Where Photographers Should Post Their Photos in 2022
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2024
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Is Instagram dead? They've made some pretty fatal mistakes for photographers in the last few years, so in this video, we discuss where you may want to post next.
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🙌check grainery is a great app to for film photography!
@@Joskev I just signed up yesterday! I’m gonna find you on it and follow you haha
It makes me so sad that some of my favourite Instagram photographers shifted their content primarily to reels and stuff instead of experimenting with actual photography. I hope there's a better platform for the community.
Pinterest I hear is great esp with creator fund you can even gain paid just to post your work
@@Hersheychocolate12 Great info man, I never knew we could monetize our pinterest.
@@Hersheychocolate12 but pinterest photo quality is very low isn’t it?
@@robbykidman True, it's not sharp even if you don't zoom in.
It makes me sad that a lot of my favorite Flickr photographers moved to sharing postage sized photos on Instagram instead of nice and large as you can do on Flickr
I need to be honest here and I don't think Twitter will be the next platform for photographers, nor does it appeal to me personally. I think it's time for an IG contender - what IG was back in the old days. Healthy algorithm, reach, no excessive advertisement crap, no heavy focus on videos. Tiktok came out of nowhere, so I'm still hoping someone somewhere will come out with a new platform for photographers / artists / creators.
I’m perplexed it doesn’t exist to this day. Starting to think about conspiracy because it doesn’t make sense to me
Exactly!
@@3500ton they already exist but people don't use it. 500px, flickr, tumblr e.g... So there are alternatives for photography but people don't go there because the communityies aren't big enough compared to instagram. And the communities are not big enough to be a serious alternative because people don't go there. It's a circle of group hesitation and always will be because most people want to be where most people are.
There kinda is, it’s called Artfol. It’s for all things creative.
Pixelfed is dropping their iOS app soon. Basically a stripped down version of instagram with chronological feed, no ads, no reels, open source, private. I think it will be the go-to privacy app for sharing photos with friends and family, back to the basics without reels of random people, ads jammed down your throat and your data used to manipulate the way you vote. Just photos with friends and family
It's a frustrating thing; tumblr is functionally a much better platform for photographers than both Insta and Twitter, but the audience isn't anywhere near as big. That said, tumblr is on a bit of a comeback path (it's now owned by the people who own Wordpress and they're apparently pretty focused on building a good community), so maybe we'll see some useful positive growth there.
AAAhh! Interesting! :) happy to read that, thx for the info
I feel that tumblr is going to continue to have difficulty regaining space in the social media market until they ease up on some of their content censorship/community guidelines. I agree that it’s a much better platform for most artists to showcase their work, but like you said the audience size just isn’t there when compared to something like Twitter
Yes it is! I love tumblr. It’s a thing now. Really. Most people don’t believe it but it’s been making a comeback.
@@coastalartistlivingonislan8395 yeah!
i used to have a tumblr way back in the day but lost interest cos it was all like 13 year old kids reposting naff gifs or porn. Do you think it will manage to undo this reputation? I really love the grid on instagram thought - i'm hoping eventually instagram will realise nobody gives a shit about reels because all the are are reposts from tiktok anyway because insta's native reels maker is an absolute pile of shit
Yes yes yes! I just compared my current reach on recent posts on twitter and Instagram and I was shocked! I had more reach on my 5.8k twitter account then on my 340k Instagram. Mind blown. The organic reach on twitter is amazing and the photography community is growing there day by day. I am ready to ditch Instagram not gonna lie .
Do you think you guys, as some of the more notable photography influencers, could have any influence on Instagrams policies? I'm guessing not, they are just a big soulless machine now, but I can only imagine how much better it could be if they actually paid attention to the creative that use the platform..
@@DoctorCiaran the thing is that big accounts like hers have mostly been voicing their discontent for a while now. Instagram is just too big and makes so much money from who they do things now that it doesn't make sense to change the app to suit one nieche of users
Ya it's getting tougher to like Instagram, having seen reach and interaction decline so much (maybe because of the focus on video?)
