Awkward family pictures reveal why posing around water often leads to hilarious holiday photo fails
Making a splash! Awkward family pictures reveal why posing around water often leads to hilarious holiday photo fails
Embarrassed men and women have been sharing their family photos online
Pictures show awkward and even disastrous holidays near water spots
They include mums falling overboard and sons forgetting swimwear
There should be some key rules when taking family holiday photos: never sport a mullet, don't wear matching outfits... and never, ever pose for snaps around water.
Over the years, shots next to lakes, pools, rivers or the sea have provided endless entertainment.
Whether it's going overboard or forgetting your swimmers, family albums across the country are littered with comical images that the subjects hope will never see the light of day again, but which thankfully are now being shared on the website awkwardfamilyphotos.com
For some reason, all sense seems to fly out of the window when people go on vacation and decisions that would never normally be taken, like allowing a toddler to hold a young baby on the ledge of a harbour, suddenly seem reasonable.
Elsewhere, a sudden desire to be a professional photographer sees happy snappers trying their hand at skills like panoramic pictures or Photoshop can end in hilarious results.
Read on to see some of the funniest images from the last few years...