Use your point and shoot camera

I've started using my point and shoot camera when I'm out with the family. Not only are the photos sharper, but I can stay focused and more in the moment.

Using my camera made me realize a difference between blogging today and blogging back in the day.

Back in the day, your photos were stuck on your camera until you got home for the day. This forced you to wait until the end of the day to blog. You could collect your thoughts and write a good post.

Today, your camera (phone) is directly connected to your blogging platform (website, mastodon, instagram etc..), there's a temptation to live-blog everything all the time. We post immediately for the likes and reactions. Who can blame us, though? It's right there bundled in with your camera.

Maybe we should do that less. Maybe I should do that less.

Give your point and shoot camera another try. You'll notice the difference in quality and connectedness.