On Saturday after the graduation ceremony the better-half told me he didn’t take any pictures as the batteries in the camera were dead and because we read the rules of the ceremony he didn’t have his cell phone with him. Yeah, they said not to bring cell phones because the security folks would take them away from you. I saw dozens of cell phones among the graduates and lots of people were using their phones to take pictures. I hate being the one who follows the rules only to have the rules tell me to bend over.
Faced with the fact that we knew there were none of our own pictures, I decided to go look at the pictures the official photography group posted to their website. I made screen shots for the better-half and sent them with the following titles: “my three chins”, “drunk again” and “ready for my prison jumpsuit”. As you can guess, we will not be spending money on any official photos.
I emailed him and told him I was not photogenic and these pictures proved that. I suggested that I put the frock back on and have him take pictures of me with the camera that now has brand new rechargeable batteries (we’ve had the original set of batteries way longer than is recommended). He said it would be like the moonwalk–all done on a sound stage.
I am so un-photogenic too. I hate 99% of all pictures I’ve been in. I think it’s a great idea to restage the big day and then you have the power to delete right away any that you don’t like.