The Not-So Picture-Perfect Photo Album

Photos play such an important part of our lives today. Most of us have a camera on our phones enabling us to pull it out at the drop of a hat to snap a photo. Of course, not every photo is a winner. Some photos suffer from bad framing or an unsteady hand, or, in some cases, from just being a bad subject for photography.

Even though I spent some time as a videographer in my life, I never felt I had the gift of a good eye for video or photos. I tried but I felt I had skills better suited for editing video. I moved on to another vocation in life and never gave my weak eye for framing a shot much thought until recently as I went through my phone to see what pictures had accumulated there.

What I discovered was some photos which will be cherished by family and friends. I found multiples of many photos, some of them good, some not so much. I found photos where someone other than me had my phone then snapped away at whatever they wished. I’ll blame our five-year-old for that. I also found some photos that quite frankly must have been snapped unknowingly. I’ll blame my own clumsy side for those.

As I thumbed through these photos I could not help but chuckle at some of them. Some of them are quirky. Some have odd angles. Some are up to your own interpretation. I also thought how more than likely some of these weird photos would go away once I deleted them. I then thought how in the years to come how often I will have to go through this process, seeking out the keepers and letting go of the others. Maybe, I thought, the keepers will somehow land in a photo album of some kind, all nice and organized. Yeah, probably not. Then I thought I should preserve some of the strange photos. I mean there is a whole industry now dedicated to awkward family photos. Maybe, some of these photos are worth placing together to form some sort of bad photography album. So, here are some of those photos as I present to you The Not-So Picture-Perfect Photo Album.

 

 These are exciting times in our home. Hannah started school this year. We felt it necessary to take a first day of school picture. Really, this was as good as it got this particular morning!

The end of the first day of school was much different!

Have you met our cat, Kayla? She is concerned about personal space, doesn't like to pose for photos and sits on our dining room table when she can get away with doing so.

Hannah is holding a picture of the three of us. The photographer, aka me, occasionally has issues with depth perception.

Sometimes the excitement around our house is unbearable!

We do holidays at our house. Sometimes we do flash photography. Other times not so much.

Vacation this past year was at the beach. We were there. Somewhere.

These dolls belong to Hannah and are named Lucy and Ethel. I know who the foot belongs to but won't mention her name since that foot might end up kicking me in the behind for including this photo.

Girls and their shoes. Sigh.

Since we are on the subject of photographs, don't forget to smile and say "cheese" when your next picture is taken, and remember, cheese comes in all sizes and flavors, even gourmet nacho.