Beach

The Bends

“I was taking pictures of my sister and her new baby at the beach and caught this cute moment between them. Or so I thought. Then I noticed the two people bending over with their butts in the air right between my sister’s and her baby’s faces.”

(submitted by Jackie)

Destination Wedding Hazards

“A class of Navy SEALs incidentally photobombed the beach wedding. Bride and groom don’t look too happy.”

(via source)

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)

Beach Battle

“I took this photo of my parents and my little sister at the beach in Half Moon Bay, CA.  My mother was fed up with my Dad because his dentures kept falling out, and in typical crazy fashion, my sister went along with her.  The result is classic!”

(submitted by Jenny)

Day At the Beach

No babies were hurt in the making of this photo. Here is Dad’s story:

“We had just finished up a family reunion in California and decided to do some family pictures on the final day. Before this photo was taken, we had just spent time getting about 18 people (many of whom were kids) to pose for a large family picture. Those with young ‘uns can attest that sitting still and smiling for the camera are like torture to a 4 year old, so by the time we had finished with the large family we had used up all of my 4 year old’s good graces and he was in a sour mood.

So we attempt to take pictures of just our family and things are going south quickly. Both kids are crying and we are pulling our hair out trying to get one good picture because we’re a happy family dangit and we’re all in coordinating colors that have been meticulously chosen and fretted over. Someone had the idea to do a “candid” photo of us swinging our kids to hopefully raise our kids’ spirit and relieve some of our stress by flinging our kids around.

First couple of shots go fine. As we wind up for the final one I notice something out of the corner of my eye. E (the baby) is at a weird angle and my wife is yelling “GAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” instead of the usual “Wheeeeeee!” So I know something’s about to go down.

I watch my son gracefully do a full backwards layout and land flat on his back in the sand. He’s stunned for a moment, cries for a minute, but after about 2 minutes of sniffling he’s back to his regular self, smiling and laughing.”

(submitted by Liz Hansen Photography)

The family visiting their photo at the AFP Exhibition in Santa Monica, CA.