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Getting people to pose for photos

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CruCru · 22/03/2012 11:56

I'm not sure whether I am being a bit unreasonable - perhaps I am but here we go...

I have quite a few friends who are very keen on taking photos. When we are with them they get everyone to stand together and pose for a photo. Which is fine. But it often doesn't end there. We also have to have several permutations of the group and, now we have DCs, lots of photos of them. It often seems that the photos end up being an interruption of something that we are all enjoying.

I suppose that it has started to bug me because during the photo sessions, DS (6 mo) loses interest and starts to look around. At which point the person taking the photo starts going "DS name, DS name, DS name" to try to get him to carry on looking at the camera. And then I usually say "I think he's getting sick of the camera / the flash / sitting still, shall we stop now". Which I repeat a few times until it does stop. I must admit I have just picked him up and taken him off somewhere a few times but I think this comes across as a bit churlish.

I understand that people like to have photos to remember good times that they have had. But sometimes I think it would be nice if they could just remember without having to bring a camera out at every occasion.

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squeakytoy · 22/03/2012 13:09

The best photos are the unposed candid shots, and every good photographer knows that.... you need to point that out to them Grin

CruCru · 22/03/2012 13:11

Yep, I totally agree.

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NearlyMrsCustardsHardHat · 22/03/2012 13:13

Didn't you know you can't possibly be enjoying yourself unless there is photographic evidence and said photographic evidence is plastered all over twitbook?

MissFaversham · 22/03/2012 13:18

YANBU

Pandemoniaa · 22/03/2012 13:21

This gets seriously on my nerves too - and I'm a photographer!

Most people prefer to live their lives undisturbed by amateur paparazzi shoots. In fact, the happiest times are often best captured in your own memory, not by a series of contrived snaps. So I think it is perfectly reasonable to suggest that all this posed nonsense is not necessary and it'd be much nicer to just get on with enjoying an event.

SparkyMcSparrow · 22/03/2012 13:28

What squeaky said!

AgathaFusty · 22/03/2012 13:31

Oh, this pisses me off so much. My BIL has a friend who has to constantly shove his bloody great lens in people's face. He then giggles about how shy I am when I threaten to rip his windpipe out because I'm sick to the back teeth of it.

GetTheeToANunnery · 22/03/2012 13:38

I must admit I like taking the odd picture on days/nights out together. Your friends sound a bit extreme though. One group photo and a few candid shots are enough to keep me happy.

They're only meant to jog your memory of a good day, not have it played out second by second.

MrGin · 22/03/2012 13:44

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

SparkyMcSparrow · 22/03/2012 13:45

Love that website MrGin Grin

CruCru · 22/03/2012 16:54

Awesome website MrGin.

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GreatGretzky · 22/03/2012 17:13

YANBU! My sister takes far too many photos then gets upset if someone suggests she's taken enough...it drives me mad!

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