Assessment 3

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Networked Media Week 11 Video


1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I’ve made sure to continue with my theme of my photo showing the aesthetic of an object with the video showing the practical affordances of the object. However, this video breaks the mould if only a little. Instead of showing the design’s practically, I am showing the flaw of the drawers. This is the iron runner on one side of the second drawer has fallen off years ago, leaving the wooden sides to grind against one another and put a strain on the runner on the other side. This makes the drawer very clunky and difficult to use. When you are unaware of this issue, most people will quickly assume the drawer is jammed and unusable. Admittedly this is more of a flaw due to the old age of the furniture rather than the design itself however we received the item as a donation from its previous owner being a family that didn’t want it. Overall however, when viewing the drawer from the perspective of the video, these details aren’t necessary to show off the full design on the drawers.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I had to film the take a few times to ensure the design flaw of the object was clear, hence why I also kept the audio. However, in case the video had difficulty conveying it, I captioned the video with ‘It’s missing it’s a runner on one side so can’t function properly. Still holds my clothes at least.’ This ensured that the viewer would also know what to look for and listen for if they didn’t notice it the first time. I made sure to post it soon after the matching photo to the same account @networked_media. Additionally, now that the matching photo encourages viewers to view the video, I’m hopeful it fits in better to how content is meant to be created for Instagram

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
Ok, I will admit, at the time of writing this, my posts for this week’s photo and video had been uploaded for most of the day. However, I received a notification in the afternoon that the video on Tumblr had been flagged for containing ‘adult content’. This is a renowned problem on the platform of bots flagging posts on the site randomly to prevent adult content on the site. I’ve submitted an appeal to the site, but i don’t have high hopes. Regardless, The post is primarily on Instagram and has also been shared to Twitter. Each of them held the same tags; ‘#drawers #chestofdrawers #video #design #flaw #designflaw #broken #furniture and #wooden’. All things relating to the image in some way and being varied enough to reach a wider audience. As stated in my last post, I also turned on geotagging for these posts, tagging them to my location to allow for wider distribution to viewers that look up the area on Instagram.

Admittedly the answers on all my posts to this question are very similar, but this is due to the streamlined process of distributing photos and videos on platforms like Instagram. It’s the same simple process for everyone and everything to allow for easy accessibility. It is only as complicated as you wish to make it to reach a wider audience.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/619039522948284417/its-in-fact-missing-its-runner-on-one-side-so – Post has been taken down at this time. Still in pending

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Networked Media Week 11 Photo

1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
For this week, I wanted to break away a bit from my chosen design objects. This week I decided to focus on an object with a hidden design flaw with the photo showing the aesthetic look of the object but the video showing the defect. This object was my chest of drawers. Using my rear-facing camera on my iPhone 7, I found it wasn’t easy at first to position myself to get the photo looking how I wanted. Admittedly I kept a lot of junk on top of my drawers and didn’t want this to be seen in the picture. I didn’t want to use any film equipment like tripods to steady the camera, so it wasn’t easy keeping the phone at an angle I was satisfied with and showed what I wanted. I had the light over the drawers on to provide more lighting onto the scene and kept the flash off. I also wanted to make sure the hidden flaw on the drawers was visible in the image so to help tie it into the video. I used the Paris filter again when taking the photo as I can’t stand the grain effect my camera gives in the lighting of my room. The Paris filter hides that thankfully so I’m not surprised how essential filters are to the app. Since the chest of drawers is wooden furniture, I decided that I wanted to appeal to the warmer aesthetic tones associated with this kind of furniture and thus chose the Valencia filter for it, increasing the brightness and saturation lightly to give that effect.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Admittedly when I first captured the photo using the Instagram camera, I accidentally published the photo to my Instagram story without any filters. I deleted the photo from my story and retaking it. A funny mishap from me getting impatient when trying to take and save the photo. I also realized that my captioning in my previous posts contained a problem in regards to attracting viewers. While I posed questions and answers in my posts, I did not indicate either of my posts that the other exists decreasing my chances of others viewing them. While I can alter my posts to fix this, I decided against this as it does show my progress growing as I create content on the app. I did, however, choose to change this for this post, instead captioning it ‘These drawers appear fine, but they hide a flaw. Check the next post to find out what!’ This way, viewers are encouraged to see the next post and discover this hidden flaw. Technically yes, this is clickbait, but I’m starting to see how if you want your published work to be visible, you need to get out there and be in the face of other viewers.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
The photo was published to Instagram as well as the matching Tumblr and twitter accounts. Another thing I noticed with these two different apps is that Tumblr, like Instagram, allows you to edit your content after it’s posted, but Twitter doesn’t. It’s strange to me that some apps provide these features easily and others don’t, but I won’t change my posts because of that. The posts were all tagged with the hashtags’ #storage #design #flaw #chestofdrawers #photo and #photography’. I also turned on geotagging for this week’s photo, pinning it down to my location’ Brighton Beach, Brighton’. I initially didn’t do this out of wanting to keep things like my location hidden. Still, with these photos, it mostly just means when viewers look up that location on Instagram, they are more likely to see my posts. And this does seem to have worked since I also received likes on the photo of this week.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/619039345045831680/these-drawers-appear-fine-but-they-hide-a-flaw

