The old philosophy about working with children and dogs is at least half true. I found that out this past week when one picture got noticed in a big way.
At least in a big way for me, because I’m a little social fish in a big network.
My friend’s dog is into climbing. Her favorite practice is to summit the back of the chair I sit in when I visit, and then perch on the top. Since my friend always has her phone at the ready, she snapped a picture and sent it to me. Without even thinking about it, I summoned it on my phone and posted it to social media with a cute comment about my being a dog’s version of a mountain.
It has gotten 40 hits in six days. For me, that’s a lot of recognition for one post.
So the key is to have a dog in the shot.
Maybe if I had a child there, too, it would have been even better, but my world is childless. As in totally devoid of anybody familial under voting age. I suppose I could have borrowed somebody from the neighborhood, but I worry about the creepy factor: “Excuse me, can I borrow your kid for my attempt at getting a photo liked on social media?”
Fortunately the dog was much more photogenic than I am, and the shot focuses on her instead of me. It would not have gotten any views at all, let alone 40 likes. And it got some comments, including one from the ex-BF, who noted how adorable the shot was, and that the dog looked cute, too. Gosh gee. This from the ex. What have I done?
I did a photo with an animal.
You can’t top that, and I’m certainly not going to exploit this success by bombarding my social media page with more of the same. Since I can’t do photos with kids, I wonder what my next picture will be? Maybe I can post some of my digital photo attempts with scenery and such. No, that won’t do.
Sometimes successes are best left alone.
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