March 31, 2011

Midtown Manhattan from the air, tilt-shifted, via Instagram (pic)

Took this yesterday flying in low over Manhattan on way back from Toronto on Air Canada 712.

Not perfect by any means (for example, if I'd have taken it 1.5 seconds later I would have got the Empire State Building mid-picture, as it is now the ESB is blurred).

But shows the potential (& fun) of using Instagram, esp with the new tilt-shift function.

(If Instagram don't send me a t-shirt for this - my 5th post about how awesome they are - I'll switch back to Hipstamatic).

March 22, 2011

Washington DC, a photo essay in Instagram

It was only a brief 4-day Springtime fling, but we completely fell in love with Washington DC.

More like Paris or Madrid than New York; a city full of confidence, beauty, grandeur, power and rememberance.

And a completely essential experience on the journey to understand America and Americans.

We'll be back very soon.

(download)

February 20, 2011

Whistler, a photo essay in Instagram

Ever one to bore on eternally about things I love, I must admit my love affair with Instagram grows daily. Despite packing a full-size DSLR & a Canon G10 for the slopes, the *only* camera I used on this week's trip to Whistler was the iPhone 4 + Instagram. As I mentioned previously, when I posted an Instagram photo essay of a trip to Tokyo, while the real magic of Instagram is it's social side, for me one thing it lacks (aside from the feature that allows you to post directly to your Flickr) is the ability to produce collections or albums of images. So, again, I put my own together.

Here are 20 or so photographs I took with Instagram while I was in Whistler with Ben & Hal this week.

(download)

February 18, 2011

Normally a photo can't do justice to scenes like this, this time it did; top of Whistler Mtn

We came off the Peak Express into the most heavenly light. A mix of sun, mist, deep blue sky.

Just below the peak of Whistler Mountain, we came across a Snowy Forest that was so beautiful we stopped and just stared in awe.

(Shot on iPhone 4, via Instagram; Lomo-fi lens)

January 21, 2011

Tokyo (東京), a photo essay in Instagram

I love Instagram.

I love Tokyo.

Here are 60 or so photographs I took with Instagram while I was there this week. While the real magic of Instagram is it's social side, for me one thing it lacks (aside from the feature that allows you to post directly to your Flickr) is the ability to produce collections or albums of images. So I put my own together.