31. Another Fun Family Moment Caught on Film

Possible Camera Used: Canon EOS Rebel T7 DSLR
Where to Buy: Best Buy
Avg. Cost: $480*
Organizing family photo day is a trend American families nationwide have been participating in for decades. Parents used to schedule outings to the photoshops at JCPenney, Sears, Walmart, or one of the other department stores in town. But department store photos are mostly a thing of the past. These days, destination family portraits are where it’s at.

Another Fun Family Moment Caught on Film @imgur/Pinterest
The best thing about hiring a professional photographer is that they keep snapping photos even if you’re not ready. After all, the candid shot you didn’t know was happening is usually the one you remember most.

32. Hard To Swallow

Possible Camera Used: iPhone 14
Where to Buy: Apple Store
Avg. Cost: $800-$1,000*
Island life is a relaxing, carefree experience. When someone decides to spend the day at the beach with their family, the worst thing they expect to experience is a sunburn or perhaps a little bit of heat stroke. Under no circumstances did they foresee an encounter with a King Kong-sized dog hellbent on a 3-course meal.

Hard To Swallow @imgur/Pinterest
Another great shot that takes advantage of the depth of a picture’s subjects. This photographer took a picture that is worth more than a thousand words if only the family had known the hypothetical danger they were in courtesy of a giant dog with an unquenchable appetite.

33. Mr. Waterman

Possible Camera Used: Samsung Galaxy S21
Where to Buy: Samsung Mall Kiosks
Avg. Cost: $750-$800*
Water art is one of the more difficult creative genres to master. It takes incredible skill, patience, timing, and, more often than not, a photographer with impeccable timing, capable of capturing the tiniest of details, which the untrained eye would likely miss.

Mr. Waterman @imgur/Pinterest
The artist responsible for Mr. Waterman has figured out how to sculpt water while suspending it in mid-air. The Invisible Man and The Man Without A Face were great films, but Mr. Waterman has the makings of an overly hydrated Spiderman villain — for some reason, he never seems to be around in the winter.

34. And I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff

Possible Camera Used: GoPro HERO 10
Where to Buy: Target
Avg. Cost: $350*
When appropriately choreographed, perfectly timed group photos have the potential to turn out very well. Unfortunately, a few problems plague 99% of synchronized group photos, resulting in disaster more often than not. At least one person doesn’t understand the concept of “jump on 3,” and it’s impossible to please everyone.

And I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff ©u/Geo-NS/Reddit
Destinations worldwide have become popular for the photo ops they offer tourists. Some travelers have traversed the globe looking to tick locations off their bucket lists. The best way to do that? A perfectly timed picture as a memento of each magnificent place.

35. Bionic Kitty

Possible Camera Used: Google Pixel 4a
Where to Buy: Walmart, Target
Avg. Cost: $500-$600*
Cats are one of the cheekiest species known to man. They will sit in chairs they don’t usually sit in and lay on parts of the sofa it has never even walked over before, just to make a point that everything and anything in the house belongs to them.

Bionic Kitty @imgur/Pinterest
Toddler stools are the perfect height for cats that need to know what’s happening but at the same time, want to keep their distance a little. This bionic kitty looks like something that crawled out of the Will Smith/Kevin Kline sci-fi western from the late-90s, “Wild Wild West.” But it’s not. It’s actually just yet another perfectly timed photo of a cat doing cat stuff.

36. Professor Doggo

Possible Camera Used: iPhone 14
Where to Buy: Apple Store
Avg. Cost: $800-$1,000*
With how much personality dogs have and their inability to hide their genuine emotions, dog parents have been given endless reels of perfectly timed photos. However, not every perfectly timed photo of a dog exists due to the pooch doing something out of the ordinary.

Professor Doggo ©Les/Stockimo/Alamy
Sometimes, they just find themselves in the right place at the right time. This cute canine, for instance, isn’t called ‘Doc’ for no reason. Their person noticed the adorable way in which they peered through the rails and immortalized the moment in perfectly timed photo history.

37. Rock Eye

Possible Camera Used: Canon EOS Rebel T7 DSLR
Where to Buy: Best Buy
Avg. Cost: $480*
Perfectly-timed photos don’t always happen by chance. It takes a photographer with a keen eye to pick up on the subtleties of their surroundings, especially when it comes to mother nature’s artwork. The mid-western United States offers several spectacular photo opportunities. Some you have to look harder for than others.

Rock Eye @imgur/Pinterest
When traversing picturesque landscapes carved from millions of years of history, inspiration can strike at any time. Many people would have missed it, but not photographer Lynn Sessions, who saw the moon and rock come together to form a giant eye in the rock face.

