Instagram lets you post photos as portrait, landscape, or square. Why is it a good idea to take your photos in the format/orientation you intend to post them in?

✅  The correct answer is:

So you can better compose all the elements in the shot.

Question:

Instagram lets you post photos as portrait, landscape, or square. Why is it a good idea to take your photos in the format/orientation you intend to post them in?

Solution:

  • Cropped images are deprioritized by Instagram’s algorithm.
  • The resolution Instagram allows is lower when images are cropped.
  • This practice makes photos easier to edit.
  • So you can better compose all the elements in the shot.
  • all of the options in this list