Weekend Hashtag Project: #buggingout
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #buggingout, which asked participants to capture photographs of bugs. Every Monday we feature some of our favorite submissions from the project, but be sure to check out the rest here.
Photos by @shutterbugbri, @drewdomkus, @deepskywonders, @amy_leee, @arctologiste, @famousjody, @unicornpoop, @eprimasatya, @lukepenketh, @undertheopensky, @sheribisbee & @worksology.
The Week on Instagram | 25
- Instagram wins a Webby Award!
- Mashable rounds up 25 beautiful Instagram cityscapes
- Vulture on How to Shoot Instagram Photos That Look Like Your Favorite Directors’ Films
- Guest of a Guest with Must-See Moments from LA’s May Day Demostrations
- Weekend Hashtag Project: #buggingout. View photos from the last project, #socialtravel.
- Photo Feature: Kentucky Derby
- Follow Friday: Athletes on Instagram
- The Making Of: Beautiful, Hand-Crafted Bicycles
- Photo Feature: Neon Museum, Las Vegas
- Who I Follow: @nickdewald’s Favorite Users
Photo Feature: Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby takes place today in Louisville, Kentucky at 3:24pm PST. This thoroughbred horse race spans for only one and a quarter miles, or two kilometers, and is known in in the United States as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” as a result of its extremely short duration.
Spectators have been sharing their pre-race preparation photographs of traditional Derby items such as as mint julips and lavish oversized hats, as well as photographs behind-the-scenes from Churchill Downs, with Instagram.
The Kentucky Derby is also known as “The Run for the Roses” due to the blanket of 554 red roses draped over the Kentucky Derby winner, as presented by the Governor of Kentucky, every year. As a result, the rose has become the race’s official flower.
Whether you’re at the race in-person or attending a Kentucky Derby viewing party, be sure to tag your photographs with #kentuckyderby!
Photos by @karynkelly, @carriec, @lookingforlaura, @thejeanniemai, @natalienicole03, @audreylasalle, @madi_frame, @jadthegent & @jauntingjill.
Follow Friday: Athletes on Instagram
From boxers to surfers to sprinters, there’s an incredible group of top notch athletes sharing their photos on Instagram. Below we’ve gathered together a sampling of our favorite accounts. With the Olympics just around the corner, be sure to stay tuned to them and our other notable athletes as they prepare for London 2012!
@tonyhawk - Skateboarding
@serenawilliams - Tennis
@kaka - Soccer
@af85 - Track
@kellyslater - Surfing
The top photo of Kevin Durant (@trey5) was taken by the Oklahoma City Thunder (@okcthunder).
The Making Of: Beautiful, Hand-Crafted Bicycles
The Instagram team obviously loves photography, but we count a number of cycling enthusiasts among our ranks as well. Rarely do these two passions—cycling and photography—collide in such spectacular fashion as in the case of @stanridgecycles.
Stanridge Cycles—owned and operated by Adam Eldridge—is a Columbus, OH based builder of custom, hand-crafted track, road, and city bicycles. Through his Instagram feed and blog posts, Adam exquisitely documents the complete fabrication cycle, leaving his followers with a deep appreciation for the craft and artistry that goes into each bicycle.
Afraid that following @stanridgecycles won’t be enough for your hand-built bicycle fix? Check out @feathercycles (from the UK) and @averycountycycles (from Denver, CO) too!
Know any other Instagrammers doing something unique with their hands? Send us a note through Tumblr.
Neon Museum, Las Vegas
Ever wonder what happens to all those neon signs that line the Las Vegas Strip when they’re taken down? They end up at the Neon Museum! The Neon Museum is a non-profit in Las Vegas dedicating to preserving Las Vegas’s iconic art form, and it’s a must-visit spot for great Instagram photos!
Photos by @logos728, @sv1, @40_in, @karaannbanana, @petitserif, @rockstarmomlv, @labeaufrand, @alphabetarm, @cshimala, @robgwilson, @toomuchfire, @apocryphanow, @mygulrealsun & @li150girl.
Who I Follow: @nickdewald’s Favorite Users
One of the best ways to expand your community on Instagram is to take a look at the folks your favorite Instagrammers are already following. In this series, we ask some of our favorite Instagrammers to name a few users whose photos they love seeing every day.
Instagrammer Nick Dewald (@nickdewald), a photographer and architect based in Cincinnati, Ohio, shared some of his favorite users with us, and we’re pleased to pass them on:
@whitestwalker
92% amateur. 99.8% taken and edited with iphone. 2.7% popular. 41.2 % earlybird. 64.8% english level. 88.1% IG addict. 53.3% statistics are not true.
@travisjenkins
Buildings and sky, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mostly filtered through Valencia.
@rodsilveira
Colorful photos from Brazil.
Weekend Hashtag Project: #socialtravel
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #socialtravel, which asked participants to capture photographs of public transportation, or transportation shared with others. Every Monday we feature some of our favorite submissions from the project, but be sure to check out the rest here.
Photos by @chansky, @amersly, @vanss472, @seriesofclicks, @mattbooy, @artfuldesperado, @livitup85, @dellwood_barker, @oldbaby, @alef79, @e_lime & @peache.
The Week on Instagram | 24
- The @WSJ had its readers tag their Instagram shuttle shots with #shuttlewsj
- NatGeo & The North Face are Instagramming from Everest (Also: read our post here!)
- Enter @mashable’s #mashpics photo challenge: How Do You Spend Your Lunch Break?
- Check out the Instagram art exhibit at W New York
- Weekend Hashtag Project: #socialtravel. View photos from the last project, #landmarked.
- Spotlight: Paris
- Follow Friday: Tattoo Artists on Instagram
- The NFL Draft on Instagram
- The Making Of: The Boat of Your Dreams
- Photo Feature: Coachella
- Hashtag Highlight: #emptychairsproject
Spotlight: Paris
Since launching, we’ve seen Instagram spread from our headquarters in the Bay Area to every corner of the globe. In this series we’ll highlight top users from countries and cities with thriving Instagram communities.
This week’s spotlight takes us to the City of Light, one of the most beloved places on the planet. Paris’ slew of vistas, iconic buildings and parks are ripe for stunning photographs. As the capital of France, the city will also be at the heart of May 6th’s hotly contested presidential election between @nicolassarkozy and François Hollande.
We’ve gathered together a group of Parisian Instagrammers that share their view of the city with us day in and day out:
@piarieu
@kerhouarn
@hernancampa
@juanjerez
@caroline_dreams
The photo at the top of this post is by @vutheara.
