I have been on Bookstagram (which is just an Instagram about books) since December of 2017 at @taylorisreading, and I have had a lot of questions about how I got my latest theme. Today, I am going to walk you all through my process!

So, first I take a picture that I like and send it to the Afterlight app to add a dust filter (dust 12). After that we get this:



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Then we move into the Instagram app! I do not use any other app to edit my pictures except for Afterlight to get the dust filter.

• I add the Aden filter, and on some pictures it is a little intense so I adjust as needed (usually to around 90-85)


• Go to the editor section and adjust brightness to 20-30


• Contrast to 15-20


• Structure to 30ish


• Warmth to 10-15ish


• Saturation to 5


• Color, orange, to 15-25


• Highlights to 20-25


• Shadows to -60 to -75


• And sharpen to 35-40

And then we get this:

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Ta da! Then you just write a quick caption and load the bottom with hashtags and you're done.

Let me know down below if you use any specific editing apps for your pictures!

Thanks for reading!

Taylor