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Networked Media Week 10 Video

1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Similarly to the initial photograph, I positioned my phone above the camera, however further away to show the label of the lens (a 24-1005mm lens) and to show my hand moving. By using my hand to turn the lens, I’m able to extend the lens up, which would be zooming in and out for the actual camera. By doing so, I’m able to show off the simple, easy to work design of the camera. The affordance is showing how the turning of the camera lens extends it further out or inwards, changing the view of the camera as shown by how the lights reflecting inside the camera also switch back and forth in accordance to the zooming. While in hindsight, I believe I should have shown more of the lens, I think this shows the sleek and smooth design of the camera lens, and it’s functionality well. To match the accompanying photo, I used the same filters; Paris to hide the grain and then Clarendon to provide the blue hue to match. I additionally adjusted the brightness on the image, although not by much as I still wanted the labels and my movements to be visible to the viewer. I also kept audio on the video as I find it keeps these videos feeling more organic like how I want them to be portrayed.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I took multiple takes for the video as it was hard to fix the timing to something I was happy with. It was challenging to decide on one that captured the organic, but not clunky feel I wanted. However, I didn’t have too many takes since I still don’t like the long process of taking and saving photos and videos. It was published to the same profile @networked_design to ensure all the media is available in one spot. To link the videos, I again answered the question to my previous photo with the caption ‘My way is through a camera lens.’ I always make sure to upload my photo and video each week back to back to make sure people are more likely to see at least one of the two posted media forms.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
The video was uploaded to Instagram and the two other accounts on Tumblr and Twitter. Again, due to the strange glitch, I just used the Tumblr desktop interface to upload the video. All three used the hashtags’ #camera #cameralens #lights #video #lens #reflecting’. I made sure this time to keep them near the same other than photo and video as I wanted to ensure the content is spread out to the relevant viewers and not being forced onto others that are not looking for content like this. I have noticed when uploading to Instagram that it gives the option to upload the photo or video to your chosen site automatically. However, I don’t use this and instead, post the image on the sites. I have multiple accounts for personal and university-related content, and I don’t like the risk of uploading to the wrong one. While I would rather go through the longer steps, I think this is a clever idea to help creators automatically upload content without having to upload to multiple sites one after the other. Each time I use the app, I find that I learn and appreciate a little more about the app and its user-friendly interface.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/619039345045831680/these-drawers-appear-fine-but-they-hide-a-flaw

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Networked Media Week 10 Photo

1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Something that I found to be annoying when filming is lighting, especially when it comes to reflective surfaces. The way light can bounce off a reflective surface and cent to hide what you’re trying to capture in the reflection. But I found a use for it this week. The object I decided to use was my camera and its lens. I had purchased the device last Christmas, and it is very dear to me as an object not to mention I am fascinated by the design of cameras. Initially, I decided to use just the camera. Still, I found that when the light bounces off the lens of the camera, it creates a unique multicoloured design that can be changed with the depth of the lens. What I did was lay my iPhone 7 rear-facing camera on my carpet directly above the single light source of my room, ensuring it captured the light-reflecting effect.

