One of the most enjoyable parts of our trip to Costa Brava was taking part in an Instagram meet-up and competition – #instaCadaques was organised by the local community and involved the mayor. It probably helps, when you’re thinking about running a competition to choose a gorgeous location and add a touch of blue sky. Cadaques, was one of the most gorgeous harbours I have ever seen. That afternoon we got to tour around Dali’s house. I am saving that one for a separate post – stunning.
A perfect setting for an extremely enjoyable morning out and about. We were given a tour of Cadaques and invited to upload as many photographs as we wanted to the tourism website. The success of the competitions in Costa Brava is growing – with each region generally attracting a greater number of “Instagrammers” each time.
It’s an easy thing to set up – choose a venue:-
I was curious to see what the general demographic was for a group meet up, but very hard to pin down – the beauty of such accessible photography is that you only need a smart phone and preferably a few apps to enhance the pictures. Young and old joined in together – they all looked pretty cool to me:-
The typical Insta-man:-
The typical Insta-boy:-
The Uber-cool mayor introduced the day:-
Us with the team all looking at a photographer on the roof:-
Our resident Insta-expert, Julio Estrela with 10K followers:-
An example of one of my entries:-
I want to show you the photos my son took – got to get him to send them to me first – he did a great job.
