I love Instagram!

I recognize, I realize, it's been months considering that I've written a publish on either of my sites. It's a curious factor even though; after 5 years of documenting my every flow on a blog I'm kind of burned out. However, that does not suggest I'm burned out on public self-expression. I've found some thing new.

My hand after a weekend's paintings inside the yard

Well, new for me at any rate. That thing is Instagram and I'm mad for it. Instagram is a photo composition and sharing platform if you're not aware of it. On Instagram, a user is forced to take a pre-framed photo on his or her phone and then run it through any of 20 pre-set filters. Technically, someone can upload any photo from one's phone, even ones taken with a good camera. I think that's cheating a bit, so all of mine are taken with my HTC OneX. My photos post automatically to Twitter and Facebook, so if you follow me there you're already subjected to my daily onslaughts. If you're an Instagrammer, please follow me at my profile there . I love to see other people's work with that platform. Even if you don't follow me, you can see my whole Instagram portfolio by following that link .

I'm satisfied that the shackles Instagram locations on me make me a better photographer. As I'm fond of announcing too, captioning my photos is almost as creative an hobby as composing my pictures. I'll be the primary to confess that now not all of my Instagram photography is extremely good or even precise. To quote my Dad however, "Sometimes a blind pig can discover an acorn." Some of my Instagrams are appropriate and a number of them make me sense like I'm an excellent photographer. Here are a number of the highlights of my 12 months spent on Instagram.