Me? In a photo?

I came across an article today written by a fellow photographer that discussed the fact that she does not get in front of the camera, but rather stays behind it.  I read the article and thought to myself that it seemed a shame she didn't get in the shots with her children more often, or with friends.  Then, it occured to me that I do the exact same thing.  I'm not sure what the reasons are, I guess the main one is because it is usually myself with the camera and lens in front of my face rather than myself being in front of the camera!  There have been many moments I should have set the self timer or asked someone else to take the photo, but the opportunities have passed and all I can do is learn from this error.

With this in mind, I do have to share a story!  During the summer, I took my son to Sherbrooke Village for the day, kind of a mommy and son day to get away and have fun together.  We toured the historic village and took many memorable photos.  On the way home, I came across an abandoned church and decided to stop and photographed it.  I also decided to utilize my self timer and grab a few photos of myself.  So... I took my tripod piece off the bottom of the camera and placed it on the trunk (as the thought "knowing me I will forget it here" crossed my mind)  I took some photos, rather good ones considering I didn't have a tripod to set up on, packed up and drove away.  Then it occured to me, the tripod piece was still on the trunk.  Well, it wasn't, as you can imagine, since I already drove 1km by then.  I back tracked and searched, but of course it was long gone. 

In all honesty, that tripod was junk, very cheap and low quality.  I have upgraded my tripod to a professional grade piece, and I love it!!  I couldn't be happier!  And I assure you, leaving the attachment piece to the tripod of a trunk of a car will NEVER happen again!!  I have also purchased a wireless shutter release so those self portraits will be easy as pie! 

Moral of the story?  No excuses to not get in the photo with family and friends from  now on!

~Happy Friday!