Instagram phenomenon Seven: Build an identity for your photos

So how did you become an overnight Instagram phenomenon? Well, I am actually a photojournalist. For nearly 17 years, I worked for various magazine and newspapers in both photojournalism and editorial positions. But photojournalism has actually become rather unsatisfying. There is a significant difference between the way newspapers really work and the sort of things I want to do. And newspaper work began taking up so much of my time that I was never able to do anything extra. So I wound up leaving the newspaper. When I realized that a whole digital revolution had taken place, I focused on the digital world and began doing work on that front. I spent six months just getting a better feel for things. In the beginning, I shared things like what I was eating, what I was drinking and even what I was reading, Today's Zaman said. How did you get nearly 1 million followers? Right now, I have 880,000 followers. After I joined Instagram, it really became a conduit which allowed me to share my work. After a period of around six to seven months, I began to use it professionally. I also structured regular hours when I would share images so it became predictable for my followers. We even see your photos at three in the morning. Are these linked to some sort of automatic share program? No, I set my clock and get up every three hours to do this. I am not someone who sleeps very much anyway so I try to work when I am awake. The day is 24 hours long and Instagram works around the clock. So while we may be sleeping here, on the other side of the world, people are awake and following. So I needed to reach out to these other people. Details also at