I know I’m ten years late to the party, but when I was stuck in an airport on the way home from Hawaii, I fell in love with Instagram. I blame Brie Demkiw and her breathtaking photostream from our Kauai meetup. I added my own Hawaii photographs in the Atlanta airport while I awaited a homebound flight, and I’ve been hooked ever since.
Now, Instagram is what inspires me to run. After shoving my phone in the strap of my sports bra on a couple of winter jogs, then pulling it out to photograph sheep, or a bale of hay, I have become addicted to the challenge of shooting something different on my route every time I run.
And every time I walk.
I love playing with Instagram’s filters to add atmosphere to my not-so-great phone-photos.
With the limitations of my phone’s camera (close-ups are pretty terrible), I’m running out of ideas for how to capture my route in new ways. Today I was inspired by the Daily Post’s Shadowed photo challenge and squeezed out one more new perspective.
As the seasons change, so will the photographs. The light will warm, the colors will brighten. Brittle limbs will soften with green.
Until then, I keep running, looking for new ways to see the same old route.
I’m on Instagram @andreabadgley.
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22 responses to “Running with my camera”
that’s inspiring indeed.
Best of luck 🙂
Very nice pictures!
Wauw, beatifull pictures 🙂
Kaua’i! Went there this summer. Such a beautiful place. Great post. 🙂
Beautiful 🙂 love these pics ❤
Fun! See you on Instagram! janostrom
love the pictures!
Unfortunately England is the worst place the go running … I miss outdoor joggings! thank you for this inspiring post!
I love instagram AND I love running! Your photos are great! Perhaps instagram will also motivate you to continue running even further, so you can capture even more amazing photos! What’s your instagram handle? I would love to follow!
Haha! It hasn’t inspired me to run further yet, but maybe in the spring 😉
Don’t worry Andrea, I just signed up for Instagram a few months ago too. And truth be told, I always forget to use it! Thanks for the reminder. 🙂
Yay! That makes me feel much better about myself 🙂
These are pretty awesome!
The beauty of having four seasons is that nothing stays the same, including ‘the same old route’. I absolutely love your ‘running’ path. If it weren’t paved, I’d like to run a horse (with me on it) right down the middle of it.
There is a dirt road I haven’t yet explored – it looks like a farmer’s driveway, but I’d be on foot, so maybe they wouldn’t mind? I’ll post photos to Instagram if I am brave enough to run it one day.
Being artsy while getting healthy! I like it 🙂 Good for you!
Great post! Interesting and fun!
Love how Instagram — and the possibility of a captured moment, right in your pocket (or, err, in the strap of your sports bra) — are encouraging you to run!
It’s especially great to see how a person’s Instagram stream helps to build a more three-dimensional picture of “home” — thanks for sharing these with us.
It’s always cool to find new ways of capturing something very familiar (a running route, for example). I love how my iPhone lens has helped me see new angles.
Have not bothered with Instagram until now…but your post inspires me to give it a try. Happy trails!
Cool pics – in both senses of the word. Funnily enough, I was thinking I should take my camera on my daily walks to take photos as blog-stock. (My phone and PC have fallen out and are no longer talking to each other, but my camera’s a neat but powerful wee thing, like myself 🙂 )
I’ve not been a fan of instagramed photos, finding them just too smooth. But seeing yours has made me reconsider – you have an been subtle in your editing and the photos still look real.
Really like the shadow picture. Well done, you.
all great images you captured, amazing 🙂 I guess I’ll be 10+ years late for instagram, too.
You took those pictures with your phone? Can’t believe it how beautiful they turned out!
Love it!!
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