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Thursday – No Photos, Please
Aug. 13th, 2009 01:41 pm.
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I'm notorious in my family for not liking to have my picture made. I'm not as bad as some people are about it, mind you. I have a certain cousin who you have to catch by surprise to take her picture, because is she sees the camera before you take the photo, you end up with a picture of her hand blocking the whole lens. She's a big woman, but she's lighting fast when it comes to blocking a camera.
She's a big woman, but not as big as some of her sisters. She's a plain woman, but not ugly. She just has never liked having her picture made.
When I was a kid, I thought this was peculiar. That whole branch of the family is peculiar, though, so I marked it up as a just another quirk of that clan. Now that I'm grown, I am more sympathetic. In fact, I understand it completely. I'm not aggressive enough to put my hand in front of someone's camera and ruin their whole shot of everyone else. Passive as I am, I chose to turn tail and run instead. If I can't get away, my expression in the photo is either a pained smile or a pleading grimace.
( The Invisible Bride )
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I'm notorious in my family for not liking to have my picture made. I'm not as bad as some people are about it, mind you. I have a certain cousin who you have to catch by surprise to take her picture, because is she sees the camera before you take the photo, you end up with a picture of her hand blocking the whole lens. She's a big woman, but she's lighting fast when it comes to blocking a camera.
She's a big woman, but not as big as some of her sisters. She's a plain woman, but not ugly. She just has never liked having her picture made.
When I was a kid, I thought this was peculiar. That whole branch of the family is peculiar, though, so I marked it up as a just another quirk of that clan. Now that I'm grown, I am more sympathetic. In fact, I understand it completely. I'm not aggressive enough to put my hand in front of someone's camera and ruin their whole shot of everyone else. Passive as I am, I chose to turn tail and run instead. If I can't get away, my expression in the photo is either a pained smile or a pleading grimace.
( The Invisible Bride )
