An insight in an awesome Photo Social community with over 15 million users as per 2011.

1. Instagram
Insights in a Photo community
Urs Steiner
January 24th, 2012
about.me/stoneysteiner

4. Content
● Facts & Figures
● Fascination Instagram
● Instagram in the WorldWideWeb
● The picture. My main principles
● Apps Apps Apps. A link-collection
● Foto Communities. What else is there?
● Instagram Basics & Tips

5. Facts & Figures
● 1 million: The number of accounts on Jan 1, 2011.
● 15 million (and counting): The number of accounts
on Jan 1, 2012.
● 3: The average number of photos uploaded per second,
one year ago.
● 60: The average number of photos uploaded per second,
today.
● 400 million: The total number of photos shared on
Instagram so far.
● 62'600+: The most likes on a single photo.

6. Faszination Instagram
Die Details: http://www.delicious.com/stacks/view/LYI1nN

7. How to behave
on Instagram
● Do not copy or steal other pics
● Don't be rude
● Re-posts are allowed, but don't forget to
mention the original ..
● be nice
● be polite

8. The picture.
My basic principles
"the golden ratio" ... is on important
principles of how to
place objects in
your picture ..
(red dots: these are the main attraction
points in your picture)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Animation_GoldenerSchnitt.gif

9. The picture.
My basic principles
The "horizon" ...
of the pic should be
above or below the middle
to create a good effect.

10. The picture.
My basic principles
Capture and
composition of the
image ...
... decides wheter a
picture will be
successful or not.

11. The picture.
My basic principles
A guide:
http://www.fotocommunity.de/Fotowissen

12. Apps

13. Apps

14. Apps

15. Original vs. Endresult

16. sigh..
nobody knows me..
Either:
.. I don't care, I am just posting my pics for my
own pleasure ..
If not:
there are two possibilities to make yourself
heard:
● like other users pics, comment and engage
in the community
● Add #-Tags to your pics (max.30)

17. Foto Communities
What else is there?
● Flickr
● Fotocommunity.de
● 500px.com
There's a post (in German) on the following
website about these 3 communities: foto-howto.
de

18. Instagram Basics
Instagram Blog
The people from "thebeginnerslens" have
created a detailed users guide for Instagram:
http://thebeginnerslens.s3.amazonaws.
com/Instabook.pdf
For further Tips and hints check out Instagrams
own blog: http://blog.instagram.com/tagged/tips