Monday, April 02, 2007

A List of Pictures That Never Need to Be Taken Again

  • Statues of the Virgin Mary
  • Anyone holding a can of cheap beer with his hat on crooked
  • Babies
  • A ray of sunshine, inspirationally poking through stormy clouds

Please add as you see fit, as I'm sure this list isn't exhaustive.

7 comments:

Eric said...

-Mountains with big, ominous clouds hanging low overhead, shot in black and white.

-A whale's tail sticking out of the ocean as it dives back below the surface.

-A dolphin doing anything wacky.

Lois E. Lane said...

-Multiple kittens all in a row.
P.S. Babies? They're just miniature people, my friend -- unless you're suggesting we stop photographing human beings. We'll see how you feel about it when you get a little bundle of your own...

mg said...

Yes, babies are people too, but the way most pictures are taken of them makes them more the wacky dolphins Eric mentioned. "Look! The baby has a napkin on his head! Where's the camera!?"

Anonymous said...

birds perched on bare trees.

mg said...

You're right Sam, once perfection has been attained in a genre, others need not offer their pitiable attempts.

Ibid said...

I bet you could still take cool pictures of these things. Like a picture of a statue of a virgin mary being transported over a shaky bridge on the back of an old man in a crooked hat who also had a bottle of beer in his hand and a ray of light on his head.

Michalangela said...

I would like to add to that list any number of girls doing the charlie's angels holding the guns pose.