Snapping and sharing pictures is dead easy if you are doing it with Instagram. Instagram is one of the most popular mobile photo application with more than 150 million monthly active users. Instagram uers can upload photographs and short videos, connect their Instagram account to other social networking sites Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare etc.
Instagram offers a number of photographic filters that users can apply to their photos to give them a unique effect. However, apart from applying filters and effect, you can improve your or master Instagram photography by keeping in mind the following tips.
Here they go:
1. Depth
The phone camera don't give you the ability to have the same depth of field as any other digital camera. However, using lines, repetition, and space with foregrounds and backgrounds etc. can help you do it pretty well. Use tilt-shift technique along with any photographic filter and see the magic. The effect will make your depth really stand out.
2. Lighting
Light is the sould for any kind of photography. Similarly, in case of Instagram photography, light plays a crucial role. The light or the lighting conditions will make or break your Instagram photos. Take pictures in well-lit environment where your subject is exposed well so that you can easily take pictures of it. When you pull your shot into instagram, you have a variety of options for your editing to bring the photo to a new level of awesomeness.
3. Angles
You need all the help you can get with Camera phones, so be sure to shoot from unusual angles. Shoot from top, down, left, right etc. The more you change you angles, the more perspectives you get. It will give you a complete new viewpoint.
4. See the world in Squares
Instagram's most unique and distinctive feature is its absolute square shape. So, compose your shots accordingly.
5. Borders
Instagram offers you a range of borders that you can incorporate into your shots. From paint-brushed to vintage, white to black, these borders give an artistic look to any shot you take.