Instagram #16

19 April 2013

It’s time once again for me to try and figure out a way of starting one of my regular Instagram posts without using a variation of the phrase ‘it’s once again time’. Looks like I’ve failed again.

That’s presumably because it is once again time for me to show off another small selection of my Instagram photographs.

The backlog I have for my Instagram shots is nowhere as voluminous as for the rest of my photography, but there’s still a few I feel the need to share with you. In this set we have a few shots from the snow that hit the UK a month or so ago, and some random shots of various bits of London, including a pub, an Ikea, and Waterloo Station.

If you like these, then check out my other Instagram posts, or check me out on Instagram directly.

Snow by the NFT

Snowy Church

Ikea Smoke Stacks

Pub Glasses

Train

Wood Pallettes

Tracks

M&Ms

Station #2

Instagram #15

15 February 2013

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It’s time, once again, for another trip to my pile of choice Instagram images to display some for your delectation.

It’s been a bit of an interesting time for Instagram. they made the news late last year over proposed changes to their terms of use that seemed to say they would have the freedom to sell users’ images without giving said user a penny. Instagram have since relented and changed their minds about changing the terms, but damage was done and user numbers are reportedly down. It knocked me for a bit too; for almost a month after it all I didn’t use the service, and until they relented I was seriously considering deleting my account.

It took a flurry of snow for me return to using the service with any regularity. Since then I’ve gone a little bit crazy, sharing images of snow, trains and all sorts.

Despite the quantity, I’ve been pretty pleased with the quality of the Instagramming I’ve been doing, putting me in a similar position with my Instagram images as I am with all of my other images: backlogsville. So, much like my other images, I’m posting in the order that appeals most, rather than sticky to any sort of chronology.

As always, if you like these images, then you can follow me on Instagram or Twitter, or my Tumblr which contains a selection of my Instagram shots.

Tracks

London

Boats on the Thames

Sleepy Head

London Skyline

Stairs

Chilly

Somerset House

Snowy Tracks

Instagram #14

30 November 2012

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When I sat down to compile this, the fourteenth sup at my well of Instagram images, I was surprised to see that not only was my last Instagram post over two months ago, but the images it contained were themselves two months old at the time. As I crawled back to pick up where I left off, my usual technique for compiling an Instagram set, I backtracked past numerous images, going past all of the good stuff that is yet to come. That is in no way to demean the images in this set. Quite the opposite, in fact: when I compile these sets I go through them chronologically, picking out the ones worthy of showing and releasing them in batches of nine. I’m just letting you know, Instagram #15 will be ready to go as soon as I need some shameless post-filling.

This is another great set that I’m proud of. There’s a final shot from during the Olympics, as a woman in London takes a snapshot of the Olympic Rings floating on the Thames. There’s a few shots from around London, there’s an image of me looking like a knob (as usual) and a shot of my wife relaxing on a lazy Sunday afternoon with her iPad.

Shameless plug: if you like this lot, then you can follow me on Instagram by clicking on my shiny new Instagram badge in the “Me, Elsewhere” section of the right sidebar, or clicking this link (which ultimately takes you to the same place), or visit my Tumblr, which contains a nice medley of Creative Splurges, the Daily Photo and my Instagram images all pooled into one page of nothing but images for ease of viewing. I actually really love that Tumblr, and I don’t think it gets the attention it deserves.

Instagram #13

26 September 2012

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I’m in much the same position with my Instagram images as I am with the rest of my photographs: I still have a digital pile of images I want to show you, which seems to be getting bigger rather than smaller as I work to catch up.

Much like with my other photos, this does at least give me the opportunity to mix and match a little and post images in a more interesting order, rather than chronologically.

It is therefore no surprise that this next batch is another mixed bag of images, albeit with a bit of a London theme.

Instagram #12

30 August 2012

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I tend to fall behind a bit with posting Instagram collections these days. Sure, I had quite a lull late last year with Instagram – there was a six-month break between Instagram #8 and Instagram #9 – but that coincided with a break in using the app too. Nowadays I’m still using it pretty heavily, but don’t seem to get around to posting the collections as frequently as I should.