When using the Instagram camera to take the photo, I tried my best to put as little of the photo over the lens as possible to avoid catching the reflection of the phone on the glass lens. With this and increasing the zoom slightly, it also hid the full view of the camera to create a unique look with the lens, almost like an eye. To hide the grain of the image, I used the Paris filter when taking the photo and then before posting, used the Clarendon filter. This gave the picture a blue tinge that complimented the lights well. It reminded me of space in a way. This was also the time I discovered the other editing tools available on Instagram and was able to adjust the composition of the photo to comply with the rule of threes and adjust the exposure and colour on the image to my liking. Once again, I was impressed and happy with the features that Instagram provides to its creators.

The reason I chose to display the camera in this is to show the good quality design of a camera lens, how it can capture and reflect light that enters it and can be easily adjusted on the fly. By showing this in a more aesthetically appealing way, it ties better into the theme of my blog of the appealing and the practicality behind the appealing images seen.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
It took me a few tries to get the photo to a standard I was happy to post. I think, as someone that doesn’t use the app like most, I tend to overthink the images with this idea that it all has to be perfect. The account must be perfect with all meaningful images. Part of me thinks that in that regard that I am missing the personal aspect to Instagram that many other creators have. Still, I think this is something I have to improve upon. Regardless, I continued with the plan of having the photo showing aesthetic and the video showing practicality. They were published to the same account @networked_design

I tried to give the photo space/ Iris look and thus emphasized this with my caption ‘What way do you see the world?’ The question is meant to engage the audience and relates to the iris theme with the photo. I think it’s an excellent way to appeal to viewers and encourage them to keep scrolling through the account.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
While Instagram is the main source where the photos are being posted, I also posted the photo to Twitter and Tumblr using the same tags for all of them. I made sure they related closely to the image and that there was a variety to increase the chance that more people see the image. These tags were ‘#photography #lights #reflecting #camera #lens and #cameralens’. Something I did notice when posting these images elsewhere bothered me. When I posted the images last week, to twitter and Tumblr, I did so through my desktop as I was currently working from it. This week I tried to do the same on my phone, but I couldn’t do so from Tumblr. I’m unsure if this is because I set up the account on my desktop and thus can only reach it from there or if I need to allow a certain feature on the account to do so. Regardless, I posted the video through my desktop. I believe this may be a glitch or something, but if not, I find it rather disappointing that Tumblr has not changed this feature.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/618363755074666496/what-way-do-you-see-the-world

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Climate Changing Media Prompt 9

My Powerpoint Slides are available here.

The presentation I was allocated to give feedback on was Ash’s presentation with his hyperobject focusing on Food Production. Food production is always one of those hyperobjects that contribute to climate change that not enough people focus on, myself included, so I think that it’s a great topic to look into.

I like how you situated your practice and experiences in tangent to your project idea. It demonstrates your knowledge and passion for the issue. From the sound of your presentation and your slides, it’s clear that you would prefer to use photography as your media format for this project. I like that you did look at the issue from all sides and address the possibility of a short video. However, you have a very solid idea for what you want to do with your photo essay so it’s clearly the way to go in this matter.

Your decision to use ‘amatuer shot only’ images for your photo essay is an interesting approach. Your reasoning and beliefs behind them support why so I’m curious to see how you work with this added constraint. A royalty-free site I often use to collect footage and images is the website Pexels but unfortunately, I don’t know how useful this will be as many of the images have a more professional edge to them but it is always worth looking into. You mentioned in your presentation that you plan to use google images to track back to useful websites. This also seems like a useful method if not a bit time consuming so id makes sure to start collecting images early to know what you want to plan out.

You are under some rather different constraints when it comes to using photography for your assessment since you are limited to what is in the frame. However, like the others that provided feedback, I think that it gives you a great chance to subvert the traditional chronological portrayals of this industry. Utilizing not only what is in the frame but how the piece is shown is another alternative way to portray your message.

Your presentation really showed off what you’re interested in doing for this project and outlined a clear plan to follow along with. You have a passionate interest in this topic so I have no doubt the final product will also reflect this. I wish you luck in the making and I can’t wait to see the final outcome!

