Hi Everyone! 

I chose this theme because I love the beach and it reminds me of home. I also thought this photo had a vintage feel to it which makes it a little more unique than the average beach photo. This theme was included in the travel section which immediately attracted me because I love to travel. This theme has all of my favorite things, the beach, photography, and travel all in one! 

My favorite hobby is photography, I love the memories it creates. I take both film and digital photography. I became interested when my dad passed down his Canon AE-1 film camera from the 70's. Since then I have taken that camera on every trip I go. I love film because you never know what you are going to get when your photos are developed, I like the surprise and sometimes photos are blurry or off center but that is what I love about it. Digital photography is also great because you get beautiful crisp and clean photos and you can see what you just took. I like to photograph nature and my travels, so both types of cameras take amazing photographs. 

Social media involves a lot of photography and that is what makes it so interesting to me. The accounts I follow include travel, fashion, and interior design. I like following accounts that inspire me and have a ton of creativity. I think it's great how we can share our photos and people from all over the world are able to view them, it is a great way to interact with others and find people who have similar interests that you do. 

Instagram and Facebook are great tools for personal use. Instagram you can share your own content and it can be photos of you and your friends having a good time, it's a great way to share what you are doing and connect with friends and family. Facebook is great because it involves more writing and sharing with friends and family. Both Instagram and Facebook have personal messaging as well to interact with your friends and followers. 

Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook are great for business use. Instagram is a great way to promote a business by using hash tags to gain more attention and for following people in your community to get your voice out there. Instagram can be used for a lot of promotional reasons by posting messages and photos to grab attention. Twitter is great for sharing content in more of a written form and for sharing information about your business. Facebook is a great business tool for advertising, there are ways to create ads that will go to Facebook pages that have interest in the business you have. From there people can click a direct link towards your website for more information.