People Submit Their Most Awkward Family Pics To This Instagram Account, And Here Are 50 Of The Funniest Ones (New Pics)

Full disclosure, Pandas, I feel incredibly awkward most of the time when someone’s taking my picture. It’s anticipating the flash and worrying about whether I’m not looking too goofy or too serious that messes my head up. Don’t get me wrong, I adore photography, but I still don’t have the confidence to look cool in photos. Awkward, silly, though? Sign me up, I’m your guy! I’m a natural at these!

Awkward photos are somewhat of a constant on the internet and in real life. Childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack saw this and created the ‘Awkward Family Photos’ project. What started out as a simple blog back in 2009 has since then ballooned into a multi-million-member project that celebrates the most awkward, uncomfortable, cringy, and simply downright-fun photos of family moments.

We can guarantee that these photos will boost your mood and make the wait for that wonderful thing called the weekend pass in a heartbeat. As you scroll down, remember to upvote and comment on your favorite awkward family photos. And if you feel like you haven’t gotten your daily dose of Vitamin A(wkwardness) yet, feel free to check out Bored Panda’s first article about AFP right here. Tons of nostalgic awkwardness and weirdness below, let’s not keep them waiting any longer!

Mike, the co-founder of AFP, told Bored Panda that the project has, at its core, always been the same throughout the years: “A celebration of awkwardness especially as it relates to family. We are still laughing ‘with’ and not ‘at’ people. We have built a community of folks who are comfortable enough to laugh at themselves,” he said.

Meanwhile, photographer Dominic Sberna gave Bored Panda his perspective about confidence in front of the camera lens, how to feel more relaxed when having your picture taken, and what professionals can do to help their subjects feel less awkward. Scroll down for his thoughts on the topic!

#1 I Took My 2002 Senior Year Photo With My Bird, Jeff. It Made The Yearbook. Ten Years Later, I Caught Him Reflecting On Our Long History. Sentimentality In Its Truest Form

People Submit Their Most Awkward Family Pics To This Instagram Account, And Here Are 50 Of The Funniest Ones (New Pics)

People Submit Their Most Awkward Family Pics To This Instagram Account, And Here Are 50 Of The Funniest Ones (New Pics)

#1 I Took My 2002 Senior Year Photo With My Bird, Jeff. It Made The Yearbook. Ten Years Later, I Caught Him Reflecting On Our Long History. Sentimentality In Its Truest Form

#2 This Old Picture Of My Great-Grandmother, Far Left, Makes It Look Like The Cameraman Just Stumbled Into A Secret Meeting Of The Grandmas

#3 So My Mom Sent Me One Of My Baby Pictures

#4 This Is A Picture Of My Brother. The Photographer Was Trying To Get Him To Look At The Camera And He Snapped His Fingers And Accidentally Scared My Brother- Perfect Timing

#5 This Is A Picture Of Me When I Was 12 Days Old

#6 Here Is My Sister Jan’s Graduation Photo In 1968 At 18, And A Redo That We Did In 2014 At 64

#7 I’m A Father To A 5-Year Old. Glad I Made The Cut

#8 I Was 45 Minutes Into Family Pictures With Two Hungry And Crabby Kiddos. Nothing Was Good. The Photographer Asked Me Five Times If I Really Wanted To Buy The Pics And I Said Absolutely Yes. This Was My Most Popular Christmas Picture Ever

#9 This Pic Is My Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister And Her Husband, Me And My Demonic-Looking Son. This Family Portrait Was Taken In The 80s…we Were Really A Scary Crew

#10 My Dad Used To Swing Me Around In A Tiny Garbage Can And It Was So Much Fun. I Didn’t Know It Was Weird Until I Asked Around And Found Out That No One Else’s Dads Swung Them Around In Garbage Cans

#11 Unfortunately, It’s Me. I Took Dance In High School. Don’t Regret Taking Dance, Just The Picture

