Local Instagramer Megan Snedden is off to Australia for the Ultimate Instameet! From Megan: As New York City finally transitions to spring, Australia meanwhile slowly slips into winter. If you’re planning an escape Down Under, where then would you go to find tropical paradise? In the Hamilton Islands off Queensland in the northeast, temperatures currently [...]
About bridif
Brian DiFeo is always up for an Instagram adventure. He is co-founder of The Mobile Media Lab, a creative agency that connects brands with their audience on Instagram. Find him on Instagram (@bridif) and visit briandifeo.com to learn more about his many iPhoneography journeys.
ShufflePix app built by friend of IG NYC
Have you downloaded ShufflePix yet? It’s a fun way to turn your photos into puzzles that you and your friends can solve. It’s kind of like Words with Friends but visual and we think even more fun. The app is the brainchild of Shinji Kim (@shinjikim), who’s been active in the Instagram NYC community for [...]
Fall Foliage InstaWalk & App demo Sunday Oct 21
Join us this Sunday for a photowalk through Prospect Park, Brooklyn, then a demonstration and games with the really cool, nighttime Lightbomber App! We will meet at the entrance to the park by Grand Army Plaza at 4:30pm on Sunday, October 21. We’ll walk through the park towards the southwest corner, eventually meeting again at [...]
Meetup at Union Square
Head to Union Square on Thursday, October 11th at 12:30pm (meet us in front of the giant screens) to meet celebrity chefs, watch cooking demos, snack on free samples, and pledge to join the Small Plate Movement (RSVP here). NBCUniversal is teaming up with the Small Plate Movement to bring awareness to the fact that [...]
#InstaWalk at the West Side Tennis Club
Join us on Saturday, August 18th at noon to have a guided tour of the historic West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens. Did you know the site has a 90-year old tennis stadium and that the US Open was held there until 1978? We’ll photograph the beautiful grounds and learn about the famous [...]
InstaWalk Saturday June 23 in Astoria
It’s Always Sunny in Astoria! Join us for an Instagram Photo Walk starting in Astoria Park (http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/AstoriaPark) headed toward Socrates Sculpture Park (http://www.socratessculpturepark.org/) We can meet around 4 pm in Astoria Park near the track and walk along the east river to the Sculpture Park…then head back toward Astoria Park…afterwards there are plenty of great [...]
How We Do Events
Recently, a few people said the Instagram NYC community is under corporate sponsorship and attendees have been misled when going to our events, so I’d like to share my point of view. No one who volunteers for our community has ever taken a penny for an event. On two occasions we worked with brands to [...]
Instagram Exhibit at W Hotel – Times Square
We are thrilled to bring you NYC’s first Instagram photography exhibit in parntership with W New York – Times Square, starting with a fantastic launch part on May 1 at 7pm (learn more here). W New York – Times Square invited 6 mobile photographers to share their work under the theme “design” – expect images [...]
InstaWalk Saturday with Tour of Broadway Theater
Join us for a photowalk through Times Square and the theater district! Your guide for the day will be John de Guzman (@johndeguzman), who will take us from the steps of the Library, through Bryant Park, around Times Square, and then through the Belasco Theater at 12:45pm sharp (111 W44th St). We will have an [...]
Join us April 3 for a PhotoWalk!
The next Instameet is set for the evening of Tuesday, April 3rd! We hope you join us for a photowalk through Battery Park starting at 6pm then fun times at the #TechTuesday party from 7-10pm at Tribeca Grand Hotel. All the details for the photowalk, as well as RSVP, can be found in our meetup [...]
Instagram NYC Community Roundup
- InstaDerby, a fun way to compete around weekly photo themes and built in NYC, launches
- Instagramers meet and greet the cast of upcoming Broadway show, A Streetcar Named Desire
- @takinyerphoto featured on the Huffington Post
NYC Launches Instagram Competition #LoveNYC
Yesterday, the City of New York launched a photography contest called #loveNYC, encouraging all of you mobile photographers to submit a photo that shows why you love our great city. We think it is a great idea, and the winning prize is pretty amazing. First, submit your photo via Facebook by April 7, 2012. The [...]
InstaLunch on Friday March 16
We are doing it again! Leave the office behind and join fellow IGers for a lunchtime photowalk in Union Square. Socialize with other Instagramers, learn tips and take cool photos. Meet us at the front stairs of the park on 14th street, and let’s hope for more spring weather!
Wrap Up: InstameetNYC in Central Park
I wanted to post something last night, but, like most Instameets, the photowalk turned into dinner, drinks, and conversation with new friends and familiar faces… Well it was a year ago when Instagram rolled out “instameets” in March 2011, and since our first one we’ve seen the NYC community grow to the largest Meetup group [...]
On Broadway with Kirsten Alana
On Broadway is a weekly segment where we feature a NYC Instagrammer to discuss all things iPhoneography and the Big Apple. I first met Kirsten (@kirstenalana) at an iPhoneography event in December. Like most Instagram meetups, a group of us went to dinner after the event and kept talking. I learned that Kirsten is an [...]
March 11 Instameet In Central Park
Hey Folks! Our next Instameet will be in Central Park on Sunday, March 11. We’ll be meeting at the Columbus Circle entrance at 2pm, then walking through the park for a few hours and ending at a restaurant on the UWS. Check out our group page at Meetup.com to sign up. In the next few days we [...]
Instagram Party for Social Media Week NYC
On Wednesday, February 15, we hosted a unique party for the NYC Instagram community at the Tribeca Grand Hotel. We wanted to do something special so we hired North Street to design and project on the wall a customized real-time experience. At the party, we encouraged people to tag their photos with #instagramnycsmw and the images [...]
Instagram’s Top 20 Most Followed Users
Did you know that 9 of the top 10 Instagram users are celebrities and brands? Bieber, Selena, Taylor, MTV, Starbucks, Jamie Oliver, the Jenners, and Burberry. The only non-celebrity? Long-time IGer Mike Kus at #9. For the next 10, there are 4 celebrities (Snoop, Seacrest, Zooey and Mraz) as well as two of my NYC friends [...]
Warby Parker photowalk on Jan 29
We’re thrilled to partner with Warby Parker for a photowalk on January 29! Info at http://bit.ly/wplovesny (Taken with instagram)
A Great Quote on Instagram
from this December article in Wired Magazine by Clive Thompson: “As I used the app more and more, something surprising happened: I became increasingly observant of the world around me… But casual photographers rarely developed this type of eye, because they just wanted to point and shoot. What Instagram is doing… is giving newbies a [...]
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