Father and Son’s Annual Batman Tradition is What Photography is All About

Many photographers and on a regular basis people have participated in selfie a day, or picture a day challenges. But for Nick Tomasso and his son Jackson, an annual Batman picture began off utterly accidentally.

“The first picture was just cool to take together, having your son wear a shirt similar to yours… good father-son moment,” Nick tells PetaPixel. “The second year, my son and I had both received new Batman shirts (as it was around the holiday season), and we were both wearing them when we took a picture.

“It wasn’t until year three that I realized I had created a tradition. I had forgotten about the earlier pictures until I was scrolling through my camera roll, and when I saw them, I decided to make it a tradition in year three.”

Now yearly, round fall, Nick and Jackson will sit for his or her yearly Batman picture. They attempt to do it as near Batman Day, which falls on September 20, as potential. There at the moment are 11 photographs within the assortment, and Nick lately shared them to Reddit the place the submit acquired over 10,000 upvotes.

The passage of time isn’t the one factor you possibly can chart by way of Nick and Jackson’s Batman photographs; the standard of the photographs improves yr on yr as Nick continues to improve his Samsung smartphone. The facet ratios change as effectively, due to differing sensors.

“I believe my first Samsung during this Batman picture collage was a Galaxy S5; followed by an S6, then S8, then S10+, then S22+, then S24 Ultra,” Nick says. “I also remember my first cell phone ever… Motorola Star Tac, and my worst cell phone ever… Blackberry Storm.”

What is putting in regards to the assortment of photographs is how Jackson completely locks eyes with the lens in each body. “[That] definitely took some time and patience, especially in the early years,” provides Nick. “As the years progressed, it became much easier and quicker.”

Now, Nick says he retains his Batman shirt tucked away and solely brings it out for image day annually.

“After I realized this was a tradition in year three, I stopped wearing my Batman shirt… I wanted to keep the continuity going with the same shirt,” he says. “My son was getting a new shirt each year (obviously) as he grew. But I thought keeping the continuity of the same shirt would be cool for me to do — and help stick to my weight goals!”

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Image credit: Nick Tomasso