Beignets, New Orleans – Photography Gone Bad – Daily Photo

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categories: usa travel tags: louisiana, new orleans, photography

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I am concentrating this week not on my best photographs but on ones where something went wrong.

I have always loved this picture of my daughter from New Orleans demonstrating what a bad parent that I am. We had just eaten beignets at Café du Monde in New Orleans which come in a bag full of powdered sugar. My little angel is finishing the bag of powdered sugar. I would love to tell you that this photo was staged.

So what is wrong with this photo? Did you notice that my little angel has a halo? I was not watching the background and apparently some trash can or something in the background was lined up behind her given her this ring over her head. If you don’t watch your backgrounds you will end up with people with poles coming out of their heads or maybe, like me, your angelic children will be shown for who they really are.

by Chris Christensen

I am the host of the Amateur Traveler. The Amateur Traveler is an online travel show that focuses primarily on travel destinations and what are the best places to travel to. It includes both a weekly audio podcast, a video podcast, and a blog.

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3 Responses to “Beignets, New Orleans – Photography Gone Bad – Daily Photo”

Jennifer

Says:
April 21st, 2010 at 8:41 pm

Ha ha, I didn’t even notice that halo until you pointed it out.

Somewhere in an old computer used for file storage is a photo I took of myself at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, in front of Kilauea (with active plume). I stood in front of it, stretched out my arm and did the point-click. Result? It looks like I have steam coming out of my ear. NOT the shot I was hoping for!