(Word Count 402)

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Climate Changing Media Prompt 8

For studio presentation, and in turn my final assessment, I have chosen to discuss the Hyperobject of invasive species. As a result of the Anthropocene and mankind’s continued search of a world made easier, the biodiversity of the planet has gradually grown smaller. Animals are frequently being introduced to new habitats that aren’t their own. This causes them to thrive in an environment void of their natural predators and diseases, but in turn, causes devastation to the original species of this environment.

Invasive species were always an issue in the environment I was aware of, but never focused on a great deal unless for a different smaller-scaled assignment in high school. I always knew of most invasive species but actually looking at them as a whole, it was alarming to learn the rate at which animals in Australia are going extinct or at a high risk of extinction. With so many invasive species in the country and all over the world. I decided it would be best to focus on one species, particularly a more universally recognized species and a species that poses a great threat to the lives of many species in Australia. The feral cat. The reason for this is for the wide variety of dangers the animal has to the country. According to the Australian Department of Agriculture, ‘More than 20 of our Australian mammals’ (Feral Cats FAQ, 2017, pg 2) are now extinct due to the intervention of feral cats and at least a further ‘124 Australian species are at pressure of extinction’ (Feral Cats FAQ, 2017, pg 2) because of this.

Another reason for this choice is that cats in the general eyes of the public and the internet are considered a bit of a meme. Sure they can be dangerous and hunt animals, but if you look up cats on the internet you are more likely to find funny compilations of cat videos over anything else. This leaves a plethora of content for me to sort through and examine in my goal to portray this more serious and dangerous side to this hyperobject. While people can be aware of the damage done by invasive species, Morton reminds us that Hyperobjects are ‘massively distributed entities that can be thought and computed, but not directly touched or seen.’ (Morton, 2013, pg 37) Hyperobjects like invasive species exist all around us constantly even if we are not aware of them and yet their impact on the globe can be devastating. I wanted to create a media artefact that is more personal to viewers, by showing the comparison between how cats are generally portrayed vs the reality of the damage they cause. This would be done either through a split-screen or collecting positive footage of cats and intercutting it with the contrasting reality of cats footage. The challenge with this is not to demonize cats as a whole and try to remain on the topic of hyperobjects as a whole.

In my development as a media student, I found I have come to heavily rely on music in many aspects to carry my work, so I want to use music as a constraint this time and focus on diegetic sounds in a scene to carry my video. It will be a challenge but I want to challenge my skills as a media maker to further develop my practice.

(Word count 562)

References
Morton, T 2013, ‘Poisoned Ground: Art and Philosophy in the Time of Hyperobjects’, Sylmpoke, vol. 21, no.1-2, p. 37-50.
Australian Department of Environment and Energy, 2017. Tackling Feral Cats And Their Impacts. Australian Government.

Update Post Presentation
I wanted to quickly update this according to the feedback I received though this isn’t really part of my prompt 8 reflection.
With the feedback I received from my presentation I believe it would be better to broaden my scope of invasive species to the most notable invasive species in Australia. Focusing on feral cats like I initially intended seemed like the best idea due to the plethora of content I would be able to use on the matter. However, I do agree with the feedback that this poses a risk to be focusing on just this and not the hyperobject of invasive species as a whole. While this may pose more of a challenge in the future, I believe this is the best course of action to take to ensure I stay on topic.

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Climate Changing Media Prompt 7

The introductory reading ‘A New Critical Climate’ by Adeline Johns-Purta, proved to be interesting when discussing the matters of Climate change in correlation with our understanding of the Anthropocene. As Johns-Purta puts it, climate change is not a tangible source and is something that, while we cannot see, is something that exists all around us like nothing we have ever seen before. (Johns-Purta, 2013). This rings true, as she later remarks, to Timothy Mortan’s definition and descriptions of Hyperobjects and how they affect the planet and its inhabitants. Scholar Mary Wallace similarly remarks on the Anthropocene and in particular the struggle of ecocritics interpreting this hyperobject in a constantly changing environment of ‘social, cultural, economic, and ecological factors’ (Wallace, 2017, 566)

The text raises certain questions to ecocritics that does the reality of this hyperobject require a ‘new critical climate’ (Johns-Purta 2017, pg 8), or will our long used ‘old habits of critique’ still reign supreme in this crisis? She explores these ideas by delving into Morton’s ‘Object-oriented Ontology’ (Johns-Purta 2017, pg 9) in which hyperobjects are evaluated in regards to the environment to ‘address the feedback from Earth’ (Johns-Purta 2017, pg 9). Through this, they call for a form of ‘deconstructive environmental criticism’. (Johns-Purta 2017, pg 9) With climate change as a hugely expansive hyperobject that is ‘massively distributed in time and space’ (Morton 2013, pg 39) the traditional methods of ecocriticism are simply not as effective.

