Camera Shy

I remember when I was a kid, the fact that I was the firstborn prompted my parents, like so many parents who are ecstatic to document the fact that they have not only created human life but are managing to keep that human life alive thank you very much, to document my life in photos a lot more closely than that of the rest of their offspring. All the stages of my awkward childhood were captured. There were the odd family photos at Sears and the yearly school photos that we dressed up for. So I am used to taking a lot of pictures and love being the center of attention that is the blessing of being a first born child. Mr. Rogue however detests getting his photo taken. He is the third child in his family and by the time he came around the fawning photography had rolled to a dull every so often shot when the parents had the camera and were thinking about it. He detests getting his photo taken so much that even though we have been together for almost 4 years we hardly have ANY photos of the two of us together.

Mr. Rogue is shy and does not like being the center of attention and he absolutely abhors the thought of a ton of people staring at him and taking his photo. I would have loved to have done an engagement photo shoot but I knew that Mr. Rogue would look upon this as the first bit of physical mutilation his blushing bride to be was trying to inflict upon him. I debated with myself back and forth about weather or not I should try and cajole or force him to take photos but in the end I decided that a happier man was better than a bunch of engagement photos. I have however decided to start taking more pictures of him and attempting to remind him relatively often that soon he will have no choice, that once the wedding events start, particularly the big day; he will just have to set aside his camera shy attitude and learn to deal.