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How did you author the photo you recorded for upload to Instagram?

I authored this photo on my iPhone Xs Max’s rear-facing camera on the in-built camera function on the Instagram application, without using flash. This photo was taken from my hallway of my two dogs sitting in the sunshine on a particularly cold Melbourne morning.

I was actually really happy with this photo, as I thought the lighting was very soft and the colours worked well together. Like my previous photo, I used the Instagram application to edit this image. I used the filter ‘Lark’ and followed the same adjustments which I made last time. Something I have noticed on the other editing software I use, VSCO, is that you are able to save your “preset” so that you can instantly edit all your photos the same way, instead of having to adjust the brightness etc. to the same level every time, like you have to do on Instagram.

How did you publish the photo you recorded for upload to Instagram?

I recorded only one photo this week as I was very happy with how it turned out and thought it fit well into my theme, which now seems to be dogs and doors.

For this image, I again put the location ‘Hampton, Victoria, Australia.’ However, unlike my other photo and videos, I chose to not put hashtags on this photo, as a sort of experiment. Even though I have put relatively similar hashtags on each of my videos and the first photo I posted, my week 9 video now has five views and six likes (meaning someone did not even watch it before liking it) but my week 10 video only has four views and one like. I have also experienced a fluctuation in followers, most likely because I did not follow anyone back, and now currently only have one follower. By not hashtagging this photo I presume I will get zero likes however will update you next week!

How did you distribute the photo you recorded for upload to Instagram?

To distribute this photo I shared it to my Twitter and Tumblr accounts. Like the other weeks, this process was very easy. 

Something I did discover on Twitter this week was that I can actually see each tweet’s engagement. I was actually shocked to find that my photo from week 9 has 214 impressions and 7 total engagements, including likes, link clicks and profile clicks.

My week 9 video also had 173 impressions, with 27 total engagements.

43 minutes after posting this week’s photo, I already have six impressions – I will provide another update on my next post!