How to create an Instagram feed

Some time ago, you created an Instagram profile to express your creativity, and after a few snaps, stories and a few well-placed hashtags, you managed to get a decent number of followers. Now, however, you would like to further improve your feed, characterizing it with that harmony typical of the profiles belonging to well-known creators of the sector and you hope that I can help you with some useful “tips” to do so.

Well, if this is the way things are, know that you are in the right place, at the right time! In fact, below I will explain some basic techniques to create an Instagram feed that is homogeneous, harmonious and, above all, beautiful to see and scroll: in fact, taking care of your feed almost always means attracting new fans and, consequently, new ones. followers!

So, without waiting any longer, make yourself comfortable and read everything I have to explain to you on the subject: I tell you right away that there are no predefined rules to follow, as the bulk of the work is dependent on your imagination … but I assure you that, with a little practice and a lot of consistency, you’ll get remarkable results. Having said that, there is nothing left for me to do, except wish you good reading and have fun!

Index

• How to create a homogeneous Instagram feed
  • Choose a topic for posts
  • Use a specific color palette
  • Choose the right effect
  • Follow a defined layout
• How to make a nice Instagram feed: app

How to create a homogeneous Instagram feed

The watchword for creating a beautiful Instagram feed is one: creativity. Although, as you will soon discover, it is possible to follow predefined patterns based on theme, color and other similar details, it is still necessary to invest in the creation of your posts a lot of imagination but above all a lot, a lot of patience! But now no more chatter and let me give you some useful “tips” to make the feed of your Instagram profile original and pleasing to the eye.

Choose a topic for posts

In my opinion, one of the fundamental aspects to pay attention to is the choice of the topic on which to base the contents of the feed: the publication of images consistent with the same topic is certainly a good starting point to give order and continuity to the profile. .

So, if your goal is to make the feed homogeneous, try to publish images with a well-defined common thread: faces, people, landscapes, cuisine, buildings and so on and try to publish a fair number of posts relating to the same theme. : at least 9, according to the current graphics of the app.

Use a specific color palette

In addition to choosing the theme, it is also very important to pay attention to the color palette that is the protagonist of your shots. In this regard, try to publish images whose shades respond to a defined logic: bright colors, dark or neutral, seasonality, favorite color and so on.

In addition to your personal preference, you should also choose the predominant color (or dominant colors) of your Instagram feed based on the theme of the same. If you usually photograph moving subjects, for example, it is unthinkable to focus on a monochromatic palette: instead, you should focus on a combination of bright or seasonal colors.

Again, you can change the feed palette whenever you like, always respecting the 9-post rule. It also tries to maintain a certain consistency of tone between the previous series of posts and the next one: jumping from bright tones to black and white may be unpleasant to the eye, while switching from pink to red, or to a directly contrasting color such as light blue. , makes the “detachment” effect much more interesting!

Choose the right effect

Another element to take into consideration, speaking of the homogeneity of the posts, is the effect used for the images to be included in the feed. In this regard, there are different schools of thought: if you publish photos that follow a “flat” palette (such as the shades of a specific color), you can choose to apply the same graphic effect , to increase the visual coherence between a post and the other.

On the contrary, if the subjects are different and the feed is mainly based on color contrasts, it would be advisable to identify, each time, a different effect to be applied to each post, in order to obtain a linear chromatic line with respect to the contents already present in the feed.

Which filter to use? Well, the choice is yours and yours alone; in general, my advice is not to limit yourself to applying a predefined filter but to identify the combination of lights, shadows and shades that are best suited to the photo you are about to publish.

In this regard, it will be useful to know that the Instagram app also allows you to create custom filters, but only in Story mode : to use them, you will have to start publishing a story, modify the image as you prefer (and possibly save the filter used) and, instead of proceeding with sharing the story, you will have to save the photo in memory and publish it on the feed at a later time. In any case, if the effects and filters of Instagram do not satisfy you, you can always edit your images through dedicated third-party apps and, later, add them to your feed.

