good idea bad photo

as you may be aware- I am trying to keep up to date with the  JYC class from Shimelle but my problem is BAD photos- I'm at work all daylight hours apart from the weekends- my children are at school all daylight hours apart from the weekend so that means all photos I take on weekdays end up a bit like this- flash beach- everyone looking a bit weird and bright with a dark background ( alternatively madly blurred!) 

so this LO for Sketchy Thursday is using one of those bad photos- they both look slightly crazy- no they look totally mental

this is the sketch