This photo is from my dad and Uncle Sam's 10th birthday. That's my Uncle Dick kneeling, and my effortlessly beautiful Grandma keeping everyone steady. When we asked Dad (the lanky kid on the left) what he wanted to do for his big six-zero, he sent out this email.
Here is the picture that will be 50 years old next Friday afternoon. It was taken in McCambridge Park in Burbank and when we developed it, Grandma really liked it, and Uncle Sam said "Me too!", and Uncle Dick said "It's groovy". I said "You know, we should take another one on our 60th birthday so it will be all of us in two photographs that are exactly 50 years old". Papa Joe said "Good idea," and I was put in charge of remembering to do it. So that is the true story.
Love, Dad
So that's what we did. I got to do the reshoot. A far cry from the perfection of Papa Joe's eye that I will endlessly be chasing, but I'm proud to be the next Bellomo to snap this shot.
Pretty close, eh? My favorite part was right after...
Happy Birthday, Pop!
