I love my camera and I love taking pictures. I do not love taking pictures of people who go above and beyond out of their way to not have their picture made. So, I put up the camera and gave myself a break and did not take any pictures. It is much less stressful for me.
What I wish I could explain is it is not about double chins, weight, or any list of excuses people have for fighting pictures. It's about memories. Remember the TG we all stood outside when it was 30 degrees. No one will say look at my (fill in the blank). Some days we will look back when someone had died and say, awwwwwww there is (fill in the blank), or look there is that tree that died and we used to climb. I cannot tell you how many funerals we attend and we see a picture we took in that slide show, usually it is the only one in focus and taken at a special occasion. When that photo comes up we can talk about the event and our memory of the person. The memory becomes even greater and more special and a way to help the living grief. It is never about double chins, weight, saggy, baggy or suck it in but I seem to never be able to explain that to people.
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