social media

I don't use Facebook or Twitter, or X or whatever it is called these days. I don't Tumblr, Snapchat, Periscope, Pinterest, or whatever. Tik-tok, no way. I post wildlife images to Instagram and it is my sole social media presence. I once was extremely active at iNaturalist.org. and was even the number one snake identifier, particularly of Viperidae spending hours each day on the site. But I no longer make time for it and only post my own observations.

iNaturalist.org

iNaturalist is a community where you can post images of wildlife you have observed for identification and to record where species are sighted. If you know what your photo depicts you can get confirmation and share info with the community. I use it as a database to record all the wildlife I encounter along with GPS coordinates & image(s). I can get my ID confirmed or corrected and verify the posts of others. It also is a great place to find localities where a species of interest has been observed. Some members do not share exact GPS data, but I do. The "social media" aspect of iNaturalist is that you create a profile and you can follow other members (observers) and projects. I also have it set up to give me a daily report of observations of the wildlife families or regions that interest me.

Instagram

The (almost) no nonsense social medium. It is a superb fit for photographers as I mostly share mine and brighten my day with wildlife & other images by others. A picture is truly worth a thousand words.

My Insta posts are almost exclusively wildlife portrait photographs, and I instead use the Insta story to share snapshots from my day. So just follow my feed to see the creatures I encounter, or also view my story to see scenery, people, travel, food, drink and lifestyle snaps.

Instagram is by far the best platform for me and the way to follow my photography. I admittedly have not spent the time to fill my galleries on this website with images. I would appreciate you following me @jacobipix.