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I have spent a large number of hours studying the Instagram Popular Page. Those articles resulted in first this article and then this one. I am not Popular Page obsessed despite the amount of time and energy I’ve expended on understanding how it works. The truth is, I enjoy scoring models and analyses, and reverse engineering how things work. When I was a wee ...

This is not a new topic for me. Several months ago I wrote this article on how the popular page algorithm might work. That has been my most viewed and most commented on post to date. It just goes to show exactly how popular Instagram is today. Despite the recent news that the service is changing hands, I think it will continue to be a ...

Facebook will acquire Instagram…

Wow. Yes, wow. That’s all I can say at the moment. Not because the price was crazy high – $1,000,000,000 (yes that’s 9 zeroes!) but because the much beloved Instagram community, which is so much at the heart of many burgeoning young photographers, myself include, is going to be affected in a BIG way. Is this a happy day ...

Hello Android! Instagram, the social photo sharing app has just been released to the Android community. If you don’t already have the app on your Andriod device, you can download Instagram for Android here. As of the writing of this post there are over 27 million Instagram users. With the release of the Instagram App for Android that number is sure to get ...

Camera+ the perennial best seller among iPhone photography apps has just received a major update to version 3! Aside from a shinier app icon, they’ve added sharing features, support for importing multiple photos from your library into Camera+ at the same time, something they call Workflows which apparently let you decide if you want to shoot and edit ...

There are so many free apps today that I thought I’d round them all up and list them out for easy nabbing!

FiLMiC Pro – Great app for those who like shooting video on their iPhone. Some pro looks available. I’ve only played around and haven’t used it seriously but it gets mentioned a lot so worth grabbing while it is free.

Infinicam - I really don’t care for ...

The latest version of iOS is now available through iTunes and brings the OS version to 5.1. Among a bevy of changes come a number of new features that will impact iphoneographers:

1. Photos can now be deleted from your Photo Stream – Yeah! I’ve taken a number of “pocket” shots that have served as a reminder of my moronic fumblings. now I can delete all those pics of my feet or ...
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If you don’t already have my number 1 most awesomest iPhoneography photo app Snapseed, take a minute to read my review and then head to Starbucks and pick up a voucher to get Snapseed FREE. Snapseed is the Starbucks Pick of the Week. This is an example of two of my favorite things coming together to make me happier than a woodpecker in a lumberyard! Go to Starbucks, ...

My number one most recommended and favorite photo editing app on the iPhone, Snapseed is FREE right now on the App Store. If you’ve never tried this app out before, go grab it right now and then come back and read my very positive review of the application.

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Instagram released version 2.1 of their popular photo sharing software this week. Everyone knows by now that Instagram has 15 million users world wide. If you’ve been visiting this blog often you also know that I’m an avid user of the application. I love it for its simplicity and how quickly you are able to get positive feedback on your photography efforts. There are a number of sub-communities within the ...