"Mom, Do You Ever Put that Camera Away?" :D

Cutie looking unusually serious

Ha ha.  You asked for it!

I will be honest.  I am not a photographer, my kids are only marginally cooperative with photos, ever, and mostly what I take can therefore be termed "photographic disasters."  However, I figure photos are better than no photos, right?

So, here we have the best (yes, the best) of my attempts to get a picture of all four of my youngest kids when we took them to the tulips last week:

Then, we have my attempt to get my ten-year-old with a couple of the younger kids.  Do you see how one has a face full of marker?  Do you think that the kids bothered to use a washable marker for that?  Please.

OK, so here is my beloved youngest, on a trip a few weeks ago to SF.  Everything about this photo makes me happy, except for the fact that the lighting is really pretty terrible.

Oh, and, finally, I asked dh to get a photo of me at the tulips.  I think he did a better job than I would have done, but can you believe the nerve of those people wandering around the background of *my photograph*?

So, that is it in Epeanymous photo disasters.  For today.  Also, do you note how my oldest isn't in any of these pictures?  She has wised up.  10,000 daily selfies to Instagram, but she runs like the wind when I get out the DSLR.

epeanymous Pictures of happy kids being kids are the best.

Amateur me, has successfully edited people out of a photo just like yours. I was so thrilled!

epeanymous, your kids are so cute. They look so happy in that first picture.

Patter, your dog has a great expression on his face too...like you caught me...lol



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Haha, my kids have given up saying that to me, they know I'm going to take a gazillion photos. My BIL always says "Look out, here comes the Japanese tourist!" when I pull my camera out.

It is school holidays here at the moment. I went down to the beach for a few days earlier in the week with DS, a friend and 2 of her kids. It will be out last visit to the beach until next spring / summer. We were lucky to get some gorgeous weather for the first 2 days, then it rained all day on the third day. I took over 400 photos on the first day.

This cute guy looks so cute and innocent BUT don't let that fool you. He was just one muddy ball of fur and that is a brand new rug. He was trying to get in the back door and that was just not going to happen.

He was definitely plotting something

I remember you telling me that, but my sweet sheltie is quite large (for her breed) so I like to think that except for the nose/forehead shape, that she is Lassie.  People ask me all of the time if she is a collie.