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Is Stop Motion Video the New Big Trend on Instagram?

Chris Gampat
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08/22/2013
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Though video for Instagram has been out for a while now, a new trend has emerged overall that some of us probably didn’t even realize would come. As with lots of the other big trends in video, it was only a matter of time before one form of the art became really big on Instagram. That form is stop motion video. At the moment, there are over 30,000 posts on Instagram with the #stopmotion hashtag and it’s bound to only climb higher. However, despite a very strong initial start with video, most folks still mostly post images and unless you’re Desert Friends, you’re probably not looking to create a whole web series involving Instagram video.

A couple of notable uses of videos are a What’s in the Bag video done by National Geographic and California based Fashion Photographer Bryant Eslava using video to show off lots of his portfolio work for the past couple of years.

So how do you do Stop Motion video? A couple days ago, Photojojo posted a quick tip to their Instagram account saying that you can do it using iMovie on your phone.

Those three videos are after the jump; and we can only wait until timelapse Instagrams start happening in mass.


 

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.