Crap Shoot

Say hello to sweet Lucy!

This "crap" shot was sent to us by Dina, Lucy's aunt.

Dina writes, "At my niece Lucy's 5th birthday party, we sang a second round of Happy Birthday to other birthday girls in the house, and this is Lucy BELTING OUT the end of the song. I caught her doing it, and tried to catch it with my camera before she stopped. That didn't happen, but what still comes through is her passion for singing!"

Thanks for sharing, Dina!


Want to come play with us in Crap Shoot? Send your crappy, but make your heart smile shots to us at media@epiphaniebags.com. Don't forget to include a little back story and a brief bio about yourself. Lastly, please note "Crap Shoot" in the subject line. Thanks!

 

Crap Shoot

Today Nardia Cooper of New Zealand shares her "crap" shots with us, but more importantly, her inspirational story.

Several years ago while in pursuit of her diploma in Photographic Imaging, Nardia became ill. The treatment left her with vision damage which ultimately causes her eyes to shut down or be riddled with blind spots. She says, "This leads to quite a few Crap Shoots even with digital as I have trouble seeing where my focus lies within an Image. When I manual focus I find it very hard to obtain sharp focus."

The subject of Nardia's first photo is a friend of hers who just started a photography business.

Nardia says, "I truly love it and it so totally reminds me of her as it seems to have some of her boundless energy with all the bokeh and lens flare!"

The second image is of Nardia's friend and a few young girls during a promo shoot.

Nardia writes "this is also crap as it is out of focus too but it is dreamy and surreal and is one I love so much I have framed it!"

Nardia, we can't thank you enough for sharing your "crap" shots today.  We love celebrating the story behind each photo!


Want to come play with us in Crap Shoot? Send your crappy, but make your heart smile shots to us at media@epiphaniebags.com. Don't forget to include a little back story and a brief bio about yourself. Lastly, please note "Crap Shoot" in the subject line. Thanks!

Crap Shoot

There once lived a little series on Maile's blog (Daily Relish) called Crap Shoot.  It's been in hibernation for a few years but it's so fun we decided to bring it back to life over here in Have an Epiphanie.

So here's how it goes:

What is it? It's the photo you almost deleted because everything was technically "wrong"; but for some reason you love it. And it can't be crappy for crap's sake. It has to make your heart happy.

When is it? Here, Wednesdays.

Why is it? Because life happens in bad lighting, with the wrong lenses. And once in a while, we all need to STEP AWAY FROM THE PHOTOSHOP and let imperfections BE.

As an example, here is one of Maile's "crap" shots:

And here's what she had to say about it - "Underexposed. I was just testing the light, and would have deleted it. Except that what I see here isn't an out-take. It's a man who, even at the end of a horribly stressful day at work, is sweet enough to load a loveseat and 3 kids into our car, and drive an hour and a half round trip so I can finally get this promo done. Never complaining once. thanks j."

View more of Maile's crap shoot entries here and here.

We know you want to play! Send your crappy, but make your heart smile shots to us at media@epiphaniebags.com. Don't forget to include a little back story and a brief bio about yourself. Lastly, please note "Crap Shoot" in the subject line.