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 [...]
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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 [...]
Instafocus: Brandon Page
InstaFocus is a weekly Q+A curated by @astrodub. I’ve been following Brandon Page (@b_page) for quite a while. His sense of composition is simply superb and tends to turn everyday life into something beautiful. Below, Brandon talks a bit about life on Instagram, apps and inspiration. How long have you been on Instagram? What made [...]
InstaFocus: Tim Cadman
InstaFocus is a weekly Q+A curated by @astrodub. This week on InstaFocus we sat down with street photographer Tim Cadman (@TimCadman) from New York and picked his brain about his process and what inspires him. Where do you hail from? I’m from Washington DC and have been living in New York for the last [...]
#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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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)
Instagram + Community = Greatness
Yesterday’s quote about Instagram’s community by Founder Kevin Systrom at the Le Web conference in Paris was a milestone. ”’Instagram is not about filters, said Systrom. “The defensible asset is the community, nowhere else would you find such passionate users.‘” (From TechCrunch) This means a lot to me, and probably most of the Instagram Evangelists around the world, and it is something I have [...]
The NYC Instagram Scavenger Hunt? Good times….
Recently, lots of NYC Instagrammers…from rock stars like Anton Kawasaki (@Anton_in_NYC) to relative newbies, came out in force for our 2nd Scavenger Hunt! Mother Nature even cooperated, providing the eager teams with an unseasonably balmy November day. Tasks included everything from getting a pre-teen to flip the bird….to licking a subway pole (whoa!). “Saying it [...]
Our first #InstaLunchNYC? A success!
On Friday, 14 Instagrammers came out in the cold during their lunch break for a photowalk through Bryant Park and the Veteran’s Day Parade. A good time was had by all, and plans are already underway for the next one! Wanna see pics? Check out the above hashtag on Instagram or on your browser with [...]
How can you help the NYC Instagram Community?
We are looking for volunteers to support and promote the growth of the NYC Instagram community, and we would love it if you helped us out! Back in March, I (@bridif) created the Instagram and Twitter accounts for @instagramnyc for our first formal “Instameet,” and added Facebook and Tumblr along the way. Since the beginning, I’ve worked [...]
Instameet Tomorrow!
Hey everyone, just a reminder that we are having the Instameet rain or shine! Come on down to New Work City at 412 Broadway for pizza, demos by WANT! app and Instacane, then presentations from 5 wonderful NYC Instagramers. There will be pizza, mingling, and and a Q&A with the entire panel. See you there! RSVP at Facebook or Meetup.
Downtown Photo Hunt!
Let’s combine the simplicity of a photowalk with the fun of a scavenger hunt! We will meet at Federal Hall downtown, which is close to many photogenic spots: Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall, South Street Seaport, and Battery Park. At 6pm we’ll decide what we are “hunting,” then split into informal groups. We’ll return to the [...]
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