Essential The Official Photography Thread

[GoldenGlove]

i sucked @ IG up until last year. my hashtag game strong. but the algorithm is still fukked up, and MOST people that have a large follwoing got the instagram stimulus package of being a suggested user. then there are those with 20k followers that only get 100 likes cuz most of them followers are bots. IG is weird....


150-400.. some people just get charged more. I'd say starting out 50-75 per look, depending on how comfident you are in you photography

It's a struggle. My posts/account only get people who on that follow just to unfollow steez

shyts so lame but I get it

 

[Apollo Kid]

How is your page going to grow without using tags?

Been hashtagging for years on that. I saw little to no growth. Just gonna fall back and keep working on improving

Maybe sometime down the road I'll start using them again

 

[8WON6]

Canon T5 with a 430ex ii Speedlight

search amazon for these triggers look like they work with for Canon and HSS. I'd start there. Research them.

YONGNUO Wireless TTL Flash Trigger YN622 YN-622C with High-speed Sync HSS 1/8000s for Canon camera


basics of off camera flash - YouTube
here's a bunch of basic off camera flash starter vids.

 

[Majestyx]

It's a struggle. My posts/account only get people who on that follow just to unfollow steez

shyts so lame but I get it

you might also wanna start a POD. we could do a coli pod.
i havent had phenomenal growth but i added a decent amount of legit followers just using tags. BUT my photography is 75% focused in a certain direction. ionly got like 1600, and i havent really put in any of that IG work that a lot of people do, but i got 1k of them followers in like the last 6 mos or so. as of late i been gettin 20 legit followers a week. and i just started getting some of my shyt reposted on larger acconts and working wit broads who got over 20k. i think i could possibly crack 5k by end of the year, specially if i get to shoot wit metro boomin.

as far as hashtags, gotta use shyt specific to you foreal. i have 30 in my notes, copy and paste. takes 10 sec.

 

[GoldenGlove]

you might also wanna start a POD. we could do a coli pod.
i havent had phenomenal growth but i added a decent amount of legit followers just using tags. BUT my photography is 75% focused in a certain direction. ionly got like 1600, and i havent really put in any of that IG work that a lot of people do, but i got 1k of them followers in like the last 6 mos or so. as of late i been gettin 20 legit followers a week. and i just started getting some of my shyt reposted on larger acconts and working wit broads who got over 20k. i think i could possibly crack 5k by end of the year, specially if i get to shoot wit metro boomin.

as far as hashtags, gotta use shyt specific to you foreal. i have 30 in my notes, copy and paste. takes 10 sec.

I'm down for a Coli Pod.

I have to think how I want my page to be honestly... Generally speaking, pages with 1 consistent theme and filter/processing behind them is how to grow the fastest. It's easier to tag that way too cause you don't have to change much with each post.

The variety in what I post is too wide right now to hone in on a specific following and demographic... But at the same time I really like showing variety

 

[Majestyx]

I'm down for a Coli Pod.

I have to think how I want my page to be honestly... Generally speaking, pages with 1 consistent theme and filter/processing behind them is how to grow the fastest. It's easier to tag that way too cause you don't have to change much with each post.

The variety in what I post is too wide right now to hone in on a specific following and demographic... But at the same time I really like showing variety

yeah, i had to stop posting street shyt on my personal account for a bit. started a separate one. I still post street on my main, but its not as random. I still post a variety of shyt tho. cuz u take a nikka like steve sweatpants. dudes posts whatever the fukk, the pics are fire so people fukk with it, but he also is one of the OG instagram nikkas so he has more flexibility. Since i be in LA traffic a lot, i just been listening to photography podcast, a lot of them are based around IG and how dudes started to monetize. nothing is organic, and its groups of people pushing eahcother to the forefront of IG. collectives....

www.displaypurposes.com generates hashtags for you, and u can just copy and past into you IG comments. like simple shyt like not putting the hashtag in the first comment.. works to get more lieks. then you can just jack peoples hashtags by opening their IG post in the browser on your phone, copy they shyt and paste it in you comments

 