#12 Just Thought I’d Share This Old Picture I Found Of Me And My Dad

#13 Found This Old Picture Of My Dad From Back In 1976

#14 We Were Having A Great Time At My Wedding

#15 The Moment My Eldest Met Her New Baby Sister

#17 I Looked Over 40 But Was Actually 12

#18 This Is My Only College Graduation Picture

#19 This Is A Family Portrait From 1987. I Just Love The Contrast Of The Punk Rock Kids, Coupled With The Wholesomeness Of Mom And Daughter. It Brings A Smile To All Of Us, And We Want To Share The Photo On Your Website

#20 That Time I Went To School As Humpty Dumpty For Nursery Rhyme Day, But Ended The Day As A Ballsack

#21 I Asked My Parents To Do A Family Photo With Me And This Was The End Result. I’m A Very Festive Person

#22 This Beaut Of My Uncle, Aunt And Cousins Was Proudly Displayed In Their Home For Years

#24 I Just Wanted A Nice Vacation Photo

#25 My Dad (Sitting In Bench, Right) With His Rock Star Wedding Party In 1987

#26 I Won A Cutest Baby Award At A Local Health Foods Store And This Was The Photoshoot That I Won. Thank You, Mom And Dad

#27 We Were Trying To Get A Family Photo Including Our Two Friendly Chocolate Labs

#28 This Is Of My Older Sister, Perfect In All Pictures, And Older Brother’s Gigantically Chubby Head. The Photographer Thought This Was The Best Picture Of The Whole Shoot. My Mom Thought It Was Hilarious And Horrifying, So Of Course She Bought It

#29 Another Win For The Panoramic Camera Function

#30 My Friend Mike’s Rock Star Mullet When He Was Two Years Old In 1989 In Fairbanks, Alaska. I Think It’s One Of The Best Photos On Earth

#31 I Made My Cat A Work From Home Set Up

#32 For My Daughter’s 12th Birthday Party, We Made Masks Of Her Obsession, George Michael, For All Of The Little Girls. Didn’t Realize How Scary It Would Look When They Pulled Them All On At The Same Time

#33 This Was Taken In 1990, Alberta Canada. Can You Tell My Mom Used To Do My Dad’s Hair?

#34 Here’s My Old Breakdancing Crew, The Suburban Street Rockers, In 1985

#35 Our Daughter Wanted To Throw Rocks Not Flowers At My Cousin’s Wedding

#36 This Is My Family Christmas Card From 1999. I Was The Angel

#37 My Sister Dumping Me Out Of My Stroller In 1994. This Perfectly Sums Up Our Relationship As Children

#39 This Is The Way My Mother Found My Sister Sleeping. In Her Pajamas She Has A Puppet, A Stuffed Monkey, A Stuffed Seal, Two Blankets, And A Watch

#41 Took My 3rd Son To A Photographer For His Baptism (Which Was 1 Year Late Due To Covid) And They Went A Little Over The Top With The Green Screen Backgrounds

#42 This Was My Senior Picture And My Mom Thought It Would Be A Great Idea To Pose With Some Of My Cabbage Patch Collection Of Dolls. For Some Reason, I Decided To Go With The Sultry Look. The Rest Is History As You Can See

#43 This Is Me With My Younger Brother, Our Grandparents, And Our Father In Hot Pants. Circa 1985, Australia

#44 Circa 2016 At Knotts Berry Farm With My 2 Younger Daughters

#45 My Dad (Left) Shortly After He Emigrated From The Soviet Union To Chicago In 1980. Sorry Ladies, He’s Married To My Mom

#46 I Very Much Enjoyed Being Tucked Into A Bag And Carried Around By My Dad

#47 This Photo Of My 6 Month Old Brother Was Taken On My Second Birthday. Apparently My Siblings Thought It Would Be Hilarious To Tie Balloons To All Of His Limbs And My Parents Were Just Like, ‘Whatever.’ He Was The Eighth Child, So I Guess By Then Nothing Mattered

#48 My Mom’s Friend Dressed As A Clown For My Parents’ Wedding Day. Nobody Knows Why

#49 Me, Sophomore Year In High School In 2002