So I just got a brand new cell phone yesterday and just downloaded instagram! But now I don't know what to do, haha. Any tips? How do I find people to follow and get them to follow me? What are the best filters to use?
And when you take a pic, do you always open the instagram app and take the pic from there? Or do you use the regular camera app and then somehow instagram it. ..? Slightly confused.
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
Relliott9 is me and if you go to the list of who I follow you can find a bunch of ladies from here.
For your second question, either one. You can take a pic with IG or filter one from your gallery that you took previously
pomegranate / 3383 posts
Instagram is the best! You can find people who are on it that are in your contact list or through FB and your email. If you go to your profile and click on the wheel/spoke thingy in the top right corner you'll find a 'find and invite friends' option. 
ETA: IG can be slow at taking photos so most of the time I use my camera app.
bananas / 9973 posts
I'm shopaholicviv.
I just use the basic IG app to take & post pics. If anyone recommends any other cool apps for splitting pics or addt'l filters I'd love to know too!
pomegranate / 3383 posts
Oops! I should mention that I'm samandkai.
@shopaholic: I downloaded apps from the recommendations on this post: http://www.hellobee.com/2012/05/18/favorite-photo-apps/
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
You can use Instagram in a few different ways:
1) Take a lot of photos of your pets or LO... then post them for your friends and family.
2) Take cool/designed pictures of interesting things, to convey the general impression of sophistication and taste.
3) Take lots of pictures of yourself
4) A combination of the above.
I tried to use Instagram with approach #1 above, but I quickly found that all of my pictures were of Charlie drinking coffee or playing at the playground. My life is too repetitive to be interesting! Plus I have limited taste, so #2 was out... and I don't take selfies, so #3 was out. Then I ran out of storage space on my iPhone, so I had to quit.
I might fire my IG back up though once I get more room on my iPhone!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I use my camera app and bring the photos into Instagram usually. You can find me on highwire and shopaholic's lists of followers. I don't want to post it here since it has my first name in it. It starts with a T though. I love Instgram! I think you will too.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@mrbee: I miss your pics! I did love the one you posted of Mrs. Bee and Olive playing a couple weeks ago..
You can take pics with your regular camera, when you're in the IG app you can upload from your photo album.
I'm not going to post my username on here but I would be on both high wire and shopaholics followers list, you'll recognize me by my old avatar 
and my name begins with mama.
pomelo / 5789 posts
I'm glad @sweetchic: posted this. I downloaded instagram a while ago, but never really figured it out myself either.
I just tried adding a few of you (my username is wheres*****).
I'm going to try and use it some more.
pomegranate / 3716 posts
Awesome, thanks everyone! I will giveit a try, though the last thing I need is another social media app sucking up my time, ha!
pomegranate / 3716 posts
So it looks like you can tag people, similar to FB? Do you do the same @ function?
Oh, I should say that my ID is sweetchicevents, follow me, please!!
honeydew / 7909 posts
my id is: thebrimeyers. And I have no idea what I'm doing yet. I added you @sweetchic, hope that's okay. Or should I say 'followed'?! :))
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
I love IG, mostly to follow my HB peeps Same username on IG as here
grapefruit / 4817 posts
Rule #1 : Don't think Instagram is just a fun photo editing app and take naked pictures of yourself. I seriously know like 4 people who have done this.
pomelo / 5321 posts
@bree72: hahahah oh man, that would suck!
I'm on IG too. Same name with 09 on the end!
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