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Hi, Lulu, hi everyone.  So, Lulu, did you see what happened at the Oscars this week?

Do you mean like Nicole Kidman and the Bezos couple?

Yes, I’ve seen that so many times online now.

Yeah. So basically, Nicole Kidman walking right through Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's photo. And it's everywhere.

Yeah.

And you do see different takes on it. Obviously, you see some reports obviously trying to exaggerate it and saying they both looked at her, Jeff Bezos is fuming, very angry. I don't really think so.

No.

But it is a fun moment and people were saying oh, Nicole Kidman, even now that she is older, she's still gorgeous, still the queen.

 Yeah. So that's a question. Was she annoyed? Was it an accident? Was it a power move?

Yeah. But that is not we're gonna talk about today. We're not gonna talk about the relationships between these people or among these people. What we're gonna talk about is photobombing.

Yes.

Yeah. It's a fun word, probably annoying to some, but more of a, you know, a laughter starter for some.

Yeah, exactly. a photobomb is when someone or something unexpectedly appears in the frame of the photo, usually as a joke or by accident. And the bomber steals the focus from the intended subject.

Yeah. Like you said, intentional or by accident.

Yeah.

So there are two types, the accidental.

Mhm.

Like they... you set up and you're taking a picture, someone just walked past, they didn't really notice. So they ruined your shot.  

Yeah.

The other is intentional.  You know those people who are like trying to make faces.

Oh yeah, yes.

When you're trying to do like a romantic or like a beauty take.  

Yes.

Yeah.

So the question is like does it ruin the photo or does it actually make it more fun?

Let's get into this fun little topic.

Yeah.

Yeah. Have you ever had the experience of trying to take a photo of yourself or of your friends and family and then someone photobombed you?

Well yeah. I always remember once at my cousin's wedding, we were taking this great shot of the couple, cutting the cake, perfect lighting, perfect smiles and then my uncle's dog ran through the frame.

That's lovely though.

Yeah. The photo was ruined, but it was also the best photo of the night.

Yeah. Animal photobombers are the best.

Yes.

Yeah. I remembered when I was, I forgot which country, but it was definitely some European country and I was trying to take a picture and I was trying to pose, do the faces. And then someone was basically, not in like a nasty way, but is trying to make some weird faces or like a bunny ear on my head that sort of thing.

Yeah, exactly. So where does this term actually come from? It feels like it's been around for ages, but photobomb is actually a pretty recent term.

Well, I think the term really started appearing or coming into focus in the early 2000s, you know around the time digital cameras and social media became popular. Because before that, if someone photobombed you, you probably didn't even know when you were developing films.

Yes.

There were times, before now, when you needed to use an actual camera with films to take photos and then you can't check those photos until you handed to the shop to get them developed.

Yeah. So imagine waiting two weeks to discover that a stranger made a funny face behind you. No such thing as an undo button.

Exactly, but as cameras became instant and sharing became instant, photobombs become a thing.

Mhm.

Suddenly you could capture and share these funny moments immediately.

Well yeah. By the 2010s photobombs were a full-blown internet trend. There were entire websites dedicated to the best ones. Celebrities got in on it. Animals became professional photobombers.

Yeah, let's talk about some of the most legendary photobombs of all time. For me personally, the animal photobombers are the greatest.

Yes, so a majestic couple posing at sunset and in the background, a deer is photobombing them, looking directly at the camera like it's judging them.

You know the best photobomber, the cutest, Quokka（短尾矮袋鼠）.

Oh yes.

In Australia.  

Yeah.

Oh, they are so cute.

I’ve seen so many pictures of that.

If you don't know what quokka is, check them out on the internet and check “Quokka photobombing”.

Yes.

It’s so adorable.  

Yeah.

Yeah. Then you have the celebrity photobombs.

Yeah. So Benedict Cumberbatch, is quite well known for photobombing fans at Comic Con.

Taylor Swift.

Yeah. But my favorite might be the one where Queen Elizabeth II photobombed some tourists at Balmoral(Castle) her Scottish home. She just walked past behind them and they didn't even notice until later.

Was it intentional photobombing or just unintentional?

Totally unintentional.

Yeah. But the celebrity photobombers that I was talking about before, some of them, they actually were doing it intentionally.

Yeah.

Because they know that the fans would be beside themselves with excitement.  It's like...ah...it’s really Taylor Swift, that sort of thing.

Yeah, precisely.  Let's get on the debate. Is it good or bad?

Honestly, I would say photobombs are great.

Mhm.

They add humorous spontaneity, uniqueness. photobomb turns a boring picture into a story because after all, there are just so many perfect photos already.

Yeah.

photobombing or photobombed picture, these are a memory you didn't plan.

Well yeah. And some people say photobombs are terrible. Some moments are meant to be perfect. Weddings, family portraits, important events. You don't want a stranger's face or a squirrel ruining your once in a lifetime shot.

I'm still rooting for the squirrel.

But it does also depend on context.

Mhm.

A friend jumping into your selfie at a party, that's funny.  A stranger photobombing your grandmother's 80th birthday portrait.

Perhaps not.

No.

And it's also what are they doing.

Yeah.

If they're just like adding to the fun?  That's fine. But if they are actually trying to be nasty. Definitely no.

No.

Or they are just trying to be random.

Well yeah, exactly. But a cat making a weird face, a cute dog, that's just life really.

Yeah.

Or a random person who doesn't realize that they are in the shot.

Yeah, I mean do you think attitudes towards photobombing are different in different cultures. For example. Is it more accepted in some places than others?

Well, probably like western cultures, photobomb is seen as funny, it’s seen as social.  And it's a way of saying at important events. It's to lighten the atmosphere because weddings, parties, group photos can be quite formal. It's a way of making it a little bit less formal.

Now I'm not going to say in Chinese culture or like in East Asian culture it’s necessarily a bad thing, but, for example, you know that our wedding photos are not like spontaneous photos.

No.

就是我们的什么婚纱照都是carefully photoshopped.

Yeah.

Perfect. They're meant to capture that perfection forever instead of what is happening on the wedding day.

Yeah.

So I guess it doesn't matter if you photobomb the 婚纱照, because they're gonna edit you out, they're gonna take millions of photos anyway.

Well yeah, true. And also, I have to admit that I do, sort of intentionally to a certain point, photobomb people. But that's not because I want to get in the shot, it's mostly because like there's some places in Beijing, that's so popular with photos that the only way to get past is to photobomb. Like for example, going past 白塔寺 nowadays, is like impossible without photobombing someone.

Because now it's like 网红打卡地, it's very Instagrammable so to speak.

Exactly.

Social media worthy. Yeah, that I think people understand.

Yeah.

Because it's so crowded. Any tourist spots would be super crowded, with everyone trying to get their pictures taken or taking pictures of others. So if you're just a passerby you wanna go through.  

You have to.

You have to go through.

I think we're, on that note, we're going to wrap up this episode.  Have you ever been photobombed or have you ever photobombed other people?  Leave us a comment in the comment section or put in your request for what you want us to talk about next.

So until next time

We'll see you next time.

Bye.

Bye.

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