- How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Exactly the same as last weeks posts. I used the 12 megapixel rear camera on my smartphone which is a Samsung Galaxy S9. This week I am focusing on taking the photo with my camera application that comes with the phone and then uploading into Instagram. I took a number of photos from different angles. Some from a low angle looking up at the subject, some front on and these all captured the full shed in the original photos. When uploading the chosen photo into Instagram I could chose if i wanted a more portrait or default square format photo. I opted for the square format as I thought it complemented the subject when I cropped the original. I intended the photo to be relatively symmetrical as it is natural more visually appealing to the human eye. However the chains in the photo pull towards the right side of the photo it doesn’t disrupt my intentions too much. I then added a number of filters and made adjustments to the brightness, contrast, structure, saturation and added a slight vignette. All these enhance the photo from being dull to a more saturated and structured photo.
Comparing this process to other types of photography I have done. It is a good and easy way to capture and publish photos day to day. Depending on your intent on the photo, such as taking photos for a event with a DSLR camera, higher quality photos require a professional program such as Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop when working with clients. But again I think it all depends on the purpose of the photo. In saying that, I don’t think you can’t get professional looking photos through the a smart phone however it may be harder and more time-consuming.
2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
In order to get this final photo, I took a number of photos and chose this one that I thought fit best. I had around ten images and from the ten I narrowed down the two best angles I captured and within those I then decided what I was truly trying to communicate to my audience. I had a low angle shot looking up from a bottom corner from the shed, which made it look huge and dominating in the frame. And then I had just a simple front-on shot that was focused on the lock and chain on the door of the shed. I felt that the other photo was communicating a more daunting image than I first intended. So with that in mind, I chose the front-on image which I then cropped to its final form as seen above. Similar to my photos last week, I did not think it was necessary to add a location as it wasn’t a key factor in what I was trying to communicate.
3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
I chose to distribute my image in the exact same way as I did last week. A simple and easy method of just selecting the other social media platforms to post to when doing the final steps in Instagram. That allowed for a consist post throughout my social media platforms. I chose to include hashtags in this image to see how much traction I could get compared to last weeks posts which did not include any hashtags at all. The hashtags were: #door (appropriate) #shed, #lock #chain #lockandchain #green (obvious) #whatsinside #mystery (everyone loves a mystery). Hopefully we will see a difference in traction compared to last weeks posts.