If you draw vertical lines from each person’s head and thru their backs, they are perpendicular to the ground. IF this is a fake, they went through an awful lot of trouble to pose and then superimpose. If they weren’t sitting on the WOOD, then what were they sitting on? Doubt it is a fake.
This is not a fake, you can see the obvious “riding up” effect on the bottoms of the pants legs. Especially the guy who is most out on the limb. You can also see where his pants are pulling in the butt area from sliding back on limb a little.
The lack of shadows is due to the fact that an on-camera flash was used to light the subjects, who were shaded by the tree. The background is lit by natural light.
Come on man!!! let us believe this is real! I believe! I BELIEVE!!!!!!! Honestly I laughed for 15 minutes straight at this one… My favorite hands down!
Wha?? How is everyone so certain this is fake? We’ve all seen worse, just look at this site. What family portraits arent photoshopped a little? I think they actually did this.
The awkwardest thing about this is wondering if any of them could see the obvious sexual twist on it but were too afraid to bring it up… And how many years went by before someone gathered the courage to slip this one in to inconspicuousness.
They were likely sent a letter that told them specifically what regulation jeans to wear, but you know this family, “ah, why bother, they are never going to read it anyway”!
Sadly, I have to agree that I think this pic is a fake. I didn’t until I looked at the Dad’s butt area. There’s a weird black shadow, not just under him, but also all the way up where his butt hits the tree. It’s not a curved shadow, it’s all angular. Plus he looks as if his back should be pressed against the three (especially given how close his butt is to the trunk) but his shirt is still all puffy.
It IS a grainy pic though, so who knows. Maybe it’s real and just poor quality!!
Even if you look at the rest of background…. the ” black” space under my dads butt…. it matches the black spot perfectly to the other black spot to the left of the tree… along with that there is no other lines around anyones jeans (easiest place to look for photoshop marks….. and my jeans are too dark to tell……) This is a real picture. I promise
foolish people they just used a flash which is why it looks different from the background im sure they didnt even use photoshop seeing how this is film and pre-photoshop era
Assuming this is a superimposed picture, I have to wonder why they wouldn’t go for something a little more exciting… like riding the back of a crocodile.
Okay people. Be PREPARED. This is MY family. and YES we did this. NO it’s not photoshopped….. I admit it’s a weird picture and a weird way to pose for a “family picture” but c’mon people. can you not tell that this is a real picture? there are 0% edit lines (photoshop). the sun happened to be facing us (at the camera mans back) which is why there aren’t any shadows…. besides that it was a partly cloudy day. Go ahead and make fun of it but my god… it’s not that hilarious (“I laughed for 15 minutes at this one”).
(And as Greg… I’m the one in the “dark pants” that was referred to in one of the peoples comments)
OK Folks, this is the real deal (goofy but real). May 2002, McCormick Park, Euless, Texas (for those that think they recognize the tree). We were there to pose for a professional photographer (and no this was not his idea). After the photo shoot, we got goofy, having fun (try it you might like it). We laughed at this as much as some of you have. The real question here is “who posted this photo?” must have been the photographer or someone that works for him. Oh well, thanks for the laugh…. Glad everyone enjoyed it.
This site is NOT called “is it real or is it fake” or “everything I learned in photoshop at community college”, it’s called Awkward Family Photos. Who cares? Enjoy the laugh, let beverages fly out of your nose, chortle if you like.
This picture IS real! WHO would fake a huge tree between their legs? And entire family? No way, too much work! Besides, who cares if it is or not…it’s still freaking hilarious!
This actually looks very real to me. I am a photographer and it looks like the old combination of sunlight and outdoor studio lights. I am sad to say that it looks like a professional did this…
this pic is so great. it always makes me laugh. it’s one branch of a family tree and it’s so funny. we all have some silly family pics. i can guarantee it if you were at any age in the 70’s or the 80’s. granted, i think the concept is absolutely corny but family’s do funny things and that’s what making family life fun to look back on…especially in the form of a a “what were we thinking?” photo.
Hey, you’re right! The shadowcasting iddn’t quite right. Photoshop trickery! Perhaps they posed singly, and then some diabolical Photoshopper stacked them on that limb. Or maybe they were straddling something else entirely… a tank turret?
