I love DH but this is one of few things about him that wind me up. I hate being in photos, but want DC to have memories of me/us/family life. I love looking at old photos of grandparents/parents when they were younger, and make an effort to take our own photos and print/back up/put them in albums. DH knows it's important to me. I don't go overboard snapping, just a phone pic or two at the right moment.
I Lost. My. Shit when my DD was born earlier this year. A few days post birth I sent the photos I took to DH. Not many, but a few up close pics of him sat cradling our new child in the hospital chair, her sleepy face, his loving expression, her fingers wrapped around his, some lovely shots. He sent me the couple he'd taken. Only one was of me and DD. I'm holding her sat on the hospital bed. My eyes are half shut. You can't see DDs face. It's blurry, out of focus, and he took it from a distance so we're lost among the all the ward crap.
He can take great pictures; he was photographer at my sister's wedding and they're the best wedding pics I've ever seen. The shitty photos he took in hospital just told me he didn't care. I told him so. I showed him my pictures of him, and compared his awful picture of me. I cried and said how I just wanted a semi decent picture of me and our baby, how I'd never have those precious moments again, he had beautiful pictures to look back on, and I had nothing though I was the one who carried her for 9 months and pushed her out. He ended up crying too, apologising, and he said he'd do better.
The only thing he does different now is he takes lots of crappy pics instead of just one. He sent me 30 pics of me helping our 8 month old open her first Christmas present yesterday, taken in quick succession. He said "here you go, there's bound to be a good photo there somewhere". There's not. Same issues; blurry, out of focus etc. I'm not saying anything, if my post partum rage didn't get the message across, nothing will. Selfies all the way (sorry that was long
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