This photo.
The other day, Bossy’s daughter travelled with the rest of her sixth grade class to New York City. She was desperate to take a camera with her — but cold-hearted Bossy was too preoccupied to give it much thought, although she finally agreed to purchase the cheapest disposable camera known to man, the one with the least amount of photos on it.
And while Bossy’s daughter’s friends were liberally snapping photos with their digital cameras, Bossy’s daughter clutched her cardboard case and tried to make sure her pictures really counted.
To make matters more heartbreaking, the majority of her photos didn’t turn out since the cheap-arse flash wasn’t working.
But. The above photo was taken in the entrance to the United Nations headquarters, and it’s so thoughtful with its opposing shapes and cropping, and it proves a fancy camera isn’t what gives the photographer a good eye.
~annie says
May 7, 2009 at 8:55 amNice! Good for Bossy’s daughter that Bossy is so cold-hearted. This photo is indeed more thoughtful and meaningful because of it.
marchelle says
May 7, 2009 at 9:07 amBossy’s daughter rocked it out!
Hey, she should be glad she didn’t have to use a 110 camera like I did on field trips.
Kids have it so easy these days….
Debby says
May 7, 2009 at 10:05 amBossy = Mother of the Year!
MariaV says
May 7, 2009 at 10:12 amNice job Bossy’s Daughter.
daysgoby says
May 7, 2009 at 10:58 amGreat shot!
Lisa says
May 7, 2009 at 12:04 pmHeredity does……
Angie F says
May 7, 2009 at 12:13 pmNICE photo Bossy’s daughter! LOVE it!
Kristie says
May 7, 2009 at 12:23 pmClearly it’s a family thing!
Michelle in SF says
May 7, 2009 at 1:47 pmDo I see a digital camera in Bossy’s Daughter’s future?
foolery says
May 7, 2009 at 2:13 pmSure beats the 25 photos of cats’ butts I mysteriously find on my digital camera every once in a while. Bossy Daughter has THE EYE.
sevedra says
May 7, 2009 at 4:21 pmGreat photo. Congrats to Bossy’s Daughter for having Talent.
Don’t feel bad Bossy, I always make my kid take a cardboard camera on trips, too. Sometimes he even loses them. He’d lose his head if it wasn’t firmly attached. Which is why I would NEVER send my camera off with him.
km says
May 7, 2009 at 4:34 pmWell done Bossy’s Daughter. I love this shot.
and Bossy since you say arse and shite do you have Irish friends?????
Margie says
May 7, 2009 at 5:10 pmVery nice photo, Bossy’s daughter.
Reeb says
May 7, 2009 at 5:16 pmExcellent composition, BD!
I went to Europe just-post-college with a bunch of architecture students who had Multiple Lenses and Cameras For Black-and-White Film and other Cameras For Color Film. Fortunately, some random person I hardly knew had, during my last semester, left in my keeping a Minota SLR with one plain lens. In the que-sera-sera (or, “Mom and Dad paid for this so I’ll just get another nicer one”) mode some college students have, the original owner never reclaimed the camera. Neither did the parents when I forced myself to Be Honorable (or was that Mom who encouraged me?) and contact them, offering the camera back. Nobody claimed it. Yahoo. I took the camera to Europe. And was the “deprived” person with only one plain lens.
And boy-oh-boy did I learn how to ENVISION and to SEE through that lens. I knew exactly what it would see. Who needs stinkin’ multiple lenses?? (A reliable camera whose flash worked would be kind to BD, however. She’s got all those other carefully composed photos in her head and heart and no way to show them to you now.)
Um, sorry, beer at midmorning cause I’m on vacation; therefore slightly nostalgic and even more maudlin…
Mr Farty says
May 7, 2009 at 5:24 pmBossy’s Daughter has the genes for photocomposition. *claps*
PATTY says
May 7, 2009 at 5:43 pmWOW!!!
Happily Employed Susan says
May 7, 2009 at 9:42 pmBossy isn’t perfect. I’m relieved.
junebug says
May 8, 2009 at 9:11 amGreat photo! When I went on the trip of my lifetime at fifteen to Montreal, Toronto, Quebec, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and so on back to Oklahoma, I did not have a camera. This was in the dark ages when they possibly did not make disposable cameras. 1973. I had to rely on my friend to take photos for me and share when we returned. But I had the time of my life. Even so. I worked hard doing dishes at a cafe at the Oklahoma Auction Yard to earn spending money for the trip. I was so frugal, I even returned with money left over!
Bev Adler says
May 8, 2009 at 3:49 pmI love the couch pic. Wish I had a laptop so I could do the same! Maybe in a couple months or so.