Most of us are engrossed with our smartphones, which are handy tools that help to transport you to different places and connect you to other people worldwide. Also, it veers you away from the hassle of bringing big and heavy cameras. Feels like a magical wand hidden in your pocket, right?
Gone are the days that people shy away from cameras, nowadays, even babies love to take selfies. No age limit or tedious training needed, with all the photo-editing tools available online, everyone becomes a photographer by heart. No need to count one-two-three, just unlimitedly tap that bottom and choose the best that showcased your angle. Now, everybody's beautiful.
To date, I never heard anyone who says they don't want to travel. And why not, there are a lot of beautiful places to explore.
Every minute you'll see a lot of travel posts from your friends list. Sharing the joy of their journey in social media sites like Facebook and Instagram becomes more exciting and creative.
Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application that offers Geofilters. It's a genius innovation that fits the ever-changing taste of the millennial and even those not-so-young but techy at heart. The digital transparent overlays help you remember your travel in a fun and exciting way. It offers a lot of artistic options for you to capture and share that special moment. Even without captioning where you are, let your picture do the talking.
According to Snapchat, "To date, almost half a million Community Geofilters have been submitted, and every day, Snaps overlaid with Geofilters are viewed hundreds of millions of times!"
Travel and Leisure listed some of their most favorite geofilters across America. It includes Geofilter for Austin, Texas; Hayward, Wisconsin; Soho in New York City, New York; Niagara Falls; Tucson, Arizona; Downtown Florence, South Carolina; Lands End in San Francisco, California; Alamo Square's "postcard row" in San Francisco, California; Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California; Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California; AT&T Park in San Francisco, California; New York's Theater District; Yellowstone National Park and Hollis Hills, New York.
Just some reminders about using this application, Geo-filters article said that it is only accessible in certain locations. Citing an example, if you are within the Hollywood, C.A. zip code, you will have access to a variety of Hollywood-themed geo-filters. If the user leaves the area, it will no longer be available. Also, do not forget to turn on your location settings.
Now, let's stroll and be creative.
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