{Instagram editing // my style // embedding IG pictures into your post}


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Yesterday I posted an Instagram Round-up post and was asked by several people how I get my photos to look the way they do. I've also gotten several emails and messages about this before so I thought I'd do a post on my Instagram editing style. My style is definitely clean, bright and crisp. Not that all of my photos reflect that by any means, but that is what I love. I rarely use filters unless it's a black and white filter.

My go to app for editing is Afterlight. I use this to brighten, adjust contrast & saturation and crop my Instagram photos. This is the process I use:

1.) open photo in Afterlight


EDITING WITH AFTERLIGHT


2.) adjust the brightness. I usually take it all the way up to 100. And if that's not enough I save that and then select brightness again and adjust until the picture looks bright enough.



EDITING WITH AFTERLIGHT


3.) then I choose the 'clarify' filter and adjust that as needed


EDITING WITH AFTERLIGHT


4.) next I adjust the contrast and saturation if needed.


EDITING WITH AFTERLIGHT


5.) after I have my photo looking the way I like I choose the square crop {if my photo isn't already in square form}.


EDITING WITH AFTERLIGHT


6.) next I choose the shape cropping tool and from the 'original' section I choose the 2nd option for trimming the corners. I take that to 50. I like all of my photos to be the same size and uniform.


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EDITING WITH AFTERLIGHT

7.) and that's it. I save and post on Insta.
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Before/After


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For all of my black & white photos I use Snapseed. Here is my process..

1.) open photo in Snapseed


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2.) click on the little pencil in the bottom right hand corner to open the editing tools. under filters choose black and white.


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3.) click on the little clipboard icon choose which type of b&w filter you want. I usually always go with contrast (unless the photos is already too contrast-y then I choose bright). then I adjust the contrast and brightness to my liking. save.


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4.) then i open the b&w photo in Afterlight and follow steps 5-7 {above} and that's it.

before /after


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Embedding Instagram Pictures into your post:


Someone also asked how I got my Instagram pictures on my blog in the way I did in yesterday's post. Here's a quick little tutorial. 

1.) open up Instagram in your browser
2.) click on your profile
3.) click on a picture you want to embed into your blog 

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4.) click on the three little dots in the right hand corner. and another button will pop up to embed.


HOW TO EMBED INSTAGRAM PHOTOS INTO A BLOG POST


5.) click embed & copy the code


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6.) paste that code in the html of your blog post


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And to center it on your blog:

<center> (put this before the html you copied from IG)
</center> (put this after the html you copied from IG)

voila!!!



What's your Instagram editing style? What are your go-to apps?



20 comments

  1. Ha! Great post! I've wondered what apps people use but, been too lazy to ask or search! Lol!

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  2. Oh my gosh genius!!! So saving this for later! And THANK YOU for the editing tips! I tried Snapseed for the first time the other day and holy wow was I confused. I can use all the help I can get! Saving for later! xo

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  3. The embed tutorial was a life savior! I always loved how people put their instagram photos in their post but had no idea how!

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  4. I just started using VCOM but for nearly 3 years I used Avairy. I like my photos to have either a blue tint for evening or be bright with reds and golds. I also use a photo resizing app bc I do not like to crop my pics into squares - still use it even though IG allows non-square photos now as IG doesn't have the length, height to be full size to the photo as it was taken.

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  5. Great post, I'm going to go get those apps, now, thanks!

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  6. Ahhh! I get it now! I never knew about embedding the photos. Genius! Love to hear about your workflow. I use Afterlight and Snapseed too. :) Great apps!

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  7. love this <3 I too, have my favorite go to apps for lighting and style. Love seeing other peoples recommendations!

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  8. This is great, thanks for sharing!!! I love IG but feel like sometimes my pictures are never bright enough, I love light and bright too! Im pinning this for later reference :)

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  9. Great post! I always love seeing the different apps others people use. I've tried AfterLight as well but I'm sort of loving Instagram's photo editing options as well!

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  10. I've been looking for a post like this!!! Thank you so much for sharing these tips, perfect!!! : )
    xo Adriana - Daily Dose of Design

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  11. Your photos always look so great!
    I love afterlite but haven't been using it much lately. I think I need to change that.

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  12. Very helpful info! Thank you for sharing it all step by step. :)

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  13. SUper helpful! I'm still trying to figure Instagram out for my site. Thanks for posting!

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  14. This is so helpful! I use vsco cam for my editing, but I had no idea that I could embed the photos!

    xo Chelsie @ Life with Rosie

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  15. I've got the Afterlight app, but have never had much success with it! Maybe I should have another play around! Thanks SO much for the embed tip though, I had no idea how to do it, didn't realise it was so easy!

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  16. Thank You so much for sharing. I didn't realize this was possible but now that I do this will come in super handy!! :) I'll be installing the afterlight app, too!!! I book marked this post for sure!

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  17. I need to check out/download the afterlight app, thanks for sharing!

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  18. Aaahhh I wondered how you embedded your photos too. SO cool. Thanks for sharing!

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  19. Crystal, It looks like Insta has updated & I don't see a way to embed the picture anymore. Do you know if there's still a way?

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