The purpose of this article is to have a discussion about the current online photography community, flame wars about hardware, and some toxic behavior I see, all while trying to be as impartial as possible.
Hopefully, this will lead to a nice discussion by respectfully listening to opposing views from a new perspective. Now that […]. petapixel.com
Instagram has made good on its promise to add more parental controls to its app with the launch of Family Center, a hub where parents can access supervision controls and resources from experts. [Read More]
Instagram will begin wider testing of its promised “Take a Break” feature. An optional toggle, it is designed to nudge users to stop using the app after a duration of the user’s choosing, but it isn’t nearly as robust as it was initially described.
Instagram through its parent company Facebook has announced that it will introduce a way to nudge teens away from harmful content and encourage them to “take a break” from using the app altogether.
Yes, I know; you're caught up in the Instagram game. You need to get as many followers as you can. You also need to be interacting with the rest of the community out there. Getting followers and beating the algorithm to get seen is pretty tricky.
If you're already saying that Instagram isn't toxic, then I'm going to assume that you're either too far deep down the rabbit hole, you're an influencer that's afraid to lose influence and who has no problem feeding off of someone's addition to their phone, or you just aren't aware that this is a problem.
I love film and I love film photography. In fact, I adore it. I am enamored with the conversations around it, with the discipline involved in knowing that you need to be more careful and how that translates into digital photography, with the formats and how much more affordable it becomes as you go for larger sizes, the look, and most importantly its people.