{"id":1245,"date":"2017-11-21T14:48:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T14:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smilebox.com\/articles\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2019-02-12T10:27:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T10:27:20","slug":"8-family-photos-gone-totally-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/8-family-photos-gone-totally-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Family Photos Gone Totally Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s a holiday or a vacation without a family photo (or scrapbook<\/a>) to show for it? Family photos are my prized possessions, and getting a smiling shot of everyone together is always one of my top priorities. Getting everyone to cooperate, however, is an entirely different story. As a kid, I preferred playing to posing for photos. But many years later, I\u2019m so happy to have those photos \u2014even the ones that went horribly wrong.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of not always getting everything right, here are eight family photos that didn\u2019t go quite as planned:<\/p>\n

The crying baby<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"crying-baby\"<\/p>\n

When I was a small child, I was terrified of strangers. Or, more accurately, I was terrified of anyone who wasn\u2019t my immediate family. At age three, my parents and I traveled to Boston so that I could meet my second cousin for the first time. She held me in her arms and posed for a photo \u2014 while I screamed until my face turned red. Now, we laugh about our very memorable first encounter.<\/p>\n

The faceplant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When my son was about a year-and-a-half old, we took a photo standing in front of a snowman we\u2019d built together. My son didn\u2019t feel like standing still and took a step forward just before the click \u2014 resulting in him faceplanting in the snow. While he wasn\u2019t very happy in the moment, the post-hot chocolate definitely made up for it.<\/p>\n

The naughty newborn<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"naughty-newborn\"<\/p>\n

A rite of passage for newborns is their first portrait, which features them peacefully bundled up in something cute or snuggled into their parents\u2019 arms. My own son\u2019s newborn photos feature him sleeping on a fluffy blanket and looking angelic. However, when my friend tried to create a similar shot with her newborn in her arms, her little girl decided to empty her bladder onto her mother, mid-shot. Take two!<\/p>\n

The not-so-joyful family<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In a previous post<\/a>, I mentioned getting the family together to each hold a cardboard letter and spell out a festive word for the perfect Christmas card. J-O-Y is one of the easiest words to spell because it only takes three people \u2014 whether that\u2019s two parents and a kid, three kids, or two friends and a dog. My cousin recently tried to take this photo with her three young children, only to have it fail when all three got cranky and started to cry. Not so joyful after all!<\/p>\n

The jumping fail<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"jumping-fail\"<\/p>\n

Taking a synchronized jumping photo may seem like a fun idea, but these shots don\u2019t have the highest success rates. While taking a decent jumping shot with just one person is a challenge, trying to get an entire family to jump at the same millisecond is even harder. Some of my cousins tried to take one of these in the park one year, and instead of looking graceful, we all look awkward because we started jumping at different times.<\/p>\n

Sleepwalkers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"sleep-walkers\"<\/p>\n

My family doesn’t have particularly good luck when it comes to coordinating photo smiles. When the shutter clicks, at least one of us ends up with our eyes closed. On a few occasions, we’ve all somehow blinked at once, resulting in a family photo of sleepwalkers.<\/p>\n

The photobombing pet<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"photobombing-pet\"<\/p>\n

Most of my friends love to include their beloved family pets in their photos. And often, these photos turn out simply adorable \u2014 snuggly animals wearing reindeer antlers or Santa hats posing along with the rest of the family. But, they don\u2019t always turn out picture-perfect. Sometimes your dog jumps in front of the camera at the last moment, and all that’s captured is their face. Or they’ll run away or find something in the photo to chew on. Yum!<\/p>\n

The serious face<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"serious-face\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Have you ever taken one of those group photos where someone says, \u201cOn the last shot, everyone make a silly face!\u201d? And so, you make a silly face and so does everyone else \u2014 except for one person who looks very serious. Yet, somehow that often makes the photo even more hilarious \u2014 and in my case, becomes the photo on my family\u2019s holiday greeting card<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What are some of your own family photo mishaps? I\u2019d love to hear about them!<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s a holiday or a vacation without a family photo (or scrapbook) to show for it? Family photos are my prized possessions, and getting a smiling shot of everyone together is always one of my top priorities. Getting everyone to cooperate, however, is an entirely different story. As a kid, I preferred playing to posing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6,9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n