and Instagram
Two friends who happen to be developers who love both Pinterest and Instagram decided to mash-up the two different programs into one. The result is Pinstagram. Pek Pongpaet and Brandon Leonardo are the two friends who decided to code this project taking it on as a new adventure and as a start-up that might be [...]
Mashable is Having a Photo Contest
Mashable.com is having a photo contest that anyone can enter. From novices to professionals. The theme for the Photo Contest is: Work In Progress. Send them a photo of something that represents a work in progress. This could be literal (a construction site) or more abstract. The instructions on how to enter the photo contest [...]
Will Facebook Ruin or Improve Instagram?
I know a lot of people were shocked when they heard that Facebook bought the very popular photo sharing app Instagram. I think the bigger shock was the price tag that was associated with the purchase. Seriously…1 Billion dollars. That is an insane amount of money for an app that doesn’t support advertisers and keeps [...]
