It’s been my intention for awhile to learn to use my iPhone camera in a better way- and to become better acquainted with Instagram. I joined Instagram a year or so ago and only have ten or so photos in my feed (and only two followers). I just am not clear on the concept- and the workflow.
So today, I decided that, since I was downtown without a camera, I would use my iPhone to take a shot of the First Street sign (today’s topic is first), post it to Instagram and the blog and be done with it for the day. I think the problem started when I underexposed the photo, making it grainy. I edited it in Snapseed, exported to Squaready, and then sent it to Instagram. I didn’t like my crop, so I repeated the process. But then I couldn’t figure out how to get it from Instagram to my computer. I e-mailed it, but it just showed me a preview with no way to save it.
I then went back to my iPhone camera roll, re-edited the photo in Snapseed and e-mailed it to myself, saved it, opened it in Lightroom, where it looked so awful that I had to tinker more, eventually turning it into a black and white. I don’t know if I will re-upload it to Instagram, because there are already two versions of it there- and I don’t know how to delete them.
The process was not quick.
So- if any of you blog readers love Instagram, please let me know why- and how you manage it (especially how you upload it to your blog).
And the deal is, I am having to stop myself from taking another photo for today with my REAL camera- I still may go out later!
melinda anderson photography 
Well, I’m not sure you’re losing your mind but you are addicted to photo processing. I can’t believe the number of different photo processing apps and software you use. I now know why I try for SOOC images. I really hope that I’ll learn something in the LR workshop tomorrow!
My favorite part of this shot is the workers standing around observing First Street traffic. I so like the way you processed it, though.