38. Nose Touch

Possible Camera Used: Fujifilm QuickSnap Flash 400
Where to Buy: Radio Shack
Avg. Cost: $10-$20*
Subway stations and bus stops have been the locations of some of the best perfectly timed photos. In many cases, a public transit photo’s greatness is attributed to the wide range of interesting people one comes across. Coming in a close second in the category of perfectly timed transit photo assists are billboards.

Nose Touch @shopify/Pinterest
Billboards are the silent assassin of perfectly timed photos. The stars of the pics rarely know they’re involved. That is, not until they’ve seen a snapshot of themselves sniffing a giant finger on their best friend’s META page.

39. Treble Headphones

Possible Camera Used: iPhone 14
Where to Buy: Apple Store
Avg. Cost: $800-$1,000*
Riding the subway, there isn’t much to do other than observe your surroundings. The longer the commute — and the more often one rides the electric rails — the more they are bound to notice. And when the boredom of performing these monotonous daily tasks has subsided, what they see will turn into inspiration.

Trebel Headphones @tricoloremma/Twitter
The photographer who snapped this shot had the keen eye to notice the incredible coincidence that was their fellow commuter’s headphones taking the shape of one of the very clefs they were listening to. They also had the Peter Parker-esque ability to capture the shot before the fleeting moment disappeared completely.

40. Doing Angels Work

Possible Camera Used: Nikon FM10
Where to Buy: eBay
Avg. Cost: $125*
Taking photos on the go wasn’t always as simple as today. Cell phones haven’t always had cameras; believe it or not, there was a time when not everyone had cell phones. There was a time when wannabe photographers carried cameras that used actual film.

Doing Angels Work @relax it’s only art/Facebook
Whether this photo was taken with an eBay-bought camera from the “film age” of photography, or if filters were used on a smartphone to give it its vintage look, the photographer who took it captured the true essence of the individual who is its focus. A heroic firefighter just doing their job.

41. The Life of a Teacher

Possible Camera Used: iPhone 5
Where to Buy: eBay
Avg. Cost: $50*
Anyone who helped a child learn from home in 2020/2021 knows how hard teaching can be. Teachers’ work begins when they start their first teaching job and doesn’t end until long after retirement. A teacher can’t go grocery shopping or out to dinner without being recognized by a student, parent of a student, or former student.

The Life of a Teacher @imgur/Pinterest
As this student captured so well with their well-timed snapshot, even if they don’t seem like it, teachers need help. Instead of looking at educators as “that person who didn’t let you talk in class,” remember, it’s been a while since they’ve had an actual day off.

43. Cat with Abs

Possible Camera Used: Samsung Galaxy S21
Where to Buy: Samsung Mall Kiosks
Avg. Cost: $750-$800*
Companies search far and wide for marketing campaigns to help them reach their full potential. In other words, how can they get as many markets as possible? The idea that “sex sells” has dominated the retail market for decades probably won’t change until another method has been found.

Cat with Abs @imgur/Pinterest
Thanks to a purrfectly timed photo a customer posted, Abercrombie & Fitch might have stumbled across the holy grail of marketing. An adorable, cute, and sexy free ad that has the potential to appeal to customers of all ages and walks of life. All this is because of a cat’s instinctual addiction to climbing in bags and boxes.

44. Ms. Ostrich

Possible Camera Used: iPhone 8
Where to Buy: eBay, Garage Sales
Avg. Cost: $100*
Going to the zoo is meant to be a fun and magical experience in which visitors lay their eyes upon animals they never thought they’d see. Some zoos even have exhibits allowing patrons to feed and/or ride animals like camels, elephants, and ostriches.

Ms. Ostrich @meetissai/Twitter
Partaking in an ostrich riding activity is an event that should be undertaken only at one’s own risk. It’s not just a dangerous sport. Ostrich riding is dangerous for your image as well. It leads to too many hilarious photo ops to count, each one having the potential to end a relationship full-stop.

45. Real-Life Peryton

Possible Camera Used: Fujifilm GFX 100S
Where to Buy: fujifilm-x.com
Avg. Cost: $7,000*
A Peryton is a mythological mashup of a bird and a stag. As there are with all mythical creatures, there are those who believe in the existence of this hybrid animal. Grasslands near water-holes are thought to be one of the better places to find them, but they’re elusive and have thus far eluded nature photographers worldwide.

Real-Life Peryton @Sanctuary Asia/Facebook
Photos like this one aren’t going to help debunk the mystery of the peryton. If anything, it’s more evidence than ever of the flying stag’s existence.