Instagram: It's not just for the cool kids.

What the heck is Instagram?

Instagram App Logo.  2010.  Web.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram>

Instagram is an free app for the IPhone that was created in October of 2010.  It allows amateur  photographers to take, modify and share photo's with all of their fellow instagramers.

Here's how it works.  

Go to the ITunes App store and download it onto your IPhone (now, also on android) for free.

Go to the app once downloaded and take a picture.  Once the picture has been taken and excepted you are able to manipulate it by choosing one of the preloaded color settings.  As seen in photo 1 there are lots of great filters to choose from.    The filters change the photo in many ways including adding boarders (Earlybird, Toaster, Nashville, 1977, Hefe, Kelvin), going black and white (Inkwell), using sepia hues to give the photo an aged look ( Earlybird, Toaster, Walden, 1977) or even brighting brights (Hudson, X-Pro II, Kelvin).

The next step is to share.  This app is a child of the world famous Facebook, so you need to be friends with people, meaning virally, in order to look at there awesome pictures or just be friends with people, totally referring to reality here, in order to have some pictures to look at.  Attached are some of my personal Instagrams for your viewing pleasure, no friendship required.

1         Instagram Filters Photo.  2010.  Web.  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram>