Chapter 15

Posting and Perfecting Your Pictures

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Make a Difference with Simple Photo Tips

Bullet Post Photos Taken on Your Phone

Bullet Take Photos and Videos in the Instagram App

Bullet Post Your Stories on Instagram

Bullet Learn to Take a Selfie

As of June 2018, there are over a billion active users on Instagram. It’s even more popular than Twitter, mainly because of the visual content. So you are not alone in wanting to post photos on Instagram. You may not consider yourself to be a master photographer, but you might surprise yourself. Sharing pictures on Instagram is more about what they depict and if they make you smile. I have a friend who catalogs the progress in her garden every year, another friend who shares photos of new shoes … and of course everyone shares pictures of pets and babies.

Today’s smartphones pack a bunch of power into their cameras, so you needn’t be worried about quality. Finding photos to share isn’t all that hard either. A friend of mine just shared a photo of a spider ...

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