Adding an instagram feed to a website

See an example of the jQuery plugin working on my (old) homepage.

I’ve tried to keep a daily photo blog in the past but have given up after a week or so because of the workflow involved. Shooting on my DSLR, post processing on a computer, resizing for web and uploading via my cms became way too time consuming considering it was a ‘nice to have’, non-essential addition to my website. Instagram has totally changed all of that. Not only has it simplified the whole process to a few clicks but it’s opened up my work to a hugely generous community that give near instantaneous feedback on the pictures I post. I love the fact I can shoot, edit and upload a portfolio of work (a diary of my daily life) via my phone!

However, what about friends without an iPhone or clients that visit my website that don’t know my username (@finn) or the app itself? 

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Instagram: How I Shoot: Dodging and Burning, by Finn Beales

Those lovely folk over at Instagram have published a piece about my photo editing technique. Check it out below!

How I Shoot is a series where we ask Instagrammers to tell us about their photo-taking processes. In this post, Finn Beales (@finn) explains “dodging and burning,” a photo-editing technique popularized by American photographer Ansel Adams.

Instagram jQuery plugin: one step further

I received an email from Rob Rothe last month about the instagram plugin I developed. He has taken the whole thing a bit further and I figured his process was worth sharing.

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Photo of the week

Thanks so much to Goblin Mag for featuring my picture of H watching day break as their Photo of the Week today.

Goblin mag is Norwegian magazine focusing on fashion, music, art and design.

Check out their website here: www.goblinmag.com and the rest of the winners here: Photo of the Week winners

Each week they choose their favorite photo and share it on their IG account and also their website.

Tag any pictures #goblinmag and they will do the rest… good luck!