I have stopped insta a year ago....and (for now) not looking back....I have so much more time now :)
Meanwhile I have like 0 on twitter vs normal one on Insta lol
Let's be realistic. We are left without a serious platform for photographers. Instagram is only looking for a lot of money and trends, which is why it has abandoned the community of photographers. Twitter, I've never been very sure about them but they remain constant. I'm still very sad, photography and short videos are two very opposite worlds.
I agree, Twitter doesn't appeal to me at all, I don't really want to write or talk to people.. I just want to share my images lol. Instagram allows me to post like that, I often have no caption at all and the images seem to do fine, if I want to talk to someone then there's DMs but it's not forced.
You do have a serious platform for photographers, it's Flickr, it's been for years.
I came back to my account and it was so refreshing, theres a community, groups about topics or help, quality uploads, there isn't the constant need to share content daily or to do stories.
It's less social yes, but more community, people can still like your photos and leave comments.
totally agreed
@@MrPod Thanks!
I'm going to go against the tide here and say that social media has killed photography. It is an endless soul less stream, a glut of images, ad nauseam. I am lucky enough to have my own gallery, it's small with not a lot of traffic but it's very gratifying to be able to show my work in real life. Real prints, real books, real cards, real conversations. People will never be able to walk into my gallery and say, oh I saw that photo on Facebook or Instagram or Twitter. I'll go one step farther and say that social media has just about destroyed our society. People don't even talk to each other anymore. I went off of social media over a year ago and I've never been happier. Yeah, probably the wrong audience. 😁
we’re with you 100%.
Agree agree agree
Absolutely, I hate social media :)
100% true. I deleted all social media in September and it was the best decision of my life.
@@exxosetty Yup. And I went off all news for Lent 2022. Lent has come and gone and guess what - I'm never going back. FREEEEEDOM
This is so true. No matter how hard i take good photos and edit them properly, even put inspiring captions on my post, it still does not get any attention the same way like it used to be back in 2019 and below.
Instagram, a photo sharing application, publishes photos in bad quality.
That's why i hate
You don’t share your photo’s in hi-res.
For the past 5 months ive been trying to figure out how to interact with twitter as a photographer, and have ended up cluttering my feed with people with a lot of followers ridding an interaction train, just asking other photographers to post photos on their tweet. It's all I see when I log on.
Thanks for putting this video together to help me with a new approach to the platform
I have been posting on instagram for a long time. In definitely saw what was happening with the algorithm. I started posting on Twitter earlier this year, and within 2 weeks I was noticed by many more people and even picked up freelance hockey photography work.
Instagram is actually dead for Photographers. Now its all about reels or half naked models.
Exactly spot on, such a bummer, honestly. Has the most convenient layout for sharing photos too.
Sad but true. Just a bunch of "Look at my butthole" content. And it's cringe how even some of them think that photography is easy as "just press it" and proclaim themselves as "photographers" 🤦♂️
You guys always have the community's back. Thanks for sharing this one and love the song choice at the end haha
Great video mate, really insightful and useful. I’m not a huge fan of social media but understand the importance of it and what I do and want to achieve and this video has given me more confidence.
I do still believe that Instagram's authorities need to be pushed & protested against of by the many photographers who inhabit the app. Picking other apps like Twitter is like starting all over again and there's also the fact that twitter is a micro-blogging site not a photography oriented site.
So, i request big photographers like you start a campaign or movement or reform against the hostility of Instagram.
We can do it!
I'd love to use Twitter if it wasn't filled with so much toxicity. And NFTs.
This 💯
The "mute words" function is your friend. I've blocked all mention of nfts and similar terms.
@@MikeStevens It's been so damn long since I logged onto Twitter that I had no idea you can mute keywords. Thanks for the tip!
@@jcruz2255 haha, no worries!
True
Just now watching this and I’d love to see what you guys recommend for 2023. Not a big fan the direction twitter is currently headed…
go bluesky
Thank you for always sharing GREAT, honest tips wit your community. IG used to be our favorite platform, both for our individual accounts and for our joint account, where we loved to share our photos and adventures, and discover like-minded creators. But, oh, how things have changed!
We totally relate to the not wanting to "degrade yourself" with funny reels. It's just not our style. I feel we've been using Twitter wrong, and will be now exploring its full potential thanks to you.
Sharing this video as much as I can as I know many other creators will be interested. Thanks again and have a great day.
