Chapter 3
Taking and Posting Great Photos
IN THIS CHAPTER
Taking a photo
Using the photo-editing tools in Instagram
Adding descriptions and more
Creating a post with one or more photos
In this chapter, you find out how to take photos with Instagram, use editing tools to make your photos look their best, and then share photos stored on your iPhone, iPad, or Android smartphone or tablet with your followers and on other social networks.
You can upload photos only in the Instagram app on your smartphone or tablet, not from the Instagram website.
All figures in this chapter were taken using the iPhone app because that’s Instagram’s native platform. Don’t worry, Android users — we note any differences between the iPhone and Android apps throughout.
Taking Your Best Shot
Before you can post a photo on Instagram, you need to tell the app where to get the photo. In this section, we cover taking a photo. For details on selecting from your existing photos, see the “Uploading Photos from Your ...
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