One of the keys behind this simplicity is that Gala uses your iOS account as your login. It takes less than a minute from downloading and signing up to posting your first image. Launched in May 2021, Gala offers a simple interface, reminiscent of OG Instagram. The founder was moved to start working on this app when Instagram added Reels in November 2020, which was the final straw. Gala has been created by a small team of entrepreneurs and developers in New York, with the aim of recapturing much of what has been abandoned by Instagram. Never heard of it? Hopefully you can thank us later. Used correctly, Twitter can be an entertaining way to find and connect with inspiring photography and learn from other photographers.īest of all? Unlike Instagram, Twitter lets you choose whether you want your timeline to be primarily chronological or curated. For example, we have a list we've created for portrait photography. In addition, you can add your favorite accounts to 'lists' that you curate and follow. Posts on Twitter can be commented on, reshared, liked and bookmarked. You can follow accounts as well as hashtags on Twitter, and can see what’s trending at all times. For example, if your favorite camera brand asks for pictures of summer, you will be treated to threads of sun-kissed images shared by hundreds and thousands of photographers who use similar kit to you. Twitter has recently plumped up its cushions for photographers, with the long-awaited arrival of full-size image previews (no more "this needs a click" disclaimers) and a recent boost to 4K resolution in the mobile apps.Īnother great thing about Twitter is that you can contribute to threads around specific themes. You can also use it to take part in fun photographic challenges and competitions. Provided you follow the right accounts and ignore the distracting trending topics, Twitter makes it super easy to immerse yourself in the world of photography. But it can be a great place to share pictures, too. Find him on Twitter at on Facebook, or on Google+.Hear us out we know the bird app is notorious for rant threads and problematic attempts at quick-fire wit.
Oh, and the icon’s new, too.Ĭlick here to learn more and give it a whirl.Ĭhris Gayomali is a reporter at TIME.
You’ll also be able to tap a single button in order to reorient a picture. Those frames around your photos to make them look like kitschy photographs? They’re now optional. Optional borders, one-click rotation and more Now you’ll be able to take and share large, detailed photos and share them via the app. If anything, it demonstrates the company is willing to move beyond (some would say) gimmicky applications of vintage-looking filters. Now photos are 3x larger: On the iPhone 4 the photos are 1936 x 1936 pixels, and on the iPhone 3GS it’s 1536 x 1536 pixels. In the older version of Instagram you were limited to a serviceable 612 x 612 pixels. You’ll be able to use it in live view mode as well. Tilt-shifting your photos is now 100x faster as you’ll be able to pinch, zoom and drag blurs around, giving your images dramatic depth. The service added four new vintage filters. You’ll still be able to apply filters the old way if you please, too. Now you’ll be able to see how a filter would look before taking a photo through the viewfinder. Previously users had to snap a picture and then apply a filter like X-pro II or Lomo-fi after the fact. Here’s a list of some of the new features: And yet, Instagram 2.0 manages to succeed at this beautifully. The challenge, of course, is innovating upon the existing app without cutting into its simplicity. ( MORE: Instagram CEO: ‘Android Is a Major Priority for Us’) As founder and CEO Kevin Systrom told Fast Company back in February: “You have to explain everything you do, and people have to understand it, within seconds.” Its success is in no small part due to its easy-to-understand value proposition: instantaneous photo sharing with a creative mix of filters. In a mere three months it accumulated its first million users, and now supports over eight million pocket photographers. Follow hard to believe that Instagram launched only about a year ago.
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