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Bloopers

Embarrass

Victims

hotographs are great. They can
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capture precious moments of life <in
this case, high school> that can be
treasured for always. But sometimes, it
would be better not to remember some
pictures of ourselves and get mad when
someone takes our picture when we're not
ready.
People's characters are brought out by
a camera's lens. Photographers can see
things no one else even notices. However,
photographers are not always perfect, but
then neither are those being photographed
at times. Many are not photogenic and
often see themselves worse than others do.
However there were also those who
fell victim to other kinds of bloopers,
better known as goof-ups .
Remember those times when you
turned as red as a beet or felt like crawling
into a hole? Maybe it was when you went
to a football game and stood up to cheer
the team on and then sat down on a blop
of gum or was it the time you couldn 't get
.,your braced teeth brushed after eating a
carmel.
For some it could have been the time
they didn't discover their zipper was not
up, a seam was loose in an obvious place,
or a hem was hanging loose until the end
of the school day.
Still others perhaps found those
embarrassing moments in other ways. How
about the time you mailed a letter to the
wrong person, unintentionally belched on
a date, or turned in a paper on time but
to the wrong teacher or room?
Whatever the blooper, it became only
Smile. You're on candid cameral Sophomore a temporary embarrassment, but a lasting
photographer Rick Jennings snaps a blooper. memory. For most it would become
Sometimes photographers aren 't as tactful as they something to look back on and laugh about.
should be, and subjects aren 't shown in the best of
light. Even taking a drink can be risky business .

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