I signed onto Facebook recently and quickly realised it's that time of year – when photos of smiling, backpack-wearing, sign-holding schoolkids off to class get posted faster than I can click the “Wow” emoji.
The first-day-of-school posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media outlets have officially taken over my news feeds. And as I, too, quickly snapped the obligatory photo of my seven-year-old daughter on the porch, I wondered about the risks of posting these photos online. I also wondered what someone with real photography skills – not just me, who grabbed my iPhone after clearing the breakfast table – would do to capture the moment.