Oh, the joy and the pain of the photobomb.
If you're not familiar with the term photobomb please let me enlighten you.
A photobomb occurs when someone intentionally or unintentionally ruins a picture.
The subject steps in front of the camera thereby 'bombing' the picture with their presence.
Here's an example:
What was supposed to be a shot of the cousins at Christmas turned into:
Examples?
Why yes, I'll be happy to provide.
What could be a nice picture of some more of my cousins:
What was supposed to be a shot of the cousins at Christmas turned into:
A picture of my brother Robbie's big ole head.
Don't worry, we made lots of fun of him on Facebook for it.
It's not just people that can photobomb a picture - awkward things can do it too.
Examples?
Why yes, I'll be happy to provide.
What could be a nice picture of some more of my cousins:
Has now been turned into "Man With Trash Stands With Woman and Baby."
And here is another example of an unruly object photobombing a picture:
Do you see the offensive object?
It's the takeout box my friend Betsy is holding.
Clearly it's not meant to be the center of attention.
Ooohh...And how about the worst type of objectional photobombing:
The one meant to induce guilt.
Here is my husband holding a pamphlet on 'How to Stop Gambling' that was strategically placed on the ATM machine in the Casino.
We went to Detroit one weekend a couple years ago.
I don't care what Marshall Mathers says, Detroit was sad.
The downtown was practically apocalyptic.
Except for the bright and shiny Casino.
It was pretty much the only thing open in downtown Detroit.
I look a little nuts in this picture.
Maybe it was all the bright lights.
Mr. Responsible didn't want to gamble.
I decided to spend $20.
I played Roulette a few times and won $20 thereby walking out with $40.
I claimed victory although a certain stick in the mud had to point out that parking was $5 and we pain $12 in drinks.
But, hey!
I still came out $3 ahead of the casino right!
Right?
Man, that's a bummer.
Kind of like a photobomb.