https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBYOu5nePY/?taken-by=the_door_enthusiast
How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Once again this image was captured on my iphone 6s. To ensure the best possible photo quality was produced, I used the rear facing camera. This provides optimal quality and is more effective for capturing scenery landscape photography.
Like in my previous #Week 10- Instagram Video post this content idea was generated randomly with no plan or intention of coming across potential content to upload to my Instagram account. However, while going for a quick walk around my block, I ventured into a difference street, discovered this brick wall with a painting and then in the middle featured this door, which I had never come across before. This captured my attention immediately with the use of the vibrant colours popping out at me and the images painted on it which were very unique and creative.
I began the authoring process by positioning myself centrally to the door, so I could frame the image nicely. Allowing it to fit the Instagram square format as well as remaining balanced/ symmetrical. To do this I stood roughly about 2 metres back. Ensuring I wasn’t too far away, as I didn’t want to have to use the zooming in tool, as this tends to decrease the quality causing it to become slightly pixelated. On my walk home I uploaded this almost immediately, after experimenting with a few filters I came to the conclusion that a lot of them took away the authenticity of the unique painting featuring on the door and making the bright colours look overly edited. Therefore, I just utilised the individual editing functions by slightly increasing the brightness, contrast and warmth. This made the beautiful colours pop that little bit more, while still keep it looking original and as professional as possible.
2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
When publishing this weeks photo content, I added a caption associating to the image. I chose to go with “Doors that tell stories” because on the door depicts a little picture story with an old fashioned car and greenery. I then added some hashtags as well to gain some further exposure from other interested users. I wanted to create some unique and quirky hashtags.
3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
To distribute my image beyond Instagram, the affordances of the program allow an automatic upload to my other social media platforms such as my twitter and Tumblr accounts. I didn’t need to make any modifications to the images for the various platforms.
When viewing the exact same content on my Tumblr account the photo seemed to fit and adapt quite well to this platform, providing the same effect. Alike Instagram, Tumblr is also predominantly a very visual service, therefore the image size and everything remained the same. Twitter on the other hand was different as the visual content disappears, and only keeps the captions and hash tags along with the post link. Twitter being heavily reliant on hashtags, means that my future uploads will need to incorporate even more interesting captions and increase the use of them, in order to generate more interest in this process.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBVarVHx8t/?taken-by=the_door_enthusiast
How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
The authoring of this video took place at Eaglemont Train Station. I unfortunately was running late and happened to miss my train, I had to wait 20 minutes for the next train to arrive. Whilst waiting, a train travelling in the opposite direction came past generating an idea for this weeks content. Along with the caption, that resonated with me that day, “train doors definitely don’t wait for anyone or anything”! Again, I captured this video using the rear camera of my Iphone, holding the phone at eye level positioning my phone not too high or low, to capture a good angle of the train making its way past, while slightly angling the camera slightly more towards the right as that is where the train was heading.
When authoring this video, I chose to keep the audio featuring in the video without muting it, as you can hear the train gradually building up its speed and resonates with the sound of the unfortunate moment, hearing the train gradually building up speed, knowing you’re not going to make it.
2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
The publishing process took place immediately after shooting this video, as I continued to wait for my train to arrive and then whilst sitting on the train when it finally came! My week 9 post earlier #Week 9- Instagram Photo required a longer publishing process consisting of more thinking and planning involved, as I was generating ideas of potential doors that would be suitable to share on my account. However, with this post there was a difference, as it was a spare of the moment subconscious moment, where no planning was involved at all. As i heard the sound of the train I thought what an innovative and different way of showcasing a train door.
I published the post once I had sat down on the train, taking advantage of the simple and quick nature of Instagram by uploading the video without too much hesitation or any over thinking, which usually occurs prior to uploading on Instagram. In terms of the editing process the length of the video was perfect not too long or short, therefore didn’t require any trimming. The brightness seemed quite stark and dull as the video was captured on a gloomy day, with very little sunlight, this was easily fixed with the decision to modify the image by utilising the filter “Lark”. This emphasised the blue of the train more and its surroundings, making it more visually appealing and adding to the aesthetic appeal of my page.
3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
For the distribution process for this post, I used the in-built sharing features on Instagram, by simply transferring this post over to my Twitter and Tumblr accounts, leaving the captions universal across all three platforms as they were able to fit in successfully. I added quite a lot of hashtags, using the ones that had got me multiple likes from the other uploads which I had taken from other Instagram users who received quite a lot of likes for their posts as well. I also shared this to the twitter page using the prompted “Share to Twitter” option that appears when you upload your video to Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBDaGOnX2y/?taken-by=the_door_enthusiast
1. How did you author the photo you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I used my iPhone 7 to capture this image and used the rear facing camera function on the Instagram app. I stood directly in the centre of the double doors to capture an optimal angle, best showcasing the double doors. Due to the affordance constraint of the square format of Instagram, I couldn’t get overly close to the subject otherwise parts of the image would’ve been cropped out. In terms of the editing process involved, due to there being minimal sunlight at the time of producing this image, I thought I would attempt to Incorporate a few filters to make the image slightly more vibrant and decrease the dullness of shot. I tried out the set filters available on the app, however these resulted in a highly edited and unnatural looking image. Finally, I ended up just focusing on using the editing features that are provided, such as adjusting the brightness, contract and saturation. This worked quite successfully in lightening up the image and enhancing the colours, whilst still looking quite professional and natural.
Generally, I use my camera provided on my Iphone to originally capture the photos before I import them into the Instagram app. I feel as though It gives me more freedom to adjust and modify the image prior to getting it ready to post on Instagram. For example, the size of the image, various editing tools and framing of the image is easier to control on the iphone camera roll app. Thus, when taking images for a potential upload, they must to be perfect and worthy to be shared on my account, therefore I take several images and then compare them all. However, with this particular shot, the photo was taken straight from the Instagram app to sharing it to straight to the public. Having experienced this method now I did find it saved me some time, whilst also providing some flexibility and a few other options as well, which is quite beneficial to know.
2. How did you publish the photo you recorded to upload to Instagram?
I stood in front of the door and took several images, and still wasn’t completely satisfied with the several outcomes. Some were quite dull and didn’t emphasise the colour composition and balance I wanted to highlight in the image for the visual aesthetic of my account.
I chose to add the location of my suburb before sharing the photo. I thought this may assist in expanding my following with some local viewers or potential future locals. As this suburb has recently increased in population and is currently a booming suburb, which may also help gain more exposure and interest in my post. I chose to include 3 relevant hashtags to attract more users; #justdoorthings #frenchdoors #doortraits. Through some research these hashtags seemed to be a popular and frequent search, so I decided to stick with these, as they are also related to the photo. After this, I immediately uploaded the image. Almost too easy!
3. How did you distribute the photo you published on Instagram to other social media services?
After merging the two platforms with my Instagram account, this made the process of distributing my image so much easier as well as saving me a lot of time. As each post uploaded automatically, without me having to post separately on these platforms. In terms of my hashtags I used, they were able to transfer and adjust relatively well to mainly Twitter, as this social media service is predominately written posts as opposed to visual ones. Similar to the affordances of Instagram, Twitter utilises hashtags effectively to archive content making it easier to find relevant content.
