ISAAW: Share a Photo that Tells a Story!

Have you ever considered how a great Instagram photo has the power to bridge distance and time between people on a fundamental level?

Here’s a place to share some of your very best with the world: ISAAW!

ISAAW – pronounced exactly like “I saw…”, is an acronym we’ve come up with that just happens to use the first letters in our by-line here at Ever Widening Circles (EWC): It’s Still An Amazing World!

And we’d love you to share inspiring moments from around the world with us, so today we are going to point you to some of the best “how to” videos on the web when it comes to taking and editing photos on your phone.

You can transform your own Instagram account and help us populate an Ever Widening Circles Instagram page full of wonder and beauty from all around the planet.

Think you can find the best videos on this topic on your own? It’s not as easy as you may think!

Today’s article was one of the toughest I’ve had to put together, for two reasons: First, there are countless videos on the web on great phone photography, but sadly you wouldn’t want to watch many of them for more than a few seconds. Most are either very amateur, or the YouTuber has an annoying demeanor.

Secondly, we’d like to help people take better photos that prove this is still an amazing world, but the vast majority of videos are about selfie or food photography.

Yes, this was a time-consuming article to write, simply because of how long it took to curate the best videos for us all. But we did it, and here are some of the best on the web!

Most of the best videos we found were specific about using the iPhone, but we later learned that most phone cameras have the same features. You just have to play around a little to find them on other phones. We also found that using editing apps – after you take the photo –  seems to be key. So we share a couple great editing videos with you at the end of the article.

Getting the most out of your phone’s camera:

First up, let’s make sure we all know what our camera can do!

Via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67xl_3gwc-I

Here’s some amazing tips for night time photography:

Via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hkf9v3DYGE

How about real magic: Reflection Photography:

Via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7JB0RUjT_k

Great Action Photos and Burst Mode:

Via:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WeczwoZVA

Editing a photo to make it a masterpiece:

Via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sZceLA3pqk

That took us on a little editing journey, but here’s one other that was so quick and concise that we felt we needed to include it. Stay with this one. Once he get’s started, you’ll have to work to keep up!

via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G139NrUoQQ

And now for some inspiration:

via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-UrpcSRVGk

Why should we care?

Did you know that our impulse to take and share photos probably comes from millions of years of evolution?

Our brains our hardwired for using images to make sense of the world. In fact, hundreds of millions or neurons are devoted to processing what we see and 30% of our cortex (the part of the brain involved in using our senses) is devoted to sight, compared to only 8% and 3% devoted to touch and hearing, respectively.

There appears to be something very deep going on when we see what someone else is seeing. With the best photos we share the emotions as if we were there.

  Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall

Join us on an Instagram journey. Maybe we can get a bit more connection and meaning out of the Ever Widening Circles Instagram?

Send us your very best, especially the pics that tell a story or share a feeling.

Stay open, curious and optimistic!

~ Dr. Lynda

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