At Last She Said It

At Last She Said It

May Worthy Stuff

Cynthia edition

At Last She Said It's avatar
At Last She Said It
May 08, 2025
∙ Paid
28
12
Share

I’ve been the Unofficial-but-sorta-Official-by-default photographer in my family since 2006 when I bought my first Nikon dSLR camera. Nearly 20 years later I am now on my fourth Nikon, now photographing my kiddos’ adulthood, our family travels, and Big Moments like graduations. It has been a real joy AND ALSO IT TICKS ME OFF that I am hardly in any of the pics.

photograping my daughter and her girlfriend, Apr 2025

Now that we all have phones with cameras in our pockets I have asked my kids to please—please— just photograph me ‘in the wild’ once in a while so that there is documentation that indeed I do exist. Glennon Doyle even had a podcast episode a couple years ago called “Why Are There No Pictures of Us?” and I have never felt so seen in my life. Maybe you need to feel seen too, if so, listen! 5 -star review. Synopsis: Being the family photographer just seems to be one more way women are tasked with capturing and documenting meaningful family moments. Here’s a one-minute clip of that episode:

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to At Last She Said It to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 At Last She Said It
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture