Be Aware Of The Square
Be Aware Of The Square
Obviously, the defining characteristic of Instagram is the square format that every image has to fit in order to be posted. There are ways around it – apps like Squaready allow you to add borders to fit a landscape or portrait image into a square space without cropping – but if you’re shooting specifically for Insta you’ll probably want to take this into account. Photos that fill the whole available space on a tiny phone screen can (but not all the time) look way more engaging and striking.
Whilst we’re talking about formats and aspect ratios, it’s probably about time you read up on time-honoured techniques like the ‘rule of thirds‘ and ‘leading lines’; centered compositions also work well with those symmetrical square images. Get learned!