How the Kids Are Learning Photography on TikTok

<p>TikTok, the video-based social media app, usually conjures visions of teens mimicking the latest dance craze, but it&apos;s probably better described as short attention span YouTube. In 2017, ByteDance, the Chinese-owned parent company of TikTok, acquired the Musical.ly app, which had gained a toehold with an under-18 demographic by becoming a replacement for the comedy-oriented Vine app along with a burgeoning lip synching community.<br/><br/>Although the app still skews heavily towards music, it has predictably evolved as a youth-oriented, generic video delivery platform. As such, a whole gaggle of teen photographers has emerged as &quot;experts&quot; – delivering pop song-soundtracked mini-tutorials that are largely devoid of narration.<br/><br/><em>On this week&apos;s episode of the PhotoShelter podcast Vision Slightly Blurred, @sarahjake and @allen3m discuss how TikTok is helping inspire a new crop of photographers.</em></p>