A Lost Tradition

There is a certain art to pictures taken in a photo booth.

A person enters a small booth, adjusts the stool for their height, deposits their quarters then puts on their best smile and waits for the flash hoping to capture how beautiful they are.

They are usually in focus, centered and capture a moment in time. And sometimes that flash catches you when you are blinking or looking the other way.It was a great way to take a family portrait as in the above photo of my mother and grandmother, or below in the photo of my mother and her brother.

They were always a quick and easy way of remembering your bestest friends, or making a photo to give to a beau. Or to just remember a fun time you had at the mall.

Times have changed and photos are taken anytime, anywhere.

If you have a group of 10 people,

chances are you will have 9 or more cameras

whether the camera is in their phone or an actual camera.

And although photo booths still exsist the photo booth tradition has been lost in our family.

Maybe I can stick my children into a closet and snap their photo.

Do you think it will have the same effect?