Remote Photo

  1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

This photo is a prime example of a bad design. Remote controls since their invention have caused users frustration and confusion, they rely on a level of assumed knowledge by the consumer and can be incredibly difficult to navigate if you don’t have that knowledge.

The photo was taken using the camera on my iPhone 7 whilst holding it in my hand, it was a fairly straightforward shot and was able to capture what I intended on my first attempt. Im of two minds when it comes to efficacy of the square format in relation to this photo, if I was able to use a vertical landscape format I could have gone in closer on the remote and shown more detail however on the other hand I don’t particularly think you need more detail and the way the square format frames it draws the audience’s eye in. I did not use the built in flash however the remote was lit from above using LED lighting strips and during the publishing process I applied the Juno filter which gave it a bit of warmth and a slight amount of vignetting further drawing the focus into the centre, additionally I altered the structure and saturation slightly to highlight the details of the photo more.

Whilst authoring this photo I was able to investigate further the different functions and manipulation options within Instagram, whilst it is no Photoshop I did see a lot of tools that I previously weren’t aware were available which has swayed my previous position somewhat. It still doesn’t have quite as many options as the iPhone has but the ones that are missing I don’t feel are of great importance, the square frame format though I still feel is very limiting.

  1. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

As I stated previously this was a fairly straightforward shot that required very little preparation and I achieved the desired result on the first attempt. as I have done with all of the previous posts I geo-tagged where it was taken and wrote a description of what was contained in the image and added several hashtags that relate to the image.

  1. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?

This is an area that I seem to have the greatest difficulty with. Like my previous video post I attempted to link it to Facebook however for some reason it won’t allow me, it doesn’t come up with an error message or anything even remotely like that it simply will not come up as an option even when I switch the toggle to authorise the link with Facebook, therefore, as I have done previously this Instagram post has also been linked and distributed to Twitter and Tumbler.

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