I am the photo taker in my little family.
There are hundreds of photos of girls twirling and running and playing. Hundreds of a little boy grinning at the camera or out of focus because he has run to see the photo before it has been taken. There are dozens of Mr Cool either being attacked by small people or surreptitiously snapped profiles taken by me when he is staring off into the distance {I love those kinds of shots}.
There are not very many of me.
I just don’t like how I look in photos. I never have.
I know I am not ugly. I know that I have features that are appealing. I know this… but… part of me is still that 15 year old girl with bad skin, greasy hair and who is totally awkward in her own body.
Today, we are having family photos taken. A friend who is a photographer is taking them. She does lovely work. She also has a blog, so we are kind of doing a swapsies thing… It is a great opportunity to have some proper photos taken.
We really need to get some photos taken. Of all of us. We don’t have any of the five of us together: lots of Mr Cool with the poppets, but none of the whole tribe. It is about time.
I have been putting off having photos taken for a while because I just don’t like the way I am looking at the moment. My weight is higher than it has been for years. My skin is pasty. Euch… I could list a hundred things that I don’t like about me right now…
But… in five years from now, when Baby Cool is nearly 6 and Miss Z is nearly 9 and Miss A is nearly 11, they will want to know what they looked like. What I looked like. They don’t actually care about how I look, I am their mum. They love me and they love being with me.
So… I am going to suck it up and get these photos taken. I am going to relax and just enjoy having a little adventure with my family. I have worked out what we are all going to wear and I have thought about ways to help Angela get the best out of the kidlets.
I am going to be cool.
Yes I am.
{I hope!}
Your kiddies will see nothing but their beautiful mumma! Family snaps are SO important. I always think, 20 years from now we’ll be so happy that we captured the stages of our family, its growth. X
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I know you are right. Sigh… I really should have bought some concealer through the week though… you know, the important things….
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I know EXACTLY how you feel – it is that way in our family BUT I did make an effort this holiday to let A take some of the photos so I was in them rather than always having them with him in it. We have done a few family portrait type photos and I was only thinking about 6 months ago that we should do another one. Must ask A what happened to the guy he worked with who was a photographer and was going to organise something for us – thanks for the reminder !!!
Have a great day and ENJOY !!!
Me
We had fun, it was a beautiful afternoon… we got to hang out with our kids and enjoy seeing them at their best.
Can’t wait to see the results.
Believe me…I know just how you feel! I was so uncomfortable having my photo taken for the paper the other day. But you are so right in saying that it’s important for your family to have photos of you.
And relax…it will be lots of fun this afternoon…I promise!
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It was great! Thanks so much for being so cool and calm. I was so impressed by our poppets! They really responded well to you and loved the time we had. I loved how BabyCool had to keep looking at the photos – a real techno kind of kid!
Thanks so much. We will certainly do it again!
One thing I’ve noticed about my 15 y.o. daughter is a child of the techno age – she LOVES the camera! And because she’s grown up in the days of digital cameras, and “selfies”, she has had literally a zillion photos taken of herself and has been able to perfect her photo ready look – unlike you & me who grew up in the days where photos were taken sparingly coz it cost money to print them. And there was often months between when the pic was taken and when we actually saw it, so we couldn’t work on improving our poses or expressions!
And just to encourage you – YOU will look back on younger photos of yourself one day (including the one you are getting done today) and think, “Why didn’t I realise how pretty I was?”. I know I do!
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It was fun… Of course it was. We got to stand around and have someone make us smile. Looking forward to seeing how they turn out.
Thanks for your wise words… again…
I was only just talking about the importance of photos on Saturday with friends of mine who’ve recently had babies. I told them babies grow so quickly and they should snap them now so they can remember what they were like at this age. I for one love photos. I love the memories and emotions they evoke when you look back at them. x
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