Taking Control of Instagram
As some of you may know, I suspended my Instagram account a week ago. I did this on the spur of the moment; I’d simply had enough.
Tag: Instagram
#Womenintoyphotography
Does this tag look familiar? I use the #Womenintoyphotography tag on all my Instagram photos. In fact I’ve been using this tag since August 2015. Why would I know the exact date? Because I introduced the #womenintoyphotography hashtag when I was writing for the blog Stuck In Plastic. The backstory …
Stop, Thief!
I’ve been a toy photographer now for nearly five years, and this week something happened to me for the first time: I had someone steal my photos and post them as their own!
#Inthestyleof
Have you noticed a new hashtag on Instagram called #Inthesylteof_xxx?
#ArtvsArtist
#ArtvsArtist. Have you heard of this tag? If you haven’t its one of those “tag your it” type of games that are common on Instagram. This one asks you to show yourself with some of your favorite photos. It’s a chance for your followers to see the person behind the …
Feasting on Feedback
Sometimes you wanna go… It’s been over a month since I pulled back on Instagram posting. And while I’ve been away, I’ve been feasting on feedback and gorging myself on inspiration in a new town. Apart from pushing my posts here, the G+ monthly challenge, joining in the Raptor Pack …
Breaking up is hard to do
Dear Instagram, We need to talk. I think it’s time we had a break. It’s not me, it’s you. You’ve changed, and I don’t think I can continue in this one-sided, overbearing, controlling relationship anymore. What happened Instagram? What changed you? Things used to be so good between us.
While The Cat’s Away
While the cat’s away, the mice will play. That’s what they say. Well, that’s what Bernie Horowitz says anyway! Toy Safari Blues This past week, Shelly’s been off, gallivanting around in San Francisco at the Toy Photo Safari. And while she’s been away having an amazing time, I’ve been stuck …
Life After Instagram…
Where to next? What does life after Instagram look like now that the platform is becoming so hated? What began as a simple, chronologically arranged photo sharing app is now virtually unrecognisable, and people aren’t happy. These days a Facebook algorithm governs the feed, the polaroid inspired square format is no longer binding, and …
A Raptor Chapter that we hope doesn’t end
The Raptor Pack Day April the 22nd, just like every 22nd since 2013 was Raptor Pack Day; a day where the Toy Dino Squad invite us to share our dinosaur photographs. I’ve played along in the past. I’m a forgetful knucklehead and the 22nd either slips past me, or it’s …
Instagram, WTF?
Instagram, WTF? Ever since Instagram changed their algorithm, I’ve been having trouble finding an audience on the platform. And by ‘audience’ I mean a reasonable amount of engagement on each photo as compared to before the change. Today I found out why engagement on Instagram is a struggle for me – I appear to be shadow …
With friends like these…
Ever since I learned about Shelly’s new blog (she was kind enough to let me know about it before it became active) I’ve been wanting to write something. She used to post to Instagram whenever there was a new post on Stuck in Plastic and I always thought: “I should go ahead and …
Portrait vs Poor Trait
Is it a poor trait of the LEGO minifigures? It was noted, as we were deciding which images to include in the next BricksCulture magazine article last Sunday/Monday (a bloody hard task I might add due to the sheer awesomeness of all the submissions), that the majority of the photos …
Brick Block
Forced Prospective Brick block. Feeling uninspired. Lacking drive. When inspiration wanes, what do you do? When motivation dwindles what do you do?
Why…Instagram…Why?
Social Medi…EURGHH! Last weekend I had a weekend away from social media. Last weekend I wasn’t peering through a lens or scrolling through my phone, instead, I was swinging off a drop saw and a nail gun. Anyway, come Monday evening, when the tools were packed away, I sat down …
Reimagined re:image
Return to render AliceinCleveland’s post Doctor Photostein’s Monster about revisiting past photos struck a nerve of late. AliceinCleveland wrote about returning to photos and bringing them back to life through re-editing. I’ve returned to some of my earlier photos, well, more the ideas behind the photos, to reshoot them for …
Instagram, I love you but you’re bringing me down.
Instagram, I love you but you’re bringing me down. What happened to you? Ever since you changed your algorithm, you haven’t been the same.
Rebel Grrrl recap
Lego girls to the front A fortnight ago I challenged myself to embrace my inner riot grrrl, and to post only photos of female Lego minifigures on Instagram using the #legogirlstothefront tag. When she talks, I hear the revolution In her hips, there’s revolutions When she walks, the revolution’s coming …
Rebel Grrrl
Girls to the front Recently, for the umpteenth time, I rewatched “The Punk Singer”, a documentary about feminist singer Kathleen Hanna who fronted the band Bikini Kill. Kathleen is well known for being an outspoken radical feminist, credited with launching the third-wave of feminism when she helped create the riot …
Buy, Bye Bye
A hard act to swallow Allow me, if you will, to address the plastic elephant in the room. Numbers. I grew up on a steady diet of mathematics as a kid. I like numbers. Numbers don’t lie. Words can be fraudulent. Current. Season. Mine. All these words have multiple meanings. …