A photobomber is someone or something that ruins a photo, often unintentionally. It can be a child giving bunny ears or a stranger making weird faces. In tourist areas, some people intentionally try to ruin photos. Photoshop can remove photobombers, but some unintentional ones can be funny and memorable.
A photobomber is a person, or occasionally an object, who ruins what would otherwise be a good photo. Anyone who has ever attempted to take a group photo probably has many stories to tell about the young photo-bomber who chose the particular moment a photo was taken to pluck his nose or make an incredibly ugly face. Children are often the worst photo bombers in this regard, since many of them can’t resist giving another child a pair of bunny ears.
More recently, though, the term photobomber has come to mean people unrelated to the person in a photograph, who decide to spice up the photograph with an odd number of actions. In major tourism areas, a person may decide to spoil your photo by making weird faces (or something worse like some public nudity). This may be termed photographic terrorism, although the term terrorism is too strong for such behavior.
It might be a source of pride for locals in heavily touristed areas to attempt to destroy visitor photos. Obviously the behavior is not that common, although it seems to occur more frequently. This is perhaps aided by several websites, which now prominently feature the work of photobombers.
Sometimes the photobomber isn’t intentionally trying to screw up a photo. He or she just walks by at the wrong time and ruins the mood or intent of the image. Sometimes the objects behind the people being photographed can also spoil your photo. Be careful about posing in front of a non-flushing toilet or a sign that says something that could destroy the essence of an image.
It is good to discourage young people from intentionally becoming photo-bombers, but they also may not be able enough to control it. Mischievous older children can be handled quite easily. Have them pose on purpose for a silly pose so they can do whatever they want that is decent and not harmful, and thus can get the photobombing impulse out of their systems.
Fortunately, the wonders of programs like Photoshop® can virtually eliminate photobomber attempts in the background of your photo. Provided the photobomber doesn’t cross in front of you, you can just cut bizarre stuff behind the people your photo is supposed to represent. On the other hand, some unintentional photo bombs are so much fun that they deserve a little partying. They can make photos and the people in them more memorable and make you laugh every time you look at them.
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