Danielle Moss

Every so often, I’ll get asked how I edit photos for instagram. Almost all of my photos are shot on my iPhone 6, although I do have a Canon Mark iii and Fuji XT1, too. If you’re just looking to take better photos while traveling or day-to-day, I’d recommend the Fuji XT1 or X100T. The T1 offers interchangeable lenses, and the 100T comes with a 35MM equivalent, similar to the iPhone.

How to Quickly and Easily Edit iPhone Photos for Instagram

So let’s talk about the shooting editing process. 

First of all, I shoot in natural light whenever possible. The above photo looked like this pre-editing. It’s pretty but was shot on a gloomy day, and wasn’t very bright.

My editing process is usually fairly simple. I start in VSCO (my favorite photo editing app) where I alternate between the A6 and S2 filters. See the dots below the photo? You can adjust the filter’s strength using that bar. I never really go below 10 or 11.

I then export and save, open in instagram, and up the brightness a little bit.

Go back to that first gloomy photo. So much better, right?

Last weekend, I shared this photo of my dogs.

Look at the immediate difference after adding the S2 filter.

And then increasing the brightness.

And my living room. I shot this during the day, but it was cloudy and not nearly as bright as I wanted it to be. So I added the A2 filter.

Upped the brightness and clicked that little sun button at the top to add a little clarity. Don’t overdo it–keep it at around 20.

And the finished product.      

So there you have it. A quick and easy way to up your instagram photo game. Any questions for me? Leave them in the comments below!