My mom was born in 1949 and along with learning to care for their first child, my grandparents also were acquiring camera skills. Therefore, you’ll have to forgive the blurriness of the following photo:
By the following year, their technique had improved somewhat (you have to admit, my mom was a moving target):
This is a really nice one:
By 1959, both cameras and skills had improved quite a bit:
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