DEAR ABBY: We recently buried my sister-in-law. Because we had a closed-casket funeral, we used a "memory board" on which we posted snapshots and photographs that had been taken of her throughout the years.
As an amateur photographer, I am always the one snapping pictures at family gatherings. Her memory board got me to thinking that when I die there will be very few pictures of me because I take them, but I'm in very few of them.
It would be nice if family members would sometimes offer to take the picture so I could be IN a few snapshots. If they had thought of it, they probably would have enjoyed being behind the camera for a change. Perhaps some of your readers who are always being snapped would trade places with the photographer so there will be photos of every family member -- including the usual photographer. Just sign me ... SHUTTERBUG
DEAR SHUTTERBUG: Cat got your tongue? Why not speak up and ask family members to take the camera and snap a few pictures of YOU at these family events? Ready? Say "cheese" ... and don't blink!