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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You might enjoy your trip more if you aren’t always scanning for that Instagram-worthy shot. You may notice things you might have otherwise missed. You might realize you’re really having fun with your family doing xyz right now. You might interact more with your family or the locals. 
Travels are about getting away. This is harder to do if you’re always thinking how amazing this shot will look on my FB page to my followers.
That’s all some of us are saying. [/quote][/quote]
I've loved taking pictures on trips since I was a kid, long long before cell phones, social media or IG.  I have many albums and scrapbooks of my photos from the pre-digital era.  It's always been a hobby.

Photography is part of how I engage with the location.  I love spotting how the light slips over a mountain ridge or how the spice seller is hunched over their wares or that look on my daughter's faces as she experiences something new.  It's part of how I experience travel.   It's totally fine if that's not for you, but I really enjoy it.  IG just allows me to easily share my hobby with my 27 followers, nearly all of whom are related to me.  I promise you that likes are the furthest thing from my mind when I'm taking pictures on a trip.  I may want to get an amazing shot or capture the feeling of a location, but that's for me.  Sharing it with my family and a few friends later doesn't change my motivation.[/quote]

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