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It’s probably no secret that I use my iPhone about 99% of the time. I’m the first to admit that it’s become my most favorite muse since I got it. And Instragram is my favorite way to use my iPhone. I’ve only recently begun to try different apps but I keep going back the the quick, easy and ever-effective Instragram.

I’m not the only one around here that is smitten. My teenage daughter also has been stung by the iBug (and she doesn’t even have an iPhone). So, we spend our time passing my phone back and forth. Logging each other in and out and in again into our Instagram accounts. We shoot and share and show each other our handiwork. We oooo and aaaah at our work. We get excited about how we each see the world, compare secrets of each shot, we encourage each other.

Although it can be challenging sometimes, the trading back and forth, the logging in and logging out, I actually really enjoy it. I like getting to be a part of my daughter’s photography process like this. I get to watch and witness her as she creates her art. It’s a gift. At least until she gets her own iPhone.

I chose to share these two shots today as our Best Shot Monday. The image on the left is her best from this week. The right image is mine. I think we make a pretty good creative team.

Won’t you share your Best Shot from the past week on this fine Monday? 

 

Comments

  8. Awesome that you get to share this with your daughter.
    I love the shots that you chose and her shot of the Bee is amazing.
    I use instagram from my Ipad when I remember I have it – I have a itouch which doesn't have instagram on it since it's not by apple.

  10. My daughter and I also both use Instagram – she's away at college, so I love that her images give me a peek at her life and viewpoint. (I've tried to leave a link here several times but for some reason it won't work…I'm not tech savvy enough to figure it out!)

  15. I don't have an iPhone but I absolutely love using Instagram on my iPod Touch. I love the nostalgic feel you can get, it reminds me of my old Kodak Instamatic when I was a kid. And it's helping me fine tune my eye for composition since you can't really crop the photos after. Here are a couple of my favorites from last week:

    spring snowstorm – http://www.flickr.com/photos/heather-cox/6846883126/in/photostream

    favorite ring – http://www.flickr.com/photos/heather-cox/7010019425/in/photostream

  27. My best friend and I were inspired through our instagrams to start a blog together of our images side-by-side, from our home cities of Vancouver and Winnipeg http://www.frompeakstoprairies.wordpress.com. And as if one new project for 2012 wasn't enough, I spontaneously decided to plunge into a project 365+1 after a very long hiatus away from any art-making at all. I decided to use instagram as my vehicle for that project too. I didn't think it would be very hard since I was already taking pictures daily. But now I really feel the push to try and develop my pictures beyond the snapshots of life I'm constantly taking. Here's my photo for today http://ink361.com/#/photos/155820465154824029_1549740