Relying on others to take your photo

I took a few frames of Clare, Mom, and Linda, and our server stepped up and offered to take photos of the whole group. I was reminded last month that restaurant servers (for example) are not reliable photographers. So for this shot, I claimed a spot on the floor, zoomed to fill the frame and carefully handed my phone to the server. What did she do? She zoomed out and took photos in which the people filled the middle third of the frame. Sigh.

Valentine’s Day lunch in Perrysburg, Ohio, with Clare’s brother and his wife, and Mom.

» Same restaurant as from a previous post
» Interesting set of locations for this restaurant chain: Minnesota (1), Wisconsin (1), Nebraska (1), Iowa (3), Illinois (5), Indiana (2), Ohio (1), and … Colorado (2). » Locations

[ PXL_20240214_180957312_12x9tm :: cell phone ]

February 14 posts
  1 year ago: “Valentine’s Day dinner on Grandma’s china”
 2 years ago: “Happy Valentine’s Day”
 3 years ago: “Interesting post-shoveling pattern”
 4 years ago: No post (curiously)
 5 years ago: “The review said…”
 6 years ago: “Before I give them up…”
 7 years ago: “Marshmallow farm! [Travel day]”
 8 years ago: “My flash-o-red for the month”
 9 years ago: “Jamie & Stephanie”
10 years ago: “Got red?”
11 years ago: “Beer & chocolate”
12 years ago: “Road trip!”
13 years ago: “Something old…”

[Mags]

LOL! It's not bad, but you see how people take instructions. =)

[Kathy]

They do better with point and shoots. Cell phones and the like.

[Thom Mitchell]

@randystreat This *was* a cell phone! I thought I had it set!

[Danette Thompson]

At least you got a group shot. I handed my camera to my husband (who is a capable photographer) to take a photo of me with our son. I already prepped the shot. He immediately zoomed in.

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette Uuuuuh! I guess we just have to do it ourselves! Note to self: Always take tripod. ;)