By Michael Douglas(click on image to see it larger)
"Several years ago, my kids and I walked down to the beach to play in the sand. We live only a few blocks away, so it was an easy walk for my (then) 1-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter. I had brought along my 35mm point-and-shoot, hoping to get a couple of snapshots of them playing together.
"We walked down the steps to the beach, me carrying my son and holding my daughter's hand. Once we reached the bottom, I looked at my son and saw that he had fallen fast asleep in my arms.
"I hadn't brought a towel or any kind of shade, and I didn't want to just drop him on the sand, so I was forced to keep him in my arms. I was determined to get a few pictures, though. I shot through a roll, holding the camera awkwardly in my off hand while balancing an increasingly heavy toddler on the other arm. When I dropped the film off at the developer, my expectations were pretty low.
"Later, flipping through the pictures, I saw the unsurprising results. Blurry, wildly tilted horizon, limbs cut off, etc. But at the end of the roll, there was this one, perfect, miraculous image. Years (and several thousand dollars worth of equipment) later, this awkwardly shot photo is still my favorite."
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