jsrockit
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This is what I`m going to have to do in order to do 2:3 vertical... but I hate that I have to do it...
Killing it on Instagram!
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This is what I`m going to have to do in order to do 2:3 vertical... but I hate that I have to do it...
Michael Markey
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I just use the 2.5 x 2 crop in PShop .
I like that ratio anyway .
I like that ratio anyway .
JohnWolf
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Make a preset and it's pretty quick. I prefer 4:3 to 3:2. It also happens to look better in IG, IMO. Especially on phones, where most view IG.
jsrockit
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Right, I understand... but for no other purpose would I need this preset. I have folders of jpegs I could just use, but no... I have to add a border.
I see... but I already composed the 2:3 verticals using the whole frame... cutting them to 4:3 ruins them for me.
Yeah... I guess. Oh well.
Mark C
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I usually shoot tight full frame 35mm and am struggling with this too. Frankly, it just doesn't look that great reduced from the already small size to allow borders. If it can work at all as a crop, I post a square crop, or at a most 4:5 ratio, then post the full frame as a second shot. With more than one shot you really need to make the overall images square including the necessary borders.
Leica is my favorite bike camera, so I try to shoot things for the Instagram crop. That's what I posted today. But mostly I'm drifting toward the Rolleiflex, plus have a tiny 120 folding camera on the way.
Instagram is just not going to be for everybody, or everything, but I'm enjoying the challenge, and enjoying seeing pictures from all over the world. I look forward to the challenge of making an interesting picture on my bicycle ride everyday.
Leica is my favorite bike camera, so I try to shoot things for the Instagram crop. That's what I posted today. But mostly I'm drifting toward the Rolleiflex, plus have a tiny 120 folding camera on the way.
Instagram is just not going to be for everybody, or everything, but I'm enjoying the challenge, and enjoying seeing pictures from all over the world. I look forward to the challenge of making an interesting picture on my bicycle ride everyday.
JohnWolf
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John, I hope you don't think I was suggesting you crop to better fit IG. Not at all. I happen to prefer 4:3 anyway. If I shot 3:2 I probably wouldn't use IG.
John
rulnacco
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You don't actually have to crop your photos to get them to show up pretty big on IG.
If your photo is in a 4x5 ratio (horizontal:vertical), it *will* show up at the maximum possible size on IG on a phone or iPad. What I do is add white bars to the sides of my images to get them to a 4x5 ratio.
I generally size small JPEGs at 2,000 pixels in the long dimension (as that pretty much fills my iPad's 2048 pixel high screen)--IG won't show them *that* big, but I can't be bothered to resize them again for IG. So if I've shot something 2x3 or 3x4 (my ancient digital back on my Hasselblad), to get them into a 4x5 ratio, I just set Photoshop to make the canvas size 1600 pixels by 2000 pixels, so it adds white space to the sides of vertical photos. (Horizontally oriented photos are a bit more problematic, and IG doesn't play as nice with them.)
If you don't have Photoshop, there are loads of other apps that will add the white space to the sides of your images to get them into 4x5 ratio, many of them free.
If you'd care to see my own Insta, and see how I've maximised the size the photos will show up there, I'm @presquevuphoto on the 'Gram. Cheers!
If your photo is in a 4x5 ratio (horizontal:vertical), it *will* show up at the maximum possible size on IG on a phone or iPad. What I do is add white bars to the sides of my images to get them to a 4x5 ratio.
I generally size small JPEGs at 2,000 pixels in the long dimension (as that pretty much fills my iPad's 2048 pixel high screen)--IG won't show them *that* big, but I can't be bothered to resize them again for IG. So if I've shot something 2x3 or 3x4 (my ancient digital back on my Hasselblad), to get them into a 4x5 ratio, I just set Photoshop to make the canvas size 1600 pixels by 2000 pixels, so it adds white space to the sides of vertical photos. (Horizontally oriented photos are a bit more problematic, and IG doesn't play as nice with them.)
If you don't have Photoshop, there are loads of other apps that will add the white space to the sides of your images to get them into 4x5 ratio, many of them free.