For more information, I refer you to reading my tutorials on how to put effects on Instagram, how to use Instagram filters and how to search for filters on Instagram: I’m sure they will come in very useful.

Follow a defined layout

Hue yes, but not only: another practice very often used by content creators for Instagram is the choice of a precise layout (or format ) of publication for their contents. This consists in inserting the images in your feed following a specific and repeated order, with the intent to capture the reader’s attention, exactly as if he were consulting a newspaper page.

By ideally organizing your Instagram feed into a grid with 3 columns and a certain number of rows, let me list some layouts to follow to organize your photos.

• Horizontal/line layout: this is one of the simplest formats but, at the same time, highly effective. The whole thing consists in publishing the images that correspond to a specific “theme” (eg faces, landscapes or panoramas) on a single line, and then applying another one to the next one.
• Checkerboard layout: this is a particular format, which consists of alternating two different types between posts consecutively: many, for example, usually publish a photo, then a quote, then another photo, yet another other quote and so on. At this juncture, it is very important that the color palette remains consistent and that the same font and formatting are always used for citations.
• Vertical / column layout: this format consists of publishing homogeneous images on the side columns of the feed (ie on the first and third columns), delegating the central one to contain “detachment” elements, presumably with a white background and few contents (eg. quote).
• Puzzle layout: consists of publishing “fragmented” images divided into several contiguous posts, horizontally or vertically. For a good result, it is essential that the photos to be divided are of high quality. For more details, read my tutorial on how to do puzzles on Instagram.
• With central element: this format, ideally based on a fixed 3 × 3 grid, consists in publishing one or more contiguous images on the edges of the grid (ie on the “external” square made up of 8 elements), inserting, in the central “box”, an element of detachment or an element of particular attention (e.g. a quote relating to the remaining photos). For the frame feed to be effective, it is imperative that the content is published all together, at the beginning of a new line.
• With frame: this is a very impressive layout, which provides for the choice of a precise frame for the images (preferably white or light-colored) and the application of the same for all the contents of the feed, alternating the latter between horizontal ones and vertical. For an even more incisive effect, I advise you to adopt a well-homogeneous color palette. If you want to know how to add frames to photos, read my tutorial dedicated to the theme.

These are just some examples of formats but, once again, everything should be based on your imagination and your personal tastes! For example, nothing prevents you from mixing the features of multiple layouts together and creating your own custom combination: go wild, be creative and the results will not disappoint you!

How to make a nice Instagram feed: app

You have carefully read all the tips I have provided you so far and you are convinced that, by applying them to the fullest, you will be able to create a nice Instagram feed to show to your followers. The problem, however, is that you are a beginner and you already know that before you can learn to act automatically you will have to publish, delete and republish your content in a different order over and over again, so you can get the graphic effect that you were looking for.

To overcome this problem, there are some apps specifically dedicated to the design of your Instagram feed, which allow you to create and organize, within a couple of taps, a grid of images to add to your feed; once the desired effect has been obtained, you can proceed with the publication through the integrated function of the app.

Numerous other applications of this type are available on both Android and iPhone, even free, each with its own characteristics and peculiarities. However, I feel obliged to make you a couple of clarifications about it: it is possible that the apps distributed for free contain invasive ads, which invite the purchase of paid fees or the download of other “bundled” apps.

Furthermore, apps of this type could impose in the respective terms of use the collection of personal data and information, which could be resold to third parties and used for marketing/profiling purposes: therefore, before consenting to their use, read carefully the ” privacy policy relating to the service offered, in order to have a clear idea of ​​the method of processing the data collected.

To avoid unnecessary risks, I advise you to carefully consult the list of permits and online reviews. For concrete examples of “clean” apps you can use to better organize your Instagram feed, read my tutorial on the best apps to organize Instagram.

 

 

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