How to get featured

1. Find feature accounts

First you need to find at least a handful of feature accounts that suits your style of photography. You can usually find accounts by looking at what hashtags your favourite Instagrammers use. Try to find accounts which have a larger amount of followers and a decent level of engagement (likes per photo).

Follow them and take note of the hashtags that they use.

2. Photographic style, subject & aesthetics

This step is very important! Thoroughly study and take note of the type of photos they post, their aesthetic & photographic style, subject matter and the quality of their photos. They will not choose your photos to feature if they are not in line with what they post regularly.

At @awesupply we often get a lot of submissions which have nothing to do with the theme of the account (Travel, Adventure & Lifestyle), the quality of the submitted photos are not up to standard or the aesthetic style of the image just isn't right. For example, the colours of the photos we feature at AweSupply are often very natural, realistic and soft (see above), however some users submit images which are super saturated and harsh - these photos will definitely never get featured.

Another reason why this step is very important is because the feature accounts audience and followers have already been proven to like this style of photo. This will increase the chances of converting them into your followers if you're lucky enough to get featured.

3. Submit your images

Once you have paid attention to the two steps above, you should start submitting your photos to these feature accounts to get featured. Include their hashtags in your photos captions and tag them in your photos.