[GoldenGlove]

yeah, i had to stop posting street shyt on my personal account for a bit. started a separate one. I still post street on my main, but its not as random. I still post a variety of shyt tho. cuz u take a nikka like steve sweatpants. dudes posts whatever the fukk, the pics are fire so people fukk with it, but he also is one of the OG instagram nikkas so he has more flexibility. Since i be in LA traffic a lot, i just been listening to photography podcast, a lot of them are based around IG and how dudes started to monetize. nothing is organic, and its groups of people pushing eahcother to the forefront of IG. collectives....

www.displaypurposes.com generates hashtags for you, and u can just copy and past into you IG comments. like simple shyt like not putting the hashtag in the first comment.. works to get more lieks. then you can just jack peoples hashtags by opening their IG post in the browser on your phone, copy they shyt and paste it in you comments

This is what I'm realizing... Nothing is organic.

-You either dropping that bag
-Were a pioneer when IG was still young
-Had a moment/viral that propelled you (which is organic but rare)
-Or plugged in and have solid relationships

 

[Majestyx]

This is what I'm realizing... Nothing is organic.

-You either dropping that bag
-Were a pioneer when IG was still young
-Had a moment/viral that propelled you (which is organic but rare)
-Or plugged in and have solid relationships

pretty much. which is why the people who are open about it be like "form a community" you ever notice how all the photographers with high ass followings all follow and know each other... they all talk and are cool with each other and at times helped each other blow up. its like IG has an Illuminati

 

[Kilgore Trout]

pretty much. which is why the people who are open about it be like "form a community" you ever notice how all the photographers with high ass followings all follow and know each other... they all talk and are cool with each other and at times helped each other blow up. its like IG has an Illuminati

They don't like each other but will follow each other and take each others photos.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

i sucked @ IG up until last year. my hashtag game strong. but the algorithm is still fukked up, and MOST people that have a large follwoing got the instagram stimulus package of being a suggested user. then there are those with 20k followers that only get 100 likes cuz most of them followers are bots. IG is weird....


150-400.. some people just get charged more. I'd say starting out 50-75 per look, depending on how comfident you are in you photography

it's shytty you can't force people to unfollow you unless you block them.. i thought it was smart to get a little "add me" app.. now i'm followed by a bunch of bots. which would be ok if they didn't change the timeline to now you only see certain shyt. so i know i'm posting and most of the people that see it, aren't even real followers

fukk ig and fb for changing it from just going by most recent. it's all to get you to "promote" posts

 

[puppetmaster]

Been hashtagging for years on that. I saw little to no growth. Just gonna fall back and keep working on improving

Maybe sometime down the road I'll start using them again

Use this site for hashtags, you can really drill down within your niche

Spoiler

IQta.gs - Hashtag helper

 

[Macallik86]

@GoldenGlove share the podcast link if/when yall decide to do it.

 

[GoldenGlove]

@GoldenGlove share the podcast link if/when yall decide to do it.

He was referring to Instagram Pods, not a podcast...

How to Join an Instagram Pod | Jumper Media

Check that out

 

[8WON6]

pretty much. which is why the people who are open about it be like "form a community" you ever notice how all the photographers with high ass followings all follow and know each other... they all talk and are cool with each other and at times helped each other blow up. its like IG has an Illuminati

this is the same for the IG feature accounts like Moody Grams, Moody Ports, Bravo ports, etc...they all basically blow up the same one photographer or photo all at once. shyt'll drive you crazy trying to get featured on the portrait accounts. I could get featured on the street account every once in a while. But yeah, it's all some kliq shyt.

 

[Majestyx]

this is the same for the IG feature accounts like Moody Grams, Moody Ports, Bravo ports, etc...they all basically blow up the same one photographer or photo all at once. shyt'll drive you crazy trying to get featured on the portrait accounts. I could get featured on the street account every once in a while. But yeah, it's all some kliq shyt.

There's a podcast that's talks to the creator of moodygrams.... it was interesting
But yeah, those accounts do know each other and have group DM's. I don't know if they speak on blowing up one person

Spoiler

It's crazy to me that it was started by a black chick, but they NEVER post any black females, it's always CAC hoes.