INSTAGRAM

I think by now you can tell I'm a huge fan of Instagram. Since I first heard about the app several months ago I've been using it almost exclusively to snap & share photos from my iPhone. I even have a Tumblr set up to capture all of these photos (I realized last year I wouldn't be able to keep up with a Project 365 photo blog so this was a great alternative to still document the photos in my life).

Earlybird was my early favorite filter. And then I started loving Hefe. Then Nashville. Now I'm kind of all about the new filter, Valencia. Looking back over the year so far, I have several favorites.

Apparently Istagram also encourages worldwide meet-ups of its users. Now, I'm a bit anti-social (I love my super secret Internet friends but am not so big on actually hanging out with people), so the idea of just sitting around a cafe, talking to people I don't know, gives me the heebie-jeebies. But apparently there are a few cities that do photo scavenger hunts. Everyone shows up at the same place, at the same time, gets the list of things to take a picture of in the city, and they let you loose. That sounds really fun to me, and a great way to get to see your location in a very unconventional light. I'd love to do something like that in Oakland. I wonder how I'd go about finding out if there's something like that already set up. I must look into this.

Do you all use Instagram? If so, I'd love to see your pics (assuming I'm not already following you in the app).