Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Why Instagram is Bad for Photographers
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Why Instagram is Bad for Photographers
If you desire to thrive as a photographer, #deleteinstagram and join ARSBETA.COM instead.
Why do you make photos?
“What you rappers rap for?” – Kanye West
First of all, ask yourself:
Why do you make photos?
I feel the best reason to make photos is to express yourself creatively and artistically. Or more specifically,
To ‘flex’ your artistic power. To share this artwork with others.
Anti-Metrics
This is the problem with Instagram:
You start to quantify your progress and value based on the number of likes and followers you have.
I personally believe that your progress as a photographer/visual-artist should be based on your own inner-metrics. Your own ‘inner scorecard’ (as Warren Buffet calls it). The basic idea is that we should NOT use social media (Facebook/Instagram) as a tool to judge ourselves.
No. If you want honest feedback and constructive critique on your photos, arsbeta.com is the solution.
Learn more here: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2019/07/22/why-instagram-is-bad-for-photographers/
View all episodes
By ERIC
3.8
66 ratings
If you desire to thrive as a photographer, #deleteinstagram and join ARSBETA.COM instead.
Why do you make photos?
“What you rappers rap for?” – Kanye West
First of all, ask yourself:
Why do you make photos?
I feel the best reason to make photos is to express yourself creatively and artistically. Or more specifically,
To ‘flex’ your artistic power. To share this artwork with others.
Anti-Metrics
This is the problem with Instagram:
You start to quantify your progress and value based on the number of likes and followers you have.
I personally believe that your progress as a photographer/visual-artist should be based on your own inner-metrics. Your own ‘inner scorecard’ (as Warren Buffet calls it). The basic idea is that we should NOT use social media (Facebook/Instagram) as a tool to judge ourselves.
No. If you want honest feedback and constructive critique on your photos, arsbeta.com is the solution.
Learn more here: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2019/07/22/why-instagram-is-bad-for-photographers/