I’m quite certain most of you are familiar with this smart phone app but I just now finally took the plunge and became an Instagram user.  And let me tell you, after just a few weeks of using it and I am totally hooked.  Instagram is the most amazing app in the world and I highly recommend you download it.. like.. now 🙂  It’s an app that allows you to create beautiful artwork out of every day moments. You snap a pic or upload one that’s already in your phone’s picture gallery and then add a number of different effects to it.. b&W, vintage, ultra contrast, add some selective blur, keep it normal, give it a border.. you name it!  And even better, you can either choose to keep your images private or you can add friends to your watch list and it’s sort of like a photo-only Facebook but far more simple.  What’s cooler – having your newsfeed be filled with lame posts of people griping about how it snowed 2 feet orrrr having it be filled with each different perspective of what people are doing at that same exact time?  I also love that it uses the convenience of your iphone so literally you can take a picture of just about anything because let’s face it, who doesn’t have their iphone just sitting in their pocket at all times? It allows you to capture moments that you might have missed if waiting to use your big clunky DSLR or the point and shoot that didn’t even get the exposure bright enough anyway (you ever try shooting an insanely beautiful moment that’s backlit by strong sunlight with a point and shoot that has no ability to manually control your settings? so frustrating).  I love Instagram so much I’ve started recommending it to my clients for their every day pictures too (if you’ve had a session with me, ask me how to incorporate your own Instagram artwork into your family’s Simply by Suzy keepsake album!).

Don’t believe me yet how much fun and awesome Instagram is? Here’s some of my own pics that I’ve taken of my ‘every day life’ using instagram, and feel free to even follow me @simplybysuzy.

What’s your Instagram @name?  Comment below with it and I’ll follow you too!