Instagram Month: #cchanaholdingthings

The world of memes moves so fast it's hard to keep up and even participate when there's so much more going on in life. To help inspire me to take more photos and to give myself some focus, I created the #cchanaholdingthings hashtag on Instagram (also available on Flickr). It started of as a bit of fun, and the purchase of an ice cream cone in October 2017, has now spawned into a personal collection of 43 photos (and growing) with objects ranging from bottles of alcohol to little pieces of tech.

Favourite #cchanaholdingthings photos

As the collection continues to grow I do have some favourites, five of which I've shared below.

How to take a #cchanaholdingthings photo

Sharing photos in the modern world is hard, but taking them is easy. Portrait Mode on the iPhone makes it really easy to add emphasis to a photo and my the tool of choice for taking these photos which is harder than it should be. Technical limitations mean that the object has to be a certain distance away which is a real stretch for larger items. Not impossible, but enough to make it uncomfortable and for my nose to get involved to help focus and highlight the object in the photo.

Not that I'm complaining, the results are always great and I love sharing the photos. If you'd like to see more, follow me on Instagram.

Take a look back at week 10 where we looked at how to take better photos. Editing is a key part of it to really make the photos stand out but as I said, Portrait Mode really does all the hard work. Apple published a number of tutorials and featurettes on Portrait Mode on their YouTube channel and you can see the basics here: