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The 11 Geekiest Family Portraits Ever
By Jill Harness
1. Borgs Just Wanna Have Fun
Winnie Au is an excellent photographer and her intimate and humanizing images of Trekkies at the Las Vegas Star Trek convention are all worth a look. But her picture of the Hall family all dolled up in their best Borg gear stands out thanks to the involvement of the entire clan.
2. Where No Family Has Gone Before
The Halls aren’t the only family that likes to geek out in their best twenty-third century gear. This picture, spotted over on Awkward Family Photos, brings up some interesting concerns regarding the young man in the red shirt. Does the family have low hopes for him, or are they just hoping that because they are wearing the Next Generation outfits, he will be immune to the curse of the red shirt?
3. Under The Blue Moon of Tatooine
Here we see Flickr user Carmel Covered Crack’s delightful Halloween family portrait featuring young Luke, C-3PO and a little tiny R2-D2. What an adorable family, even if they are mostly just droids.
4. Dreaming of a Darth Christmas
Red and Jonny are some of the world’s most famous Star Wars geeks thanks to their delightful Flickr stream and popular blog. Here is one of their best Christmas photos from last year, featuring the couple posing in front of their pet AT-ATs and their Christmas tree covered in tiny replica stormtroopers.
5. Gnome What I’m Saying?
Why waste your time with Gnomeo and Juliet when you could always just live out your own Gnome fantasies like Flickr user taivensmama? Now there’s an attractive grouping of lawn ornaments if I’ve ever seen one.
6. Dragon Ball Z Warriors
DeviantArt user Jeffbedash325 specializes in making excellent cosplay costumes, then taking fantastic pictures of himself and his friends wearing them. Here he is with his friend Chichi and a precious little youngster dressed as the Goku family from Dragon Ball Z. While they might not be related to each other in real life, they are all family in the anime world their costumes come from.
7. The Family That Loves To Kiss
It's hard to grow up with a family that wants to rock and roll all night and party ev-er-y day. But once you've become accustomed to it, you can out-party your friends for the rest of your life. Just ask Flickr user Little Black Box and the rest of his family.
8. Cultivating A Family Culture
Flickr user Von Wong's mother started harassing her son about the family’s lack of photos — especially because he's a photographer. So Von Wong and the rest of his family agreed they needed to get together for a portrait. Rather than head for the J.C. Penney Portrait Studio, the family worked in their Chinese heritage in a fun and unique way that incorporates the Temple of Heaven in Beijing along with classic Chinese clothing.
Of course, a nice background and traditional clothing don’t make a photograph geeky on their own. What makes this one so delightful is Von Wong’s kung fu pose and his sister’s happy jump behind their stoic parents.
9. The Mario Family Tree
Like many modern families, the Mitchells document their lives online so their friends and family members can stay in touch without too much effort. That means they have a collection of the family’s Halloween pictures, including this photo showing Wario and Princess Peach as the proud parents of Mario, Luigi and Bowser.
10. They Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts
Most portraits that come from Awkward Family Photos have no image credit, let alone a background story. Fortunately, Trevor, a reader of the site, submitted this picture of his family taken in the eighties. He writes, “Apparently, the Ghostbusters craze got the best of my mom and she made us walk through the mall in those stupid shirts to get our picture taken. From the look on my sister’s face, I don’t think she was too thrilled with the whole idea either.”
11. Yo Ho Yo Ho, A Family Life For Me
Apparently, Disney World used to have this great photo studio that allowed you to take such embarrassing and geeky family photos as this one, courtesy of Flickr user ribena, who considers this "one of my most terrifying mementos of childhood." While the background and costumes don't seem too scary, it's easy to imagine quite a few youngsters being horrified of the animatronic pirate that seems to be groping ribena's mother in this picture.
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If any of you Flossers happen to know anyone we couldn't identify in these photos , let us know so we can give credit to the wonderfully geeky families featured here. Of course, if you have any of your own geeky family portraits, feel free to share the links in the comments.