Q: I'm a big Instagram user and I've raked up nearly 1,000 photos over the past few months. I'd like a way to share them with guests that come by, but don't want to print them all out on my inkjet (it just doesn't look right on that glossy paper). Any ideas?
A: Well, Philip, seeing as Instagram seems to be taking over the retro-digital photo world as of late, it's no surprise folks are wanting to get those photos off their phones and into the hands of their loved ones.
One route to go is to print them on larger canvas frames instead of regular photo paper. We like framing our favorites and stacking them in a creative pattern to create a nice little stack of memories - now that's what we call a fabulous conversation piece!
If you're okay with digital, Slidelight is a $2.99 app for the iPad which combines Flipboard+Instagram, allowing for the automatic pulling your photos into an interactive digital piece for your friends and family to enjoy when they're not busy playing Angry Birds.
Got another clever display method for your Instagram photos? Let us know in the comments!
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A: Stop assuming people want to see your unnecssarily-over-filtered cellphone photos.
I don't know where you're trying to display these photos, but I have a mac media center in my living room hooked up to a hdtv. I found this app called screenstagram that is a screensaver that displays instagram pics. It looks pretty good on my tv.
I also print out some of them (mostly I've been taking older photos and applying instagram-like effects to them in photoshop), then I print them two up with a small white border on 4x6 photo paper. I have a wire hanging horizontally on my wall (bought wire that is used to hang frames) and I attached the photos using small magnets. They also sell magnetic photo rope at a few places online, but I wanted to DIY. I thought the photos looked great on the glossy paper, but you could buy matte photo paper or try resume paper. You might get some cool results.
I recommend Bumblejax for high quality wall-art prints. They are based out of Seattle and deliver all over in US. They provide frame-less mounting. What I love about them is their unique mounting material options like bamboo, acrylic and aluminum. They have fixed sizes options as well as custom sizes. The price is a little on the higher side, but the quality makes up for it.
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