I wasn’t planning to play along with the photo challenge this week because I thought it was silly to feature out-of-focus shots. Not that I don’t have plenty of them but because we always like to present our best don’t we? We relegate the blurry, not quite right to the delete pile because they don’t conform to the image of perfection we want to display. Sometimes in life our focus is a little off and we need to adjust the lens to get ourselves back on track.
Of the hundreds of out-of-focus shots on my computer I went with this one because it represents a happy end to a difficult year. It’s Hippie Child’s graduation from Primary School and here the parents join the kids for a celebratory dance. It was the year of the illness and the big operation and there had been some fleeting moments where we didn’t know if her dad would make it to party.
Despite the fact photographer mum can’t take a decent shot to save herself, the happiness is clear in the fuzzy faces.
looks just right to me (tear)
Priceless 🙂
I lovely contribution to the prompt. Your narrative brought depth to the photo. nice. Here is my take on unfocused. http://wp.me/p1TywS-rc
~Anne
You are right, Janine. Even the blur of the camera cannot hide the happiness behind those smiles. Very nice share. 🙂
This photo is unfocused at its fabulous best. You did a great job. Who’s to say unfocused isnt beautiful?
That one doesn’t need to be in focus. The joy just leaps out of it. Wonderful!
They may be fuzzy, but they’re awfully cute!
Wonderful choice! The challenge was for the unfocused shot to tell a story and you have nailed that perfectly!
Thank you.
Hya shambolicliving – seeing as there hasn’t been an official weekly photo challenge this week, I’m stepping up and throwing down a challenge for anyone who’s interested. http://wheresmybackpack.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/reflections/
I’d love you to join in – the more the merrier. Pass it on. xxx