My nine best on Instagram from 2012.
Another year has gone by. I’ve been through some fairly major life changes. New city. New job. New friends. New experiences.
Instagram has gone through some major changes as well. The photo-sharing app with vintage filters opened its doors to Android users and a few days later was purchased by Facebook for $1 billion in early April. A few Instagram users freaked out about the availability on the Android Market and even more freaked out after the news of Facebook’s purchase. Of course, this did nothing to slow its growth. In fact, during this 10 day period, the app saw explosive growth and ended up adding another 10 million users–1 million new users a day.
Then Instagram changed its privacy policy and people freaked out again–this time with the idea that Facebook was going to start selling users’ photos. This would all come to a close soon enough after Instagram apologized to its users and vowed to remove language that suggests they have the right to sell users’ photos. Oh, and a new version with a new filter was recently launched. Nice timing.
Now that you’re all caught up on the latest happenings of Instagram; let’s take a look at some of my personal top photos. For the second consecutive year, I have combed through my hundreds of photos and picked my top 10 of the year. I posted a good number of images shot with my Nikon D90, but this list is comprised of only photos shot and edited with my iPhone. You can take a look back at my top 10 photos of 2011 to see I have continued to grow as a photographer and get more creative with my shots. To view all my best photos from 2012, follow my on Instagram (@eric_wheeler) and view my hashtag #wheelers_best_of_2012. Take a look at my top 10 and let me know what you think!
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- The Sky Glider at the Minnesota State Fair.
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- Looking through the bridges over the Mississippi River and out to Minneapolis.
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- A Volkswagen Beetle in the fall.
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- My new blue bicycle from State Bicycle Co.
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- Rail yard in Saint Paul, MN.
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- The same rail yard in Saint Paul, MN. Looking NW.
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- Old warehouse in Minneapolis.
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- Riding high at the Minnesota State Fair.
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- Reflections in downtown Minneapolis.
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- Got a little frosty in Saint Cloud, MN.
January 1st, 2013 at 4:03 pm
beautiful
January 1st, 2013 at 4:06 pm
Thank you!
January 1st, 2013 at 4:07 pm
I also wondered that it’s intriguing how people complain and freak out about all the newest editions of facebook regulations (and in this case also intagram) but hardly ever follow up with any action.
January 1st, 2013 at 4:10 pm
We’re all just sheep, I suppose. I think people just enjoy Instagram and Facebook too much to let it go.
January 1st, 2013 at 4:11 pm
Haha, definitely!
January 3rd, 2013 at 2:05 pm
Getting better and better each year! I love looking back through photographers’ portfolios as they grow and change their styles. Love the bicycle, glider and frosty tree (of course) ones the most.
January 3rd, 2013 at 2:09 pm
Thank you so much, Tia! I think I follow some fantastic photographers on Instagram (you being one of them) and I get new ideas almost everyday.
January 8th, 2013 at 1:26 pm
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