Place you live: San Francisco, California

Occupation: Designer

Preoccupation: Photography and learning to be a better designer

Place your Instagrams were taken?San Francisco Bay Area

Can you sum up San Francisco? San Francisco is a metropolis at a small town scale, a storied city filled with quaint culture and boundary-pushing talent, surrounded by the beauty of nature.

What is a perfect day in San Francisco? Brunch, coffee, and ice cream, in between exploring, shooting, and waiting in lines for brunch, coffee, and ice cream.

If San Francisco was a person who would it be? Elon Musk. Brilliant, interesting, engaged in a varied range of endeavors, with a hint of weird.

How long have you been using Instagram? Over 4 years

What do you shoot with? I only post iPhone shots on my Instagram. I have a DSLR that I rarely use.

What is your editing process? I edit on my iPhone, mostly with Snapseed and VSCO. My edits tend to be a mix of what I envision and some serendipity.

Has Instagram affected how you shoot? Definitely. Instagram has given me an extraordinary amount of inspiration. My iPhone has enabled me to do creative photography on the go. They’ve greatly enhanced my creativity and curiosity.

Can you give a couple tips to aspiring Instagram photographers? Explore and practice and shoot more if you’re looking to expand your boundaries. It’s basic advice, but it can’t be stressed enough. You learn by trying. Also, don’t get caught up in likes and followers on Instagram. Sure it holds some weight, but it can be a really negative and useless way to frame your view of photography.

Who are your three favorite Instagrammers? It’s too difficult for me to narrow it down to three, but @dantom @thismintymoment and @chriscreature come to mind.

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