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I just stumbled across your channel and I'm impressed. Thanks for the great tips!
I’ve been trying to shift in this direction but have been disheartened by the amount of NFT posts. You have some great tips here to avoid that and truly engage. Thank you!
if you're disheartened by it, it's likely so are many others - so non-NFT photographers can bring some balance :)
Try muting words related to those posts! A lot of my photographer friends mute them and it makes the experience better
@@KylerSteele this is what I did, yep. I've muted nft, bitcoin, crypto, and plenty of variants of those terms. Definitely improves the experience!
Tbh as soon as Russia banned Twitter at the end of February, all of the NFT photographers spamming my feed disappeared. Correlation is not causation, however...it's interesting.
Really really useful video. I have struggled with Twitter but this has inspired me to work harder on it
This is so interesting. Social media overall has become so overwhelming for creators and consumers. I think I may give Twitter a shot simply bc I'm tired of having to post only professional content. We're all people after all, so our posts should reflect that. Thank you so much for the tips!
incredibly helpful, grounded, and no nonsense advice. great video!
Thanks guys…really needed this to make the move. 🙏🏼🙌
Wow! A RUclips video that actually imparts useful information. I'm shocked - shocked, I tell you! Seriously, thanks for this. I've grown tired of (outgrown?) Instagram, and have recently taken to posting photos on Twitter. Your tips will make my transition simpler, better, and more... how shall I say... attentive. Cheers!
thanks for the kind comment!
Really appreciate the advice you gave out here. More reason to be more engaging, also didn’t really know how to take full advantage of social media till now
Every social media platforms seen how effective shorts are because of how tiktok has blown. Now shorts is on every soc med. Don't get me wrong, shorts are cool but seeing photographers changing content because it is what interests audience and helps grow a following. This is amazing video🔥
These are great tips!!!!
This is the first I heard of it. I have never really used Twitter, but I like how you broke this down. I'm starting to consider Twitter for the first time now to connect with fellow photographers, especially with Instagram, although the new 16.9 crop is interesting. Thanks Guys!
This actually helped me a lot 😂. Because I made a twitter specifically to post more photos or video but I wasn’t super encouraged. But recently with instagram’s update 👀….and this video, I’ll definitely post more on twitter 🙌🏽
Great community management tips! And love to see the rise of twitter within the photographers community! Great informational funny and nice looking piece of content!
Really insightful video, thanks for that!
I enjoy greatly the way you guys edit your videos.
Lots of valuable tips in very flowing video. Thanks
Thanks for this video, I just graduated with an associates in digital media design and I want to get myself out there but I’ve only been using Facebook because that’s where my family and friends are at currently, as well as it’s great for reaching out to local businesses. Plus marketplace is great for buying and selling, not to mention groups on there are pretty active as well.
After watching this video I kinda want to get back on Twitter but for my photography as well as videography and graphic design, I actually think Twitter is the best platform in terms of engagement to followers because they seem more genuine than they are on TikTok and Instagram.
You guys are up to something. Thanks for sharing this:)
Perfect timing for your video, love it! It's like the universe is trying to motivate me: I'm actually working on a new Social Network focused 100% on photos and photographers, right now it's only a website. Mobile apps on the way
What’s the website?
What’s the web
And???
What’s the website?
This is so true. Love Twitter to connect with other photographers. Thanks so much for giving me a shout-out! ❤
Hello! I would also like to recommend VSCO as their community is photography-focused. 😊
I’ve grown a lot on VSCO and usually post what I haven’t posted on Instagram yet or stuff that I can’t post on Instagram. Love VSCO.
I was just introduced to VSCO. I was a little discouraged by the cost….. but it seems legit!
I appreciate this. Been a twitter user since 2009. Maybe its time to go back and actually start tweeting.
my thought exactly :D
Personally, most important features, that every photography platforms should have is: Documentation. Gallery that sorted by date.
I can't stand photographer works that shows their work in a few posts back, and i hate how twitter had a difficult time to search their past works in a "non-gallery" mode.
Really appreciate this video, thanks man
might be different in the US but in Germany Twitter is not used by normal people. Instagram is the only platform in Germany with "normal" people who might become a photo client. Twitter here is only used by people who are politic nerds and journalists. Even Linkedin would make more sense here. But you still can make business here with a good portfolio website - something that most of the younger photographers totally missing.
