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Is anyone using Instagram?

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I'm new to it but I see there are tons of knife porn shots with the #Spyderco tag being a very popular one. I know from the picture threads a lot of us aren't above taking pics of our stuff while drooling over others so I was curious if anyone is out there to follow...
...I have no knives I keep in a safe but there are one or two that don't leave the house...
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I use Tumblr and Pinterest. Both for my own uploads and for finding blade porn as well.
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Im late to those parties but I see them come up on my Facebook newsfeed. I gotta check them out.
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For the life of me, I can't figure out why folks want to make their Instagrams look like faded Polaroids, oversaturated Kodachrome slides, or fuzzy holiday snaps. I worked for 15 years as a professional photographer and worked very hard to advance my craftsmanship to avoid doing this to my work.

I guess if it is "retro" then it looks more "authentic." Sigh. There's no accounting for taste...

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phillipsted wrote:For the life of me, I can't figure out why folks want to make their Instagrams look like faded Polaroids, oversaturated Kodachrome slides, or fuzzy holiday snaps. I worked for 15 years as a professional photographer and worked very hard to advance my craftsmanship to avoid doing this to my work.

I guess if it is "retro" then it looks more "authentic." Sigh. There's no accounting for taste...

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phillipsted wrote:For the life of me, I can't figure out why folks want to make their Instagrams look like faded Polaroids, oversaturated Kodachrome slides, or fuzzy holiday snaps. I worked for 15 years as a professional photographer and worked very hard to advance my craftsmanship to avoid doing this to my work.

I guess if it is "retro" then it looks more "authentic." Sigh. There's no accounting for taste...

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Well I know someone that wont be buying the Diana lens for their DSLR. ;) But you don't have to use a filter, you can host a plain photo it seems.
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FroOchie wrote:Well I know someone that wont be buying the Diana lens for their DSLR. ;) But you don't have to use a filter, you can host a plain photo it seems.
I tend to use my trusty Hassleblad 500C when I'm shooting something other than family snapshots. It was good enough for Buzz Aldrin to take to the moon... :cool:
One of these days, I'm going to look into getting a digital back for it...

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I'm on Instagram, but I don't have any spydie pics. But you should follow: knifethursday, thebmasur, mvanhoudt, shenanigun, shutt3rthug, coonassjedi, thecajunblaze, and theres a lot more but can't name em all!

What's your name on there? I'll give you/y'all a follow.
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I'm LethalFonzarelli... don't ask. lol. I don't know how many pictures I'd post but its cool seeing the others. I get inspired but then I get lazy.
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Just followed you! Your spyderco pics are sweet!!
Caden's :spyder:'s-g10 dragonfly, digicamo para2,bug,honeybee,sharpmaker.
Newest :spyder: manix 2 lightweight.
:spyder: top wishlist: junior,D4,E4,,h1 D'fly salt,h1 ladybug salt,g10 manbug,caly3•3.5,all sprint para2's
Have to have= brad southard flipper, gayle bradley:spyder:

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I'll follow you back as soon as I can figure out how to see who my followers are. lol. Thanks though! I posted a pic of some of my EDC stuff in a Ferrari we were selling at my dealership and it was an instant hit. I think cars and knives might be the way to go.
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Is there a way to create an instagram account on a regular browser? When I looked into it, the website seemed super geared toward android and ios devices, and seemed like there was only a "login" button, and not a "create your account" section.
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