I understand how you might perceive this as being fake, but it’s just your eyes playing tricks on you. Look very very closely at mum’s left foot and you can see there’s something in the background with a very similar hue, although slightly more red, that makes it look like her thigh bone is 3 ft long. It’s not. As for the thickness of the log… Well, it looks about 10 inches thick. Not the widest ever. Plus the photo is clearly a bit stretched vertically.
And another thing: Does it really seem likely that someone put time and effort into making a montage of a family straddling a fallic branch? It’s a giggle, not the greatest joke ever.
Check around for a photographer who specializes in natural, candid shots. You have your posed shots and your more candid shots that can look fantastic. There are already going to be tons of photographers at the graduation anyway, one more on your side, he won’t even notice. Good Luck.
As for the photo, first, whoever came up with the concept of “family Tree” in this manner needs to be shot, second, this is beyond akward and third, what family in their right mind would agree to something like this? OMG!
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this definitely has some bluescreen lighting issues,
fake, superimposed. No shadows on the tree’s “wood” (LMAO)
the morning aspect of the wood is bad news, too.
If you draw vertical lines from each person’s head and thru their backs, they are perpendicular to the ground. IF this is a fake, they went through an awful lot of trouble to pose and then superimpose. If they weren’t sitting on the WOOD, then what were they sitting on? Doubt it is a fake.
This is not a fake, you can see the obvious “riding up” effect on the bottoms of the pants legs. Especially the guy who is most out on the limb. You can also see where his pants are pulling in the butt area from sliding back on limb a little.
The lack of shadows is due to the fact that an on-camera flash was used to light the subjects, who were shaded by the tree. The background is lit by natural light.
this gives a whole new meaning to the term wood.
Come on man!!! let us believe this is real! I believe! I BELIEVE!!!!!!! Honestly I laughed for 15 minutes straight at this one… My favorite hands down!
i’m with you on this… i really want to believe it’s real.
Its gotta be real or my whole world will implode
Just because you have Photoshop, doesn’t mean you should be allowed to use photoshop…
The family wood……
I was just thinking that.
aloysius has a point
Wha?? How is everyone so certain this is fake? We’ve all seen worse, just look at this site. What family portraits arent photoshopped a little? I think they actually did this.
The awkwardest thing about this is wondering if any of them could see the obvious sexual twist on it but were too afraid to bring it up… And how many years went by before someone gathered the courage to slip this one in to inconspicuousness.
exactly!!! the idiot who took the picture used a flash outside. that’s why everyone thinks its fake, bc of the glare on the tree. I BELIEVE!!!
Someone didn’t get the memo that it is lights jeans for the picture!
They were likely sent a letter that told them specifically what regulation jeans to wear, but you know this family, “ah, why bother, they are never going to read it anyway”!
Sadly, I have to agree that I think this pic is a fake. I didn’t until I looked at the Dad’s butt area. There’s a weird black shadow, not just under him, but also all the way up where his butt hits the tree. It’s not a curved shadow, it’s all angular. Plus he looks as if his back should be pressed against the three (especially given how close his butt is to the trunk) but his shirt is still all puffy.
It IS a grainy pic though, so who knows. Maybe it’s real and just poor quality!!
Even if you look at the rest of background…. the ” black” space under my dads butt…. it matches the black spot perfectly to the other black spot to the left of the tree… along with that there is no other lines around anyones jeans (easiest place to look for photoshop marks….. and my jeans are too dark to tell……) This is a real picture. I promise
foolish people they just used a flash which is why it looks different from the background im sure they didnt even use photoshop seeing how this is film and pre-photoshop era
I agree.. not fake in my opinion. I may be wrong but these days everyone is a conspiracy theorist
defo fake…….
Assuming this is a superimposed picture, I have to wonder why they wouldn’t go for something a little more exciting… like riding the back of a crocodile.
or cattle riding on the set of City Slickers II – the legend of curly’s gold?????
Okay people. Be PREPARED. This is MY family. and YES we did this. NO it’s not photoshopped….. I admit it’s a weird picture and a weird way to pose for a “family picture” but c’mon people. can you not tell that this is a real picture? there are 0% edit lines (photoshop). the sun happened to be facing us (at the camera mans back) which is why there aren’t any shadows…. besides that it was a partly cloudy day. Go ahead and make fun of it but my god… it’s not that hilarious (“I laughed for 15 minutes at this one”).
(And as Greg… I’m the one in the “dark pants” that was referred to in one of the peoples comments)
Nice work, everyone seems to be employed by ‘mythbusters’ or something
ROLFL!!
OK Folks, this is the real deal (goofy but real). May 2002, McCormick Park, Euless, Texas (for those that think they recognize the tree). We were there to pose for a professional photographer (and no this was not his idea). After the photo shoot, we got goofy, having fun (try it you might like it). We laughed at this as much as some of you have. The real question here is “who posted this photo?” must have been the photographer or someone that works for him. Oh well, thanks for the laugh…. Glad everyone enjoyed it.
haha, I’m waiting for a goofy picture of my family to surface on this site. Your is pricelessly awkward, just a gem!
This pic is FANTASTIC!!! I have a suggestion for the next family shot. Fountains. The low flow stream type.
This site is NOT called “is it real or is it fake” or “everything I learned in photoshop at community college”, it’s called Awkward Family Photos. Who cares? Enjoy the laugh, let beverages fly out of your nose, chortle if you like.
If I was going to be anyone in this picture it would be the kid on the right. Look at the big CHEESE grin on his face! This title should be “Got wood?
This picture IS real! WHO would fake a huge tree between their legs? And entire family? No way, too much work! Besides, who cares if it is or not…it’s still freaking hilarious!
All right, enough of the derogatory comments. It’s just an awkward family photo.. laugh and move on..
What IF the ground was lava?
uh…
I must agree. This photo was awkward. I wonder who’s idea this was!
The person in front is looking just a bit too happy! I’m guessing on him.
I glad i’m not that tree. I would put my self on fire.
but I wonder…
Did they ever get down from there? You can clearly see that they are at least tree to four meter above ground.
Oh god I can’t stop laughing
I Feel Bad For The Kid Between His Brother & Mother.
This actually looks very real to me. I am a photographer and it looks like the old combination of sunlight and outdoor studio lights. I am sad to say that it looks like a professional did this…
This one a number of other’s just goes to show you that anyone and claim they are a photographer.
Someone should photoshop the tree out
Talk about sporting some wood.
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not fake at all. just lit well. sadly well.
Why would they think this would be a good idea? haha. laughed so hard, loved it
they don’t know how to sit sidesaddle? the mom is having fun, the dad not so much
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Wow, its really lovely picture.
he wishes…
this pic is so great. it always makes me laugh. it’s one branch of a family tree and it’s so funny. we all have some silly family pics. i can guarantee it if you were at any age in the 70’s or the 80’s. granted, i think the concept is absolutely corny but family’s do funny things and that’s what making family life fun to look back on…especially in the form of a a “what were we thinking?” photo.
Hey, everyone, let’s just hang on this tree and talk about the first thing that pops up!
He is doing so to keep his back off his mom’s boobs.
Looks like her thumb might be somewhere it shouldn’t. Hope she washes her hands after the picture was taken.
cause he bumped into his brother. look how happy his brother is about it
He’s adopted. That’s why his pants are a different color.
Hey, you’re right! The shadowcasting iddn’t quite right. Photoshop trickery! Perhaps they posed singly, and then some diabolical Photoshopper stacked them on that limb. Or maybe they were straddling something else entirely… a tank turret?
I understand how you might perceive this as being fake, but it’s just your eyes playing tricks on you. Look very very closely at mum’s left foot and you can see there’s something in the background with a very similar hue, although slightly more red, that makes it look like her thigh bone is 3 ft long. It’s not. As for the thickness of the log… Well, it looks about 10 inches thick. Not the widest ever. Plus the photo is clearly a bit stretched vertically.
And another thing: Does it really seem likely that someone put time and effort into making a montage of a family straddling a fallic branch? It’s a giggle, not the greatest joke ever.
Check around for a photographer who specializes in natural, candid shots. You have your posed shots and your more candid shots that can look fantastic. There are already going to be tons of photographers at the graduation anyway, one more on your side, he won’t even notice.
Good Luck.
As for the photo, first, whoever came up with the concept of “family Tree” in this manner needs to be shot, second, this is beyond akward and third, what family in their right mind would agree to something like this? OMG!
I know I feel violated
lmfao!
LMAO
Bingo
oh ya. you’re right. first pic. this one started it all
Same here. It’s like some kind of cowboy thing.
(That could also explain why they’re all sitting so awkwardly, if they posed separately).
Lays even.
Defiantly? Or definitely?
You hit the nail on the head! The dad must be Cletus Daltrey, whose grandpappy emigrated before rock and roll was invented.