Instagram

mca47

This seriously needs to go away.

0omeadowo0

wtf is Instagram??
i keep on hearing people talking about it, too lazy to google it or just dont care i guess lol

Dead Man Walking

What's your problem with it?

I'm not an Instagram ambassador or anything, just curious as to why you need it to go away so bad...

afroannnie

Instagram..not as good as Boobstagram.

ZiggyStar

I've used it a handful of times taking photos of my dogs....and got a really cool shot of my bf that looks kinda vintage....but I usually forget I even have it and just take normal photos.

What is your issue with it?

drivingrl

I could not agree more! Instagram is horrible.

It's fun to add filters to your photo, but folks, we didn't come this far in technology to have every photo look like it was developed at Eckerds 30+ years ago.

If I see one more person take an instagram photo of their newborn child in the hospital, or an instagram pic of a friend with a celebrity, I'm gonna start punching people.

StillHere

what is wrong with it?
i have been thinking about downloading it to my phone for pix
how bad could it be?

FenwayFaithful

And Suckerberg paid $1B for it a few weeks ago

capthowdy1027

I use it all the time. Not everybody adds the filters to their shots. I really enjoy the app.

youngster

I'm just gonna start recording all my old VHS tapes to disc with fancy packaging and call it Instafilm. They will be older movies preserved with a "vintage" look. I'll be counting my billions in no time.

drivingrl

capthowdy1027 wrote:

I use it all the time. Not everybody adds the filters to their shots. I really enjoy the app.

So many people do use the filters, though, which is incredibly annoying. Why take a shot with an app that doesn't take a high quality photo and then add a filter to it that can't be removed?

We've come so far in technology so that we can take high quality photos that can then be edited LATER.

:fp:

capthowdy1027

I personally I have never used the app to take my pictures. I don't like using any photography apps that don't give you just the regular shot to be saved to my camera roll. I'll do any editing or filters afterwards so I still have an original. But that's just how I do it. I just enjoy taking pictures and looking at other peoples as well, so therefor I enjoy Instagram.

Better Dan

drivingrl wrote:

capthowdy1027 wrote:

I use it all the time. Not everybody adds the filters to their shots. I really enjoy the app.

So many people do use the filters, though, which is incredibly annoying. Why take a shot with an app that doesn't take a high quality photo and then add a filter to it that can't be removed?

We've come so far in technology so that we can take high quality photos that can then be edited LATER.

:fp:

I agree! The square filtered shots that people have been posting on facebook more and more recently is annoying. It's like they are trying too hard to be "artsy" or something..Let's just see a regular high quality photo lol

capthowdy1027

I guess it just depends on who you follow on the app, I just scrolled through 25 or so pics of my friends and only about 3 of them had filters applied to them.

mca47

So sick of scrolling down my FB posts to see EVERY damn picture rusty....er "filtered".

I mean, you really are quite the photog with your 7 megapixel camera phone. :roll:

I have a friend who took a picture, uploaded it FB...realizing it was too much like the natural occurrence to which he saw and experienced, 10 minutes later, the same picture was posted via Instagram and its "amazing" filtered effects.
:fp:
Dumb.

ZiggyStar

You all sound like photography elitists to me. Maybe people don't give a shit about editing later or if their photo was taken with a measly 7 megapixel camera phone. Maybe people just want to use it because it's fun and different instead of having every single photo (out of thousands and thousands of photos) look the same? Most people have no idea how to add an effect via another program. An app like that has opened up an entirely new world to them...filters, borders etc. I think that's a great thing.

I have a lot of friends on Facebook who use it and as I said above, I have used it myself....and I don't think any of us are trying to portray that we are fantastic "artsy" photographers....we're just taking a photo and putting an effect on it because it looks kinda cool.

eeriepadave

i have it, but rarely use it

rival.

ZiggyStar wrote:

Maybe people just want to use it because it's fun and different

boom!

what's the issue here?

drivingrl

ZiggyStar wrote:

You all sound like photography elitists to me. Maybe people don't give a shit about editing later or if their photo was taken with a measly 7 megapixel camera phone. Maybe people just want to use it because it's fun and different instead of having every single photo (out of thousands and thousands of photos) look the same? Most people have no idea how to add an effect via another program. An app like that has opened up an entirely new world to them...filters, borders etc. I think that's a great thing.

I have a lot of friends on Facebook who use it and as I said above, I have used it myself....and I don't think any of us are trying to portray that we are fantastic "artsy" photographers....we're just taking a photo and putting an effect on it because it looks kinda cool.

I only judge when people use Instagram and add those filters for important life moments. As an example, THIS moment is NOT an appropriate moment for Instagram:

http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theory/photos/62583/behind-the-scenes/105703

:fp:

StillHere

i'm sure no one things they are a photographic arteeest with instagram
just having a bit of fun
or just plain old bored like i get and then just playing with the phone
really...those things don't bother me in the least
not enough time in my life to worry about photos and such
everyone has their fun

RKCNDY

My 8MP camera phone takes shitty pics. (so I've never had any interest in Instagram) If I want to post something to FB, I'll take a pic with my phone so I don't have to fuck with the download from the camera to comp then download to FB. The really awesome pics in my FB were taken with my camera.

Other than that, I would much rather take pics with my camera where I can adjust the settings to take 'high action pics without flash' or whatever.

If I want 'old' looking photos, I will find a program that will edit my photos afterwards, I want to keep an original as the way I took it. Anyway, since FB bought Instagram, I don't know what kind of 'spying' the program will do if I download it, FB is already way too creepy with all of its spying and stuff.