How to use VSCOcam for Instagram

How to use VSCOcam For Instagram

I often get asked how I edit on my iPhone. When I talked about my favorite apps for Instagram, I talked about  my go to app for editing, VSCOcam.( Remember, you can also get this app on Android!)

I love it.

It’s simple, it’s pretty and it’s fast.

So today I’m going to show use how I use VSCOcam for Instagram.

Last week, I took this photo

 

 

And so far, it’s been one of my most liked photos on Instagram to date.

 

Pookah and I were just sitting watching some Disney show when he grabbed my hand. It took a picture, and this is what it looked like, straight out of camera:

 

I KNEW immediately that it would have to be in black and white. Mainly because when I want emotion to shine in a photo, I choose to edit in Black and White.

SO!

The first thing I did was pull it into VSCO and rotate the photo:

 

Next, I used one of my favorite presets( I have them placed in order of preference) the Legacy 03 preset to convert it to black and white.

Nice but….

I then pulled up the exposure:

Then added a little contrast to make it pop:

And finally, a little sharpening.

But……

See that area on the right? It was green in the original photo( Pookah’s shirt) and now it’s just a white distracting blob in my photo.

 

I quickly pulled the image into the Touch Retouch App. (Remember when I talked about it here?)

And easily  removed the distraction.

And BAM!!

There it is.

I then uploaded it to Square-ready, and sent it to Instagram.

Easy peasy right?

And that is how I use VSCOcam for Instagram

Any questions?

 

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by Monica Marino at Mode