Instagramable Moments

A Black and White Cookie at Juniors in New York. Really more cake like than cookie like, it is a New York classic.  My dear friend Mitchel misses them so, and finds the closest he can in the Spain, but nothing is quite like the original from Juniors in New York.  Many things are like that, copied but not duplicated, maybe it is the place and much as the cookie. 

We all had that friend at one time that posted photos on social media, probably Facebook or Instagram of everything they ate.  Especially if they were eating out.  One of mine is an academic that lead study abroad programs for weeks every summer, resulting in breakfast lunch and dinner in restaurants, all documented on Facebook.  Five people went out to eat in Rome, three courses each, 15 photos on Facebook from that alone.  Most people stopped doing that, or were unfriended. 

Is there ever an argument for posting on social media what you are eating? Yes, when it tells a story, not just what you are having, but why, or where, or how it is special.  A friend recently posted on his blog a photo of a dish he had prepared at home along with a description of what was happening in his day.  The photo adds to understanding the story (and is a really good food photo.) 

If you want to document everything you eat, go ahead, and then find the images that tell a story, or write the story that the photo illustrates, and don't bury your audience with 15 photos from one dinner, just the one or two that illustrate why that dinner has meaning.