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Okay boys, let's be real. None of us want to take a ton of pictures...unless that first picture made us look TERRIBLE--closed eyes, double chin, crazy, etc. We don't want to pick apart each image either...but a gaggle of girls inevitably will. Let's work on reducing both party's agony of looking at multiple terrible pictures.
Here are the three things you can do to ENSURE you won't be doing five takes of the same shot.
1. Always take the shot at eye level with the ladies--if not a bird's eye view. That means, never EVER take that picture shooting upward from a seated position.
2. Give a "ready" and a "count down" so we don't a) start looking like the joker by the time the picture actually takes or b) miss the whole "smile" part completely.
3. Get over the fear that your flash will blind people in the otherwise dark, mysterious bar and everyone will blame YOU. They know it's the girls making you do it. Take.the.flash.first.
*secret 4) Take initiative and get some "candid" shots without us knowing--we will love going through them the next day and you won't have to take a million "redo's." In fact, I bet most of the laughing pictures, no matter how awful one person looks, will be saved and posted.
And finally, ladies...let's work on living IN THE MOMENT...not seeing everything through an Instagram lens--it's almost as bad as checking yourself out in reflective windows.
Live, laugh, love meant something LONG before adorable typography made it "shareable"--they're words to LIVE by, no just repost.