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You Might Be a MWAC When: (Part 2)
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Do you remember the post I did back in May about You Might Be a MWAC When…. I listed 14 ways you would know if you are a MWAC (Mom with a camera) and I’m talking about the good kind :O)

I asked you guys to add some in the comments and you came up with some really funny ones. I wanted to continue this and share them with y’all incase you didn’t read the comments.

1-14 can be found here

15. Your 4 year old makes you pose for a photo shoot and says “Put your hand like this and hold this flower up to your face.” by Michelle at Photography by Michelle

16. A fun activity for your kids is a photo walk with an old point and shoot. by Michelle at Photography by Michelle

17. Your 1 year old automatically says “cheese” when a camera comes out even though you never taught him to say “cheese”. by Michelle at Photography by Michelle

18. Your husband no longer fights to be in a picture, he’s excepts it. by Melissa at Noste 365

19. You clean up your clutter in the house just so your background isn’t too busy. by Melissa at Noste 365

20. You rearrange your child’s bedroom so you get better light for photos. by Melissa at Noste 365

21. You work on your 365 blog rather than watching the latest episode of your favorite show. by Melissa at Noste 365

22. Your 16 month old knows how to put your lens cap on your camera. by Melissa at Noste 365

23. Your daughter tells the new youth Pastor not to mind you taking photos around the church because “my mom’s a photo freak”. by Kimberly at My Perspective

24. If everytime you leave the house your husband asks if you have your camera. by Kimberly at My Perspective

25. You ask your three year old for just one picture and he counts your shutter button sounds. If it is more than one he yells….I’M DONE!!!! by Kathleen at Rock it One Day at a Time

26. You get excited when your usually reluctant three years asks you to take a picture of something special that he is doing. by Kathleen at Rock it One Day at a Time

27. Your husband knows that you just can’t enjoy your vacation you must photograph it all. He says “Life isn’t meant to be enjoyed…it is meant to be photographed.” by Kathleen at Rock it One Day at a Time

28. You mention to you husband that when you buy a house, You’ll be looking for lots of natural light flowing into the house. by Carrie at The Smiling Project

29. You forget your remote so your husband suggests taking two shots and using Photoshop to composite them together. by Jenny at Ostrander Blog

30. Your husband pulls off at the park stop and knows to get the tripod off the motorcycle because the background is perfect. by Jenny at Ostrander Blog

31. Your 4 year old picks up a piece of glass and gives it to you asking if that is a good piece of glass. by Carmen at 365-Moments Captured

32. Your 4 year old askes if you think santa can bring him a big camera like mommy and daddy have. by Carmen at 365-Moments Captured

33. People ask where you are visiting from while visiting a local zoo or garden. by Carmen at 365-Moments Captured

34. Your parents have tickets to one of your sisters events, and your mom looks at you and says “I wish you could come”….and then in the next breath “so you could take pictures for me…” by Dana at Snapshots of Time

35. You use your blog to remember important events/dates in your life- going by when the photo was taken. by Dana at Snapshots of Time

36. You pick apart advertisment photography (“they should have used a larger f stop there”…or the lighting on the advertisment for that necklace is awful”…) by Dana at Snapshots of Time

37. You have a half hour long discussion with someone on what you think the f stop of your eye is. (We decided somewhere around f/8) by Dana at Snapshots of Time

38. You shop at Goodwill so that you can save money for new glass. by Dana at Snapshots of Time

39. Everything is an opportunity for a photograph. by Dana at Snapshots of Time

Can you think of any more?? I’d love to do a part 3 :O)

Because I can’t leave you without a photo :O)

11 Comments
  • October 3, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    Loved these. The funny thing is that this I read almost all these a little over a week ago, as I was digging through the archives. {which I do often!}
    Now, I’m not a mom with a camera, but I’d say when you are teaching your seven year old sister about macro shots, no flash, and ISO.
    Or when you get those odd looks from passer-by’s and neighbors as you are in the middle of the road, on the ground, taking pictures.
    mmmmhmmmm…. :)

  • October 3, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Fun list! Thanks for including mine! My daughter called me a photo freak again the other day. :)

  • October 3, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    Those are so fun! I know I’m a MWAC because I walk around framing everything in my mind and looking for locations, walls, texture, light, and etc… It’s hard to turn it off sometimes. :)

  • October 3, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    I absolutely loved reading these. I can so relate.

  • October 3, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    he he he! cute list. i can relate to many! my kids will be doing something or see something – then tell one of the other kids to run for me, but be sure mom has her camera! i love it!

    blessings,
    jill

  • October 3, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    You know you are a family of MWACs when your brother-in-law suggests assigning out who brings their camera to family gatherings like you would a salad or side dish (true story!).

  • October 4, 2011 at 2:09 AM

    These are so great. I remember reading the fist list, along with the comments and LAUGHing out loud. I think my husband finds it funnier than I do, because he is the one that hears me or experiences these “MWAC” moments.

  • October 4, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    I love this! Many of them apply to me and I don’t even have kids… What does that say about when I will? Look out children…

  • October 4, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    Oh how I love these! You know you’re an MWAC when you start redecorating your house so that you can shoot in every room :)

  • October 5, 2011 at 12:40 AM

    I just love this list and I totally forgot about my MWAC moments. :) I have more too, it’s so sad, I’m horrible.
    -You paint the master bedroom back to white because it has amazing light in there and you don’t want to deal with the blue cast. (True story, I just bought the paint! The hubby thinks I’m totally nuts but is playing along.)
    -Your daughter now follows you around with her own camera pointing it at herself saying cheese.
    -When you go to an event and someone starts to complain that they forgot their camera and someone says “Don’t worry, Melissa is here.”
    -You spend all of nap time doing you hair because you’re going to have a mini photoshoot with your child afterwards.
    -When your new daiper is a epiphanie bag so that you can carry your camera around safely.

    Okay I that’s all I got at the moment. Good greif, people must think I’m a total nut!

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