Saturday, December 3, 2022

Goofing off families vs. Victorian seriousness

 Another Sepia Saturday at Barbara's blog...

From FB, "Father and son goofing off, 1910s."

The women who worked in the kitchen for Thanksgiving (in CT) - goofing off.


More of my family, the BIG armed son and his wife (FL)

My big head and my son (from CO)

My three grands (from FL) looking amazingly normal!

My son (from OH) and three quarters of one of his daughters.

Another leg of my family who met for a wedding a few years back (FL). My grandson had to make a face!!

A couple of my granddaughters and their cousin...a grand-cousin?

Daughter-in-law with 2 of her daughters as bookends. (OH)


Son and daughter-in-law (CO).



The prompt photo has a serious family gathered for their portrait...as well as that unbelievable beard on the patriarch. But I like my series of family photos better, though my own family isn't quite as old as this one! And notice I didn't call a one of these photos a selfie. I've gotten to hate that term!

Today's quote:
For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. -Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (1875-1926)

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20 comments:

  1. TomDecember 3, 2022 at 5:48 AM

    ...wonderful family faces.

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    1. Barbara RogersDecember 3, 2022 at 8:46 AM

      Thanks...I love them no matter what they do with their faces!!

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  2. MarciaDecember 3, 2022 at 8:07 AM

    All the happy faces! Much better than in Victorian times when they had to stay still for the photo. I have a photo of my mother as a two year old on her mother's lap with her family standing around. Everyone is stock still and my mom is a blur. She couldn't sit still. I love that they kept that photo anyway.

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    1. Barbara RogersDecember 3, 2022 at 8:47 AM

      So glad they did keep the photo of all the "proper and still people" as well as your mom the blur!!

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  3. eileeninmdDecember 3, 2022 at 8:29 AM

    Wonderful family photos, looks like everyone was having a fun time. Take care, have a happy weekend.

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    1. Barbara RogersDecember 3, 2022 at 8:48 AM

      Sometimes a camera gets brought out to capture the fun, other times, everyone's too busy laughing and talking!

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  4. KristinDecember 3, 2022 at 8:34 AM

    I'm glad your family doesn't have the need to pose and look serious for the camera. Even the old photo has smiles!

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    1. Barbara RogersDecember 3, 2022 at 8:48 AM

      That old photo (at the beginning) obviously wasn't my family. But I can certainly see my kids and grands doing things like that.

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  5. William KendallDecember 3, 2022 at 9:15 AM

    That first one is unexpected, because old photos are always so serious.

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  6. NewRobin13December 3, 2022 at 9:54 AM

    You have a truly beautiful family. Lovely photos.

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  7. Monica T.December 3, 2022 at 11:49 AM

    The 1910 one must be unusual, if it's even real?!

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    1. Barbara RogersDecember 4, 2022 at 4:31 PM

      Well, there were contact sheets made of several negatives at a time, which this looks like.

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  8. Molly's CanopyDecember 3, 2022 at 5:41 PM

    I agree! Your photos are much more fun, and more in keeping with modern times when we're more likely to wear comfortable knits than starched collars. Nice to meet your family here. Well done!

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    1. Barbara RogersDecember 4, 2022 at 4:31 PM

      I am thrilled some family members share on FB. Some don't, so their photos are more rare.

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  9. Mike BrubakerDecember 4, 2022 at 1:07 PM

    So many smiles! It's one of the delights of modern photography that it's so much easier to capture a smile. Even the old red-eye or face blurred by motion is rare to see anymore. For my son's wedding we took two versions of the big family photo. One with everyone smiling and a second all serious. The second was in imitation of a wedding photo taken in 1935 of the family that once lived in my house. We even changed the modern color to the old sepia tone.

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  10. Susan Donaldson (Scotsue);December 4, 2022 at 2:05 PM

    Congratulations at turning the serious prompt photograph on its head and giving us something to smile at. Lovely to see your family in happy times.

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    1. Barbara RogersDecember 4, 2022 at 4:33 PM

      They can be goofy when they want to. One member just had cancer free tests done, so was over the moon about tthat!

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