I Love Bad Photos

I love the feeling I get when I capture that elusive “perfect” photo of my dogs. A photo when they’re both in full romp, both of their faces are towards the camera and both perfectly in focus. Alas, due to my middling skills as a photographer and the frenetic tendencies of my pups, those perfect photos are few and far between. The photos I post on the blog range from “ok” to “great” on my own scale, with most being “good.” However, there is a special place in my heart for certain “bad” photos I take that generally never see the light of day. For me, bad photos sometimes tell a better story than those perfect shots. Here are a few of my recent bad-favorites.   

The goal was a cute family photo. The result was a blurry mess, but I just love Penny bugging Eko and Eko whining to Emily about it

I had another portrait-style photo in mind here, but Eko showed he still knows how to start trouble by pushing Penny and setting off a game of tag

This photo is just absurd. Penny tried to jump on Eko, but he ignored her while grooming himself. Penny remained stuck on his head for a good ten seconds

Getting everyone to look at the camera at the same time isn’t easy. Penny did her job here…

But when Eko turned around she decided to just quit and walk away

And sometimes no one looks, but you catch your pup looking like she’s talking out of the side of her mouth like and old-time mobster plotting a heist

Life is messy, unpredictable and weird so I appreciate holding on to some of my perfectly bad photos which reflect exactly that. Whenever you take a really good, really bad photo I highly advise you hold on to it! Does anyone else have a favorite bad photo in their collection?