A few weeks ago I wrote a very final piece on Flickr & 500px and just this week an update on the controversy surrounding Instagram’s new Terms of Service. Instagram’s Ongoing Implosion Well, the drama keeps unfolding. While Instagram (and parent Facebook), have backed away from their creative property grab, doubts still remain in many [...] Read full article
InstaMeltDown
It’s been a tumultuous 48 hours or so for users of the popular mobile photography platform Instagram. Recent changes to the platform’s Terms of Use have created a firestorm of comment on line. Plenty of articles have emerged advising users how to save their images and delete their Instagram accounts, with most of the furore [...] Read full article
Instagram’s End
Instagram, the popular mobile photo sharing service, has finally added full web profiles. You can now see a user’s full Instagram feed, not just individual photos, on any web browser. The image above, is taken from my own Instagram profile page. I’m starting to wonder if this is the beginning of the end of my [...] Read full article
Democratising Photography
Instagram is one of many mobile applications for sharing photos. But, because of it’s popularity, high profile sale to Facebook and deliberately retro and hispter-ish design, Instagram has become a touchstone for arguments about the so-called “democratisation of photography.” This debate typically involves the usual “dumbing down” arguments about the role of social media in [...] Read full article
500px Update Or Goodbye Flickr
Last July I posted a very popular article about the photo hosting site 500px. At the time 500px was still relatively unknown and starting to create a buzz. As I said, “… there is a lot that 500px is doing right and I’m looking forward to seeing if this service can really grow in the [...] Read full article