By Lynn Dee Galey
Several folks have commented to me that I have not been posting as many hunting photos as usual and wondered why. After all, I used to take many photos on my almost daily hunts and often shared them. I have had to think about what has changed for me and the best explanation I can come up with is social media.
Pages and stories are filled with more bird hunting photos than ever. Traveling scenic shots. Tailgate shots. Artsy dog/gun/bird shots. Bird camp shots. Breeders doing marketing, thinly disguised as pic sharing. Empty hull collections. Tired dogs. Most are nicely done and most are done simply to share what likely was a rewarding experience.
But I think for me personally it has just gotten to be too much. Saturation is perhaps the most fitting term. It’s entirely possible that it’s just me who is feeling this way. And I don’t know, I may change. But for now, I will continue to very much enjoy photos from friends and Firelight owners but am backing off from much of the social media noise.
But know that the dogs and I are still out there in the beauty of October, celebrating days of good dog work and mistakes, plentiful birds and barren streaks, frosty mornings and sweaty afternoons. But I am staying more in the moment and soaking in the experience more than trying to capture it with a photo.
My feelings on this could change and if it does, you will be the first to know through my posting of pics. But meanwhile, know that the dogs and I are still out here simply enjoying the life.
