Tips

Help tips to get your quick-started.

Joining our contests

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• to join simply comment an Instagram image with our contest hashtags.
• no need for any registration.
• do need an Instagram account. But hey, you can freely setup one in a minute!

Posting from phone

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Install Instagram app (android) (iphone), if you don’t have it already.

• write a real proper caption with no hashtags
• comment your post with max 7 hashtags
• use (a) not (à). So cittastudi, not cittàstudi
• post an image already on your Instagram just by commenting it with our contest hashtag.

Posting from desktop

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No phone? no problems, let’s hack:

• get BlueStack android emulator.
• install Instagram and if your on Mac also Google Drive apps in it.
• on Mac, you might need to put your images on your Google Drive for BlueStack to reach them.
• use BlueStack post to Instagram, (tut video here) On mac get your images from your Google Drive.
• read more here.

Working with Instagram photos

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Handy list of tools to work like a pro with crowdsourced photos.

• Quickly save other people photos while browsing.
  Download this Chrome extension or this other one.
  Note: Go to Instagram and log in first, then extension will work.

• Save all hashtag photos with 4K Stogram (PC, Mac and Linux)

• Use IFTTT.
  Automagically copy Instagram photos to your Google Drive.
  We made a few Ready-To-Use IFTTT Recipes:

  • #mappingcittastudi IFTTT Recipe
  • #ideasforcittastudi IFTTT Recipe
  • #lostfuturescittastudi IFTTT Recipe
  • #imaginecittastudi IFTTT Recipe

Note: IFTTT Recipes wont grab already posted shots, only new ones. Hurry up, setup your Recipe now…
To grab already posted shots use 4K Stogram

Shooting

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• Just get a shot?
• Or get a good shot?!
• Understand when the spot is best lit. Try different hours in the day.
• Frame subject with no useless elements around it.
• Try at least 3 different angles. Post the one that speaks louder.