1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

I captured the picture using the 12 megapixell rear camera of my Galaxy Note 8:

• The camera’s aperture was F1.7.
• The camera’s focal length was 4.30mm.
• The white balance was automatic.
• The ISO was 40
• The exposure time for the photo to be taken: 1/1076s

As for the picture, the resolution is 4032×3024 and no flash was used. It two attempts for me to get it right. Also, I had to step back a sufficient amount to put the whole gate/door into a frame and didn’t angel my camera in any way as I hate tilted images. Moreover, I haven’t done any exterior editing with other applications.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

Upon publishing, I made use of Instagram’s square grid to crop the ‘tips’ of the image and make it symmetrical. I didn’t use any filters as I loved the original appearance of the colors! Yet again, I noted that Instagram decreased the quality of the photo for bandwidth reasons. Moreover, I used Instagram’s location and caption features to increase viewers’ engagement.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other
social media services?

Fortunately, Instagram affords instant distribution through other applications and I used this feature by linking my Instagram to Facebook and Twitter. Yet, I found that Twitter doesn’t the display the image as is, but it shares the image through a direct link to instagram. That’s probably because Twitter has different affordances in comparison to Instagram *wink*.