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FestiveSquid t1_ja81ccc wrote

Reply to comment by allbright1111 in A pig photo bombing a wedding in the 1940s by Mad_Season_1994

I hate getting my picture taken and being told to smile. I can't force that. I've just started giving thumbs up instead to say "Although my face doesn't say it, I'm content with the situation."

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Eudaemon1 t1_ja821gu wrote

>I can't force that

Same for me . It makes me feel so weird and unnatural in my pictures

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Slcttt t1_ja8d2cs wrote

Instead of smiling just act like you’re subtlety laughing.

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Art-bat t1_ja8ok9k wrote

For photo smiles, I have to think of something that actually delights me, or at least makes me involuntarily smile because it’s so inappropriate.

The things I’m thinking when photographed smiling are usually not anything that someone might expect from that situation.

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vloger t1_ja9g8sv wrote

lmaooooooo. i need a button i can press that says that every time i get a gift too

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run6nin t1_ja9jidn wrote

I'll cringe for you until you're ready to take over

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middlebird t1_ja9mgru wrote

A good photographer gets genuine smiles out of the subjects.

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