Btw. I love Twitter and use it a lot since forever.
God, I really don't want to join another social media site, let alone Twitter. That reminds me, I used to be major into concert photography and thought it'd be a good idea to join Twitter and follow some good photographers. Of course they shared photos but you have to remember that Twitter is also for sharing words :). At the risk of sounding like a hater, so many music photographers are douchey, whiny, and entitled. I literally left the app after 15 minutes scrolling through that shit. Anyways, there's my story. I'm sure nature photographers or whatever wouldn't act similar to people who think they're hot shit for shooting the most basic portraits of celebrities on disposable cameras.
Thanks for letting me whine on your video :)
SO TRUE.
Thank you. I really love your suggestions
Just started posting on twitter so this comes in handy. Thanks so much!
Thank you for presenting this information in such a clear and consice manner. I liked the part of treating the members of the community with respect and good manners.
This video is a gem! thanks for the amazing tips!
thank _you_ for your tips!
This is great stuff! I occasionally post photos on Twitter, but I don't make the most of that platform. Some very helpful tips here.
I truly loved this information. I'm very thankful 🙏. Blessings 😊🙌
Thank you!!! I don't have twitter account yet but def consider signing up.
Thank you for the tipssss
Great video and I think a lot of your content fits for anyone using Twitter. I'm not a photographer, but over the last few years I've used Instagram to upload my regular ordinary day photos with a very personal description with it. The pics get uploaded automatically to my Facebook feed and via IFTTT to Twitter. I have found I've had much more traction with Twitter in the last six months, some that's really surprised me. You've gained a subscriber and follower!
I absolutely LOVE twitter and have been loving it for my photography
I wish VSCO caught on more. lately when I log onto Instagram I just get annoyed, it feels like a chore. VSCO is so much more relaxing and I actually enjoy posting there even though I don’t have a lot of followers. It just feels so much more authentic, I just wish the audience was bigger.
Good info thanks 😊 and subscribed
Insightful, and really useful 👍🏼📷
This is really helpful!
Gran video, gracias!
"interacting to grow" on social media - I still feel this gets quite overlooked, even considering it's got 'social' in the title.
Please do a video on 'creating bangers' 😀
Great information thank you
Solid intelligent advice 👏📷 thanks.
I'm not even a photographer,but I watch it because of interesting editing and information 👀👍
BTW thank you for this helpful tips.
Thank you so much for the heads-up. I can finally put my Twitter to good use.
I definitely agree but would add that Twitter is a good compliment. I'm in the world of sports and so many people use Twitter but also Instagram. My goal is to shoot for an NFL team and over the past year I've built up a great connection with many professional sports photogs on instagram and twitter. I would say that the majority who have been in the industry for a while use IG primarily, where the younger crowd uses both IG and twitter. But at the end of the day it comes down to what your peers use the most. I've gotten more interaction through twitter from athletes re-tweeting my content but have found more success networking and getting my images seen/appreciated by those currently in the positions i seek through IG, and at the end of the day those people are the ones looking to hire and will know me from my work. But BOTH are so crucial, just depends if you care more about everyone seeing your stuff or a smaller group.
Great advice. Posting 5-10 on Twitter is the sweet spot
the only downside with twitter is not being able to go back to your post to edit the description
This was awesome. It’s been frustrating watching IG turn it’s back on the community that utilized it so well. I didn’t have a massive following but it sucks. Recently started a twitter page for my modeling photography and even the early engagement feel much better
I love that the clock in the background read 11:11!!!
Somehow I never got a handle of Twitter, even though lots of my colleagues (scientists) use it. Photography is my main hobby and seeing this video encourages me to give Twitter another try. Thank you!
yess thank you for making this video
Love the tips!
Should I use a professional twitter? Ou stick to the regular one?
Makes sense. Though I tried tweeting a photo just now and was told > 5Mb too big. And I'm too lazy to create a smaller version of the image.
Nice work, I subbed here and on Twitter!
Great and informative video.
Now it is possible to filter notifications by follows, comments etc on Instagram. So it’s really easy to view just comments so you don’t miss people’s questions
Thx you so much
Great video!
