Individuals often pose in front of a mirror, imagining themselves as rock stars. You’ve done it, right? In our family, we sometimes like to do it all together, but we set it up as a family photo shoot and imagine the best photo will be our album cover.
This picture is such a situation. The opportunity came upon us spontaneously, while waiting to catch a train in Ladysmith, British Columbia in 2007. We had no idea the train station would be abandoned and more than a little seedy. Chloe and Ella were a tad uncomfortable there, among the trash and graffiti. Melinda and her design eye saw the potential. Adding more enthusiasm than she felt, she told the girls and me, “Let’s set up the camera and pose for pictures!”
We took several and forever have a great story to tell. Part of that story involves the train slowing, not quite stopping, to allow us to get on, the conductor calling out, “C’mon!!”
Today’s Prompt: Where have you staged a family photo?
Andy Smallman 
We have so many pictures taken on the tops of mountains in the winter that when we look back at the pictures now we can hardly remember which mountain we were on top of underneath our hats and down coats (remember those?). The age of the kids keep changing so that helps us keep them in more or less chronological order! : D