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Hey Guys

I am really enjoying Instagram and the creative and mad pictures on there. There are so many different types of photographer on there its amazing. As a photo site I am a little surprised this hasn't really been mentioned, particularly when its now the largest photo sharing app in the world.

Who is a member as I would be keen to support and follow any members....?

I agree with you. I use instagram and am amazed at how easy it is to produce interesting photos using the built in filters. Would recommend it to anyone who loves photography.

I was extremely sceptical about it until I tried it. Personally I find it a little frustrating as the phone that I use it on has a very poor camera which limits what I can do. I am sure I could move photos from a real camera onto it but haven't done so yet. Some of the stuff that others are posting is really very good. I'm on with the same user name as on here. One of my favourite things on it is looking at photos that my brother takes, he is a much better photographer than me and now he lives on the other side of the world it seems to be the only way I see his photos.

See, your all coming round. I love the freeness and creativity of it. I think WPF should have its own account. I am happy to set it up and if those that post in the gallery dont mind, we could post the best pics of the day/week. We could then tweet and facebook them too and start to drive more traffic to this site and get it the recognition it deserves!!!

What say say you fair people??

Not having a smart phone of any description nor wanting one and not having a Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr account (whatever that is) I will not be joining in Instagram. Only got a camera for photography I am afraid. :( Still if it brings more people to this site some of who may stay then seems to be fine to me.

is it only for phones??? I don't use a phone, I am still living in the dark ages!!!! lol

I believe so trena.

Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't spend all they're time with a phone stuck to their ear.

I do have a mobile but it's unlikely to be turned on more than half a dozen times a year. Unfortunately my work have got my wife's number so I still get hassled sometimes when in town o a Saturday. :mad:

You need a phone for instagram but there are similar web based alternatives

http://instagramforpc.com/instagram-pc/

http://www.pcworld.com/article/23716...an_iphone.html

Its mobile based at the moment but now Facebook own it, it will become PC based too. I am not one for staring at a phone all day long but i do get the occasional app and this is the best one i have. Whats better than to see the world through others eyes from the photos they have taken and chose to share.

Dont write it off until you have tried it for a few days. The idea that you can subscribe to the feeds you like rather than be bombarded by crap is what does it for me. There are some amazing photographers and artists on there sharing their work daily.

And so can we run a page for WPF????

Personally I'm not too sure about having a WPF account and I'm definitely not keen on the idea of it being used to post gallery photos. There would be issues with people giving permission to use photos. I wouldn't mind some of my photos being used but I wouldn't want othe used (the file size doesn't do some images justice). It might be easiest to start with if members from here use a standard #tag (perhaps #WPF) for images posted. I will look into this a bit more and discuss it with site admin and see what we can do.

As it will be a WPF page there should be no issue with the permissions, after all they were uploaded into a public space for all to view and WPF has a level of ownership and besides whats nicer than to share more of the posters work on a higher visability site, it can only be a good thing.

Lets face it, this site is falling behind many others and needs its bum kicked a bit to stand out. I am not aware of another doing this and think about it this way, everyone that subscribes to WPF will then visit the site and that can only be a good thing. People dont have to take part if they dont want to.

Can i ask what the point of this site is these days??

That plus helping and being helped by others is the point of this site, what lifts it above others is that it has managed to remain friendly with no flaming and trolls. If Instagram helps further the site then fine but any possible downsides have got to be looked at carefully plus how to implement it.

What about uploading some pictures we have taken on instagram to show what it's capable off. From his thread I get the impression most people haven't experienced or seen what it is, let alone agree to have a WPF account:rolleyes:

Agree with Mike, said how I feel about WPF and Instagram better than I could.
In my opinion WPF needs more members who will join in and actively support the other members in an open and friendly way. If Instagram or any other idea helps, then its fine by me.

Here is an article in the Guardian about it saying it is the antithesis of photography:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...al-photography

As they used to say in the exam papers of old - Discuss! :D

Still in the dark ages I see. When is WPF going to move forwards and interact and find new members. I haven't been on in a while and was shocked to see how few posts have been posted. I am sure I just saw tumbleweed!

Shush you'll wake the natives, you know it's nap time. :D

Instagram is best photo hosting website and i really enjoy my photography with Instagram.

I am using Instagram too and I love the picture which is shared there in different categories.