     var confirmationView: CameraConfirmationView!
 
     //instance of the image the user decided to post
-    var imageUserDecidedToPost: Image!
+    var imageUserDecidedToPost: Image?
 
     //state variables
     var failureGettingUserLocation = false

     */
    func postPhoto() {

        dismissProgressHUDAndReEnableUI()

        self.confirmationView.endEditing(true) //dismiss keyboard first if shown


        //add caption of image
        if let text = self.confirmationView.titleTextField.text where text != "" {
            imageToPost.caption = text
        } else {
            imageToPost.caption = kEmptyCaptionPlaceHolder
        }

        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
            BluemixDataManager.SharedInstance.postNewImage(imageToPost)
        }

        //Dismiss Camera Confirmation View when user presses post photo to bring user back to image feed
