Are you in it?

Recently I read an article somebody wrote about mums who are never part of the photos with their kids.  It is not that they are not part of their kids' lives, it is just that they are often the ones behind the camera recording it all.  But then when you start looking back, that's not what it will look like.  "Where was mum in this one when little Suzie turned 1?"  "And this one where little Johnny started school?" And I realised that I have been that kind of mum.

I'm usually the one behind the camera.  The one who would take the camera along and take loads of photos (even though my kids are getting to the age now where it is just not cool having their photos taken :-).

So that needs to change.  I need to at least some of the time set it all up with self timer and jump on the other side of the lens.  Or ask somebody if they could please do the honours and take our photo together.

There is one particular mum I really admire and she is constantly and often insisting to also have photos where she is part of it.  That needs to become my goal.

Not so long ago I did a photo shoot for Plunket and there were a few mums and dads who didn't really want to jump into the photo ("oh gosh, no, I don't look good enough...") so I know I'm not on my own here.

But, now is the time.  We have today.  We don't know if we have tomorrow.  Make that effort and jump in front of the camera so that when your kids look back in years to come they will have some photographic record that you were also part of it.