What about TikTok? I can't...do that shit! Sigh 🤦🏾♀️
I havent used twitter, so I found the video quite useful. Thanks.
Great, useful video. Any advice for those of us who post photos to Twitter from Wordpress?
Funny that I came across this video. I finally signed up for Twitter for the first time now that it is under new management. This is great advice for someone who is totally new to Twitter.
Y’all heard of Grainery? Rn is specifically made for film, but the developer is working on adding digital whenever the app has enough capacity. It’s a browser app but soon to be on android and iOS I believe. I’m hoping it’s the next photo sharing app rather than Twitter!
Yep, I left Instagram last week because I just couldn't stand the waste of time and energy anymore dealing with glitches, bugs, and buffering times with notifications, comments, DM's, stories... Everything, literally *everything* in Instagram has issues. And now that they've implemented this ridiculous tiktok UI where the written description is no longer black text on white, but on TOP of the photo so that you can't even read it properly, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. Let it crash and burn, honestly.
I did the same, few weeks ago. Just to put my mentalhealth before anything else. Instagram’s world became too much toxic. Too bad for a plateform with this potential
useful tips! thx
thank u for this tips
This is fascinating !
Happy I met y’all!💯
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Liked. Subscribed. BOOM. Great clip, cheers for posting it.
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honestly photography in general has become so saturated and visual art has been pushed so much to its limits it is all extremely underwhelming. not many photos are impressive anymore
Photo books are the best alternative. Own your own books that can inspire. Instagram is a visual asylum. Interaction with people is hazardous to your health.
Agreed; I even feel like that about my own work. I'm either gonna consider Twitter or focus on things outside of photography/visuals for a while.
I so agree! I recently realised that out of hundreds of photographers I follow I'm only truly impressed by maybe 2 or 3.
Another commenter here said they feel reels etc have led photographers away from creative image making and instead they are fulfilling requirements/meeting expectations in order to keep up with the group and the algorithm. I feel like that is very true.
Another thing I have noticed, and perhaps this isn't something new, is the weird subculture of copying and even straight up stealing images on Instagram... Also not really conducive to creativity imo.
@@cameronh338 dont give up! But focusing on other things is a good idea in my opinion. Art and the human brain are so weird, we are learning even when we don't realise it! "Extracurricular" activities can only broaden our scope and deepen our thought processes.
I feel like that's most things now. We see the best of everything on the internet... I play guitar and it's honestly so boring now. Everyone can play well. From age 6-60 yrs. It use to be a spectacle to see great players back in the day because the space was so narrow.
Awesome advice! The art of photography does seem to be lost under the wave of short form sellout videos… time to give twitter an honest spin 📸
I also want to point out that Instagram seems to enable people with huge followings or a celeb status to post more explicit content, yet I barely show someone’s back crack in an image and get reported and shadowbanned. Moreover, the amount of spam messages is out of control. And as much as they sure love to crack down on photographers who shoot nude/ boudoir, they don’t seem to take as much action against adults grooming children, following kids pages and writing how some teen is beautiful (and even more disturbing things)
Instagram is trash but venturing out to more socials in order to gain recognition is such a pain but what else can we do?
I think we need to maybe focus less on scoring in the digital verse and work on getting published, having exhibitions and building a fan base IRL
I want a high-end online gallery of photographic art. An online museum. No fucking video, no text, no comments. Just an elegant presentation with captions for location and camera,film, lens etc. Nothing else. In other words, Instagram without video, without comments, without likes. More elegant platform font. Period. Shutterfly looks cheap and camera clubby.
And what about going to something more personal such as using Adobe portfolio or Wordpress and create a website.
You can still link new post on twitter if you need to inform more people, it is like a virtual gallery.
This was very, very useful. Thanks for giving those invaluable tips. I also like your well modulated voice rather than the common over-hyped ‘breakfast DJ on commercial radio’ style. Finally, congratulations on not saying ‘Smash that Subscribe button!’ For that alone, I subbed!
Great Vid!
thank you so much for the tips! looks like i'll be making a 4th twitter account😭
Gonna download Twitter now ❤️, i have been always thought about to do this, now it's time ❤️💫
Thanks a lot