What can you get with pillow stuffing, a fast food sign, a hardware store, a tree-trunk
and an ATM?
Internet fame, that is what!
Hello and welcome back to iO!
Me again!
I am Rebecca Felgate for those of you who haven’t met me yet!
I pop in from time to time to fill in for Charlotte.
How are you all?
I hope you are surviving and thriving…how is the weather where you are?
Let me know in the comments section down below and also leave a thumbs up on this video for
ten stars of good karma annnnddd… . as this video is about
Instagram why don’t you follow IO and me on Instagram.
The weather her in Toronto right now us literally awful!
I battled an ice storm to get here.
Speaking of storms, Instagrammer Calob Castellon who has 380,000 followers shared the secret
to his success and…well….. that glam insta life isn’t as glam as your thought – but
it is super thrifty and creative!
I think when most of us think of social media influencers we think of the Kendals and the
Kylies and champagne and trips to cabo…and hair arranged into little hearts… etc…
but the reality isn’t anywhere near as glamorous.
It turns out all you need is a camera and a trip to a hardware store.
Caleb Castellon shared the behind the scenes snaps from his Instagram and I have been chuckling
hard– Let me show you a few afters… then the before’s
Okay, here is a beautiful girl peaking out of a window… buttt….really….. she’s
looking through a selection of display custom blinds and shades.
Sure!
Peaking dreamily through the clouds… oh – she is laying on the floor amid pillow
stuffing.
Who dis babe sitting by retro signs….
Oh, no it’s a gal sitting on the floor outside taco bell.
The before literally looks like me at 2 am on a Saturday night.
I love this one of a guy with his hands ahead of a spacy looking wormhole… it turns out,
he is just up close and personal with a plasma screen.
I actually want to show you a few incredible ones I found from instagrammer MissKatyEnglish….
Here is an after of her floating in an ocean in a bottle… which I think we can all agree
looks absolutely amazing….
Well… here is the before …..she is LITERALLY SITTING ON THE FLOOR OF HER HOUSE!
Here she is in the woods cuddling a Giant Teddy Bear – but the original is sitting
on the bed.
Like…
I am obsessed.
Now I wont lie – What Katy and Caleb have in common is that they are both incredible
picture editors.
It isn’t like they are just posting the originals without some crafty photoshop…
but the good news is that I reached out to Katy to ask her how she does this and she
said she is totally self taught….so if she can do it, literally so can you or I.
You just need time and patience.
Looking at Katy and Caleb’s feeds really inspire me and make me happy.
Our shows producer Hayley linked me to an article when I was writing this script and
it is about Instagram actually making people UNHAPPY and effecting their mental health.
The Guardian article says this is because we are so obsessed with scrolling perfect
lives and getting envious and upset that our own aren’t like that.
I would argue though that, given the rest of this video and what we have seen with the
edits, isn’t it clear that Instagram is only a snapshot and not the actual reality?
You are seeing something carefully edited and crafted to appeal to your eyes.
20 years ago people were complaining magazines were harming our health and we realise now
that a lot of those images are photoshopped too…
I will say this… as an instagrammer myself….
You probably have no idea how long someone has sat making an image perfect….
This picture from Scarlett London on the bed for example – she will have sat on that
bed for a long timegetting the perfect shot, perfectly arranging the food..there probably
isn’t any tea in her cup… then she has had to edit it… and this is supposed to
be real life!
I think the key to Instagram is to enjoy it for what it is – curated images.
What do you guys think?
Lets open up the discussion…although of course don’t forget our weather chat!
FOLLOW CALEB, KATY, ME Comments from my last vid about maroon 5 and
the super bowl half time show.. you said: Rhawkets said: Maroon 5 wasn't that bad.
People just want to take their hate on them because Sweet Victory wasn't played.
Tbh we should all be upset with whoever organized the halftime show.?
Cod Killer said: People of Bikini Bottom you have been cheated and lied to.
Gewbdolyn Dickerson said: By far the most boring super bowl I've seen?