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12 Nov 2011, 5:35 pm

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Okay.. So my mom got married last night and I realized I am very awkward in general but especially when getting my picture taken. My mouth just turns into a straight line. I went to a water park with my fiance and his two sisters this summer and we got our picture taken and everyone was smiling except me. My mouth looks like a cartoon character or something. It is pretty embarