Beech Tree News Network

As I’m writing this, I’m watching the Dan Patrick Show.  In one particular segment, they’re discussing over-sharing on social media.  Chief offenders in the sports world that they discussed on the show are Tom Brady and JJ Watt.  The more popular you are, the more people share about you and you share on social media.  Russell Wilson, for instance, was teetering on doing the same thing.  He’s engaged to singer Ciara and, let’s be honest, he wants to show her off. 
JJ Watt, for instance, wants you to think that he’s perfect.  That comes from Dan Katz of Barstool Sports Chicago, not me.  I think we all do that sometimes.  Let’s be honest, if you’re at a concert and get to go backstage to meet the artist, what are you going to do? Most likely, you’re going to take a picture and share it with your friends. 
In fairness, let’s say that you write for an online news source.  If you plan on writing a story about an event you are attending, an accompanying picture lends more to the story.  Call it a visual description of the atmosphere.  I’d say that if you’re doing that for work, you probably do less of it in your personal life off the job. 
I’ve discussed over-sharing before but that’s because it’s an interesting topic.  If only because you can provide a cautionary tale for others, it’s at the least intriguing.  You’re probably not going to see a lot of pictures of me in my articles.  One, I’m not the story.  Two, I do NOT like my picture taken.  Although, given a choice of having my picture taken or having to listen to my own voice in message, I guess I’d take the picture.  Being a photographer, though, I prefer being behind the camera.