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Scene Stealer
“I was shooting a few portraits of my daughter, when my son crept in from behind and began stealing the scene. When she noticed him and turned back to the camera, I snapped this one. I thought it captured the essence of sibling rivalry.”
(submitted by Mark)
Visit From Down Under
“Nanny and Grandpa traveled thousands of miles from Australia to Atlanta to take this magnificent photo with their grandkids while waiting for a table at a restaurant in Vinings.”
(submitted by Al)
Shell Shock
“This was in October, 1999. I thought it would be cute. My husband about killed me. I hired a professional photographer. We were in costume for over an hour. Husband drank beer to get through it. I can’t believe now that I did this. Also my daughter had just given herself a nice bang trim.”
(submitted by Tracy)
Life Goals
“As his mother, I’m naturally glad he’s already thinking about college (spelled ‘collage’ here) at his age, but goal #8 made my day.”
(via source)
Fun With Tetanus
“Playing in grandma’s back yard. She had some old rusty playground equipment. I WAS NOT going to slide my son down, but the family thought it would be a funny picture. We just wanted to climb to the top to look around. (taken around 1991)”
(submitted by Gregory)
The Fisherman’s Pride Recreation
“While at a flea market several years ago, I bought a print called ‘The Fisherman’s Pride.’ It depicts a woman and her child by the seaside and the pair look exactly like me and my son–several people assumed we posed for it! So, I decided to recreate the image. I hired a photographer, had my hair professionally done in a ‘Seaside ‘do, (which really just means ‘wind blown’), and went into the studio for our shoot.
This is the result. Rather than actually going to the seaside and holding my son in my arms, or even using a seaside backdrop, I’m wrapped in a sheer cloth with my naked one-year-old on my lap. I hung a copy in my home for awhile since it was the only photo I had of me and my son at the time, but I quickly got rid of it when a neighbor asked why I was pretending to be a mermaid. :(”
(submitted by Angela)