A good example I have seen recently using this deconstruction of these traditional critical climate change methods is the video “Dear Future Generations: Sorry” by Richard Williams or better known with his channel name, Prince Ea. The video details a dark future with Williams himself addressing the viewers as the future generations of the world, apologizing to them for the damage his generations have wrought upon the planet in the name of greed. The video goes to extremes in these depictions, filmed in a desert that he says is what once was known as the Amazon Rainforest and that the trees that populated it helped the planet by taking in carbon, purifying water, helping us with curing diseases. The most noticeable parts with this video, however, is he apologizes for the complacency of his generation in allowing these things to occur before addressing the viewers again that this is not yet their future and that we are already seeing the effects of climate change, that the generations of today have the power to change this.

The video’s addressing that we as people are not only able to make a change, but have a responsibility to is something I think is an important discernment to make at this time. By examining the ‘humanist tendencies’(Johns-Purta 2017, pg 8) of people these days, bringing the matter of ethics into the discussion is yet another deconstructive method of climate change theory. It is another form of making the hyperobject a more personal issue to people and can further encourage others to take action through the idea of taking responsibility to undo the damage of older generations.

(Word Count 502)

References
Johns-Putra, A 2013, ‘A New Critical Climate’, Symploke, vol. 21, no.1-2, p. 7-10.
Morton, T 2013, ‘Poisoned Ground: Art and Philosophy in the Time of Hyperobjects’
’, Sylmpoke, vol. 21, no.1-2, p. 37-50.
Wallace, M 2017, ‘It’s the End of the Field as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)’, American Literary History, vol. 29, no. 2, p. 565-578.
Williams, R., 2015. Dear Future Generations: Sorry. Available at: [Accessed 8 May 2020]

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Networked Media Week 9 Video


1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Admittedly it took me time to adjust to using the video system of Instagram. I’m generally used to platforms that need you to touch the record button to record. While holding down the button to record isn’t unfamiliar to me as I used to use Snapchat frequently in the past, it felt clunky adjusting to this at first. I had to figure out how to hold the phone properly so I could comfortably move about without shaking the camera. Again, I used the iPhone 7 rear-facing camera to keep everything in the same style.

The idea for my account was to create comparisons between the aesthetic appeal in designs that Instagram shows and the practical appeal behind my chosen designs as well. In the case of fairy lights, I am showing the appeal in the design with the string how it’s easy to use and manipulate. At the same time, the video displays the practical design of how they work. As stated in my previous blog post, The video was used to show the practicality and good design of the fairy lights linking to a power source.

I wanted to show more of the fairy lights and reveal more about the design of the string lights. Thus in the previous photo intentionally kept the battery pack hidden. The pattern I wanted for my posts was that the picture would be using my chosen designed object aesthetically. Then the video would show the design of said object. The video pans across my bed headboard, showing the string of lights before showing the source of power for the lights, the battery pack. This created the idea of doing what the photo asked and ‘following where the lights lead to’. I then ended the video by reaching out and turning off the lights myself, leaving the video to end in darkness. I had to do this a few times due to not liking the take multiple times for being too fast, too slow, too shaky, not timed correctly with me turning off the light, etc.

I kept audio on for the video as I liked the sound of the switch turning off the light to signal the end of the video. I see it as sufficient to my point in showing the design of the object rather than with no sound at all. Like before, I used the Paris filter first to conceal the grain of the video and give it a smoother look. I then used the same Valencia filter as I liked the effect it gave the lights, and it allowed the image of the battery pack to be more visible. Again, this was before I had noticed the editing feature to adjust the brightness of the footage.