The idea behind these Instagram posts was always to present the best of the images I upload to Instagram; not all of them, but a selection that I felt good enough to stand alongside the other images on this blog. And always – with two exceptions – in batches of nine images. To that end, here are nine of the best since last we saw an Instagram post. I’m pretty sure I already have another nine good enough to make the next cut, so hopefully (a word that I often use to mean, ‘I intend to do it currently, but I might forget by the time I get round to it’) the next one will be along slightly more expediently than the last.

Instagram #11

18 June 2012

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Before I’d even published Instagram #10, I had already built up enough images for another Instagram post. For those of you not familiar with my method of dealing with Instagram images, it’s simple: I can sometimes take quite a lot of pictures with the app, so whenever I build up a batch of nine great images, ones worth sharing, I wrap them up here for all to see.

It doesn’t always work out that way, of course. Instagram #3 contained a bumper set of twenty-seven images because I’d allowed a batch of pictures to build up, and Instagram #9 had six new photos appended to it just before publishing because I’d taken a few extra good ones between the time I collated the nine for the post and the time the post was ready to publish. But I’m now trying to be a little more strict on the whole ‘nine images to a post’ rule.

This set contains some of my favourite Instagram images – I’m sure I’ve said that on previous posts, but sometimes the best images I take are ones where I’m not distracted by having a full DSLR. My favourites from this set are the last two: a sunrise near the station at Twickenham, and an angled shot of the London Studios at the South Bank.

If you like these, you can follow me on Instagram – @CousinDirk – or follow my Tumblr page, where I post most of my Instagram images.

Instagram #10

21 May 2012

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It’s an interesting time for Instagram. It’s made the news recently by being bought by Facebook for a whole billion dollars. A billion dollars, for an app distributed free without ads and with no real revenue stream.

I still love Instagram; it is essentially Twitter for images, which removes the language barrier and lets people the whole world over share in a more universal form of communication: images (I won’t say completely universal; the ways we interpret colour can vary tremendously between cultures and isn’t as universal as you might think).

I’m not entirely sure I like this whole Facebook takeover. Although Mark Zuckerberg has promised that Instagram will continue to be developed independently of Facebook, time will tell if that one turns out to be true or just a cynical ploy to keep the users around for as long as possible.

For now, I’m sticking it out; I can’t stop using one of my favourite apps just like that. That doesn’t mean I’m not considering other programs if Instagram were to start losing what makes it such a great program to use, or backing up my photos should Facebook’s sometimes questionable copyright or end user policy begin creeping into Instagram’s.

By which I mean of course, it’s time once again for another selection of my favourite Instagram shots I’ve then over the last month or so since my last Instagram post.

I know I’ve said this before, but I’m really pleased with this set. There’s a bit of variety (only two sun event shots) and even a bit of stealthily snapping someone on the train, which is a whole can of worms I’m not too ready to open fully just yet, but which Trevor Coultart has already begun to consider.

Enjoy, and if you like these, check out the Instagram category for the rest of the Instagram series.

Instagram #9

26 February 2012

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It has been a long, long time since I last posted an Instagram collection. In fact, sources tell me it was last July.

That was also the month that I bought my current camera, so I must extrapolate that in buying the camera, my desire to muck about with filters and things on an iPhone waned a bit. That isn’t to say I’ve not been shooting a fair amount with my iPhone; I’ve been shooting quite a bit in fact. But for some reason I’ve not been throwing through the Instagramagigger so get interesting results as much.

Still, after seven months, I’ve finally built up enough images for another set – although this is a set of fifteen, instead of the usual nine, as I’ve managed to build up a few more images than I expected. Take a look.

By the way, if you’re an Instagram user and want to follow me, my handle is CousinDirk – same as my Twitter handle, my YouTube handle, and my Flickr handle.

Related: Instagram #1-8

Instagram #8

26 July 2011

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It’s been a little while since I’ve posted one of these Instagram selections. This is less a slowing down of my using of Instagram and more an increase in my quality control – I used to post one of these after every nine images, now I wait until nine (moderately) decent images are good to go before making a post.

Also I forgot.

Related: Instagram #1-7