If you'd care to see my own Insta, and see how I've maximised the size the photos will show up there, I'm @presquevuphoto on the 'Gram. Cheers!
Bingley
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Nice work, Dan! I’m following you now on Insta. I’ve had a couple of accounts there for several years: one that pretty much tracks my Flickr photostream (Bingley0522) and another that is pretty strictly iPhone and serves as a running journal of what I see and places I go (when we could still go places) (SteveMacf). I can live with Insta’s limitations on image quality. And viewing Insta photos on an iPad deals with the small size problem noted above.
NY_Dan
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Sorry, I've been scatter-brained lately. Working on a new photo centric humorous blog site that I hope to share with fellow photographers in the near future.
Rangefinder 35
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You got there some remarkable images...
NY_Dan
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Thank you - I gave it almost my all. Since 12 years old, these were the images I wanted to make - more or less.
Out to Lunch
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As I mentioned above, great pics. I hope you got some extra clicks on Instagram by posting it here. Cheers, OtL
Huss
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Great pics. Problem w Instagram is ur giving Facebook the rights to your pics.
It's why I don't post any of the work I sell on IG. Just junk silly stuff.
https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/terms/api/
You grant us and our affiliates a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any data, content, and other information made available by you or on your behalf in connection with your use of our Platform. This license survives even if you stop using the platform feature. You are responsible for obtaining the necessary rights from all applicable rights holders to grant this license. Any API made available by you or on your behalf in connection with the platform features is deemed part of your app.
It's why I don't post any of the work I sell on IG. Just junk silly stuff.
https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/terms/api/
You grant us and our affiliates a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any data, content, and other information made available by you or on your behalf in connection with your use of our Platform. This license survives even if you stop using the platform feature. You are responsible for obtaining the necessary rights from all applicable rights holders to grant this license. Any API made available by you or on your behalf in connection with the platform features is deemed part of your app.
ranger9
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The language you're quoting applies to software developers who use or incorporate an Instagram API (application programming interface). It's not the content agreement. Re content, Instagram's terms and conditions say, “We do not claim ownership of your content, but you grant us a license to use it.“ If you didn't grant them that license, they wouldn't be able to display your content and there would be nothing for viewers to see. I agree you might not want to show for-sale content on IG to avoid “inspiring” potential imitators.
Huss
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Permissions You Give to Us. As part of our agreement, you also give us permissions that we need to provide the Service.
We do not claim ownership of your content, but you grant us a license to use it.
Nothing is changing about your rights in your content. We do not claim ownership of your content that you post on or through the Service. Instead, when you share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights (like photos or videos) on or in connection with our Service, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings). You can end this license anytime by deleting your content or account. However, content will continue to appear if you shared it with others and they have not deleted it. To learn more about how we use information, and how to control or delete your content, review the Data Policy and visit the Instagram Help Center.
Henry
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I think the risk of content-theft from putting an image on Instagram is probably the same (or slightly lower) than putting an image on Flickr or RFF.
Instagram itself has no interest in owning your images, their entire business model is based around advertising.
Instagram itself has no interest in owning your images, their entire business model is based around advertising.
Huss
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Not taking away from Dan - his work is superb - just a heads up that work posted can now be used and monetized by others. That’s how these services are ‘free’.
Huss
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It’s not content theft when you have given it to them willingly.’
Anyway, the info is there showing what happens when u use these services.
ps IG is owned by FB whose entire business model is collecting and selling data.
Why do u think they bought IG?
jsrockit
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Why would galleries and museums allow established photographers to use these platforms if facebook and instagram own the rights their images after posted to these platforms? If what you are saying is true, we would not see any established photographers (who make a lot of $$ from their photos) using these platforms at all. You are correct in saying their business is collecting data and selling data...but they cannot sell your photos or make a book of your photos or decide to open a gallery with your photo.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/andy-rouse-photography/facebook-picture-rights/270204724175/
benlees
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While Huss brings up a huge red flag, the reason established artists use these platforms is exposure. It's free advertising. Or course, it's not free but the trade off is obviously profitable for some and they are willing to take the risk. People will always want a signed print or book (or whatever limited edition scratches your itch) that can only be gotten at the source. "Authenticity" for the win!
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