2.How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
The video was published soon after the related photo to the @networked_design page. By this point, I had decided the theme of my page would be to show the picture as aesthetic. The video as more practical, thus the caption of the video would, in turn, relate to the question posed in the photo. This would, therefore, provide a recurring motif of me asking a question and the viewer needing to see the next post to see my answer. Thus the video was captioned ‘Why they lead to a power source of course.’ This emphasised a form of “fantasy vs reality” theme, showing the structure of Instagram where the camera only shows what the photographer wants to see and not the work that goes into the photo or video.

3.How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
I wanted the video to fall into the same categories as the photo that was taken. I tried to use similar tags to keep them both connected; however, I did add my more tags to keep them relevant to the video content. I tagged this video with ‘#lights #light# fairylights #video #powersource and #battery’. I wasn’t fully looking at the photo I had previously posted. Thus in hindsight I did miss a few tags I would have liked to add later. I ended up doing this later upon realizing I was able to go back and edit posts. This feature to Instagram is something I like since I would have hated to go through the hassle of deleting the photo only to reupload it on the same.

I also did as before and uploaded the video to my Tumblr and Twitter accounts made for this project with the relevant tags as needed.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/618363603467321344/why-they-lead-to-a-power-source-of-course

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Networked Media Week 9 Photo

1.How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I will start by saying that I am not an avid user of Instagram. I have a personal Instagram account made many years ago. I mostly use it to monitor other creators rather than posting my content. I have thus created a separate account called @networked_design to upload my photos and videos to keep everything in one place that is easy to locate.

The idea for my account was to create comparisons between the aesthetic appeal in designs that Instagram shows and the practical appeal behind my chosen designs as well. In the case of fairy lights, I am showing the appeal in the design of the string lights, how it’s easy to use and manipulate while the video displays the practical design of how they work.

This photo was taken with my iPhone 7 rear-facing camera using the Instagram camera. As a filmmaker, I understand there’s importance in setting up shots. However, I found it hard to keep myself stabilised at first to achieve the image I wanted. It was also a little frustrating that I couldn’t take multiple photos at once in the app. Coming from usually using my regular phone camera, this was a bit jarring. The previous day I had purchased a string of fairy lights when helping my mum grocery shopping, so I decided to use these for my first photo and video. I had them wrapped around the headboard of my bed and took the picture from one end with the fairy lights being the only lights on in the room. I tried to keep the photo symmetrical, although this wasn’t a priority. When taking the picture, I added the Paris filter for how it smooths over the grain of my camera. Before posting the video, I additionally added the Lo-fi filter to reduce light on the screen and blur out the fairy lights to a degree to make the wires connecting them less visible. Due to being unaware of other features, I didn’t end up making any other changes since I didn’t see the other added features initially. This was something I later discovered in the photos and videos for the next week, so I suppose that was a lesson learned for not thoroughly exploring my options for editing on the app.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I selected the chosen photo from my camera roll and uploaded it from there, after picking my filters. I decided to caption my picture with the question ‘To where do the lights lead us?’ I was trying to intentionally be cryptic with the question to tie it in with my next video. Admittedly in hindsight, it seems slightly cheesy and cliched for a photo about a string of lights. The picture was then published to Instagram under the account I had made @networked_design. As someone who is so unversed in the workings of the app, I knew the posts for this assignment would likely be my only posts using this account. I wanted them to hold both meanings to me and fit the criteria, so i’m hopeful that this starting post managed to achieve this.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
When publishing the photo to Instagram, I additionally added several tags that were relevant to the image ‘#lights #fairylights #photography #shadow #electricity and #light’. By tagging the picture with these tags, they will now be included and distributed to these tags, further spreading their reach to Instagram users that follow these tags. Shortly after uploading the photo, I received a few likes from other random Instagram users on the picture. This is no doubt a surefire sign about the importance of tagging photos when sharing.

It’s important that the tags are relevant to the image and that you have a variety of tags as from my personal experience. These tags can tend to be filled with photos from users that include tags, not relevant to their image. This, in turn, makes it more difficult for other users to grow their brand or audience on the app.

Additionally, I have also made a Tumblr and twitter profile under the same name to publish my content. Both sites allow content to be shared and for tags to be included. I used the same tags as above on both sites to further distribute my content to others to see.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/618363463349256192/to-where-do-the-fairylights-lead