Family Portrait
String Theory
“I confess I’m the father in this picture. I was understandably reluctant to have my picture taken, but I must have relented on a particularly unfortunate day. The pornstache, the pudge, the restrained toddler and squashed-face baby, and the violin that nobody played….all a perfect family tableau. I do not miss the 90s.”
(submitted by Mark)
Tree-creation
“The first picture was taken in 2000, and the recent one was taken in 2015. This tree was in our grandfather’s front yard, and every kid to grow up in the family played in this tree. Our Father captured the cute photo of us as children and it kind of became “The picture” that everyone hung in their houses. After 15 years we decided to recreate ‘the picture’ and it was hilarious.”
(submitted by Alexandra)
Family Appreciation Day
“Pictured here: my sweet, loving grandmother, my sister, her husband and their cute baby boy. The nursing home set up a photo studio and invited the families of residents to come in for a FREE family portrait for their annual ‘Family Appreciation Day.” This is the photo we got! It’s inexplicable that the photographer let this one slide, but now we have this delightfully tragic image to feel weird about for years to come. Thanks?”
(submitted by Fran)
Fatherhood
“I am a photographer. This happened during a shoot this weekend. I call it ‘Fatherhood.'”
(via source)
The Fight Before Christmas
“Our annual family pictures used to be very stressful events, but 1998 took the cake. In this picture, I had just taken a Santa doll from my sister. She retaliated by slapping me and taking the doll back. I was clutching my face and my dad flipped her over his shoulder just as the automatic timer went off. All my mom could do was stand by helplessly.”
(submitted by Emily)
All Their Ducks In A Row
“This was a family portrait and Mom had made us all duck sweatshirts. I had an asymmetrical hairdo and I don’t know what was worse – Mom’s braces or her makeup!”
(submitted by Jessica)
Ghost Boy
“Grandma wanted family photos of all her kids, so she dragged us to JC Penney’s. (No one wanted to do it.) The photographer was so disengaged that she didn’t notice my nephew sneaked into our picture, and we didn’t notice until we got all the prints back. We call this ‘ghost boy.'”
(submitted by Kelli)
Sleep Deprived
“Mom sewed all the clothes we were wearing, even the neckties and the underwear. I’m not sure why three of us look like we hadn’t slept in a week.”
(submitted by Pat)
Direct Hit
“This family portrait was taken during a beach photo session. Yes, that is a frisbee flying towards my husband’s face. Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured in the process, and we DID end up using this picture on our Christmas card that year. It just pretty much sums up our family in a way no words can.”
(submitted by Nora)
The Color Of Anguish
“I was two and by brother was four. I’m not sure why I was in such a bad mood that day but I didn’t want to have my picture taken.
My parents told the photographer to take the picture anyway. This was the end result.”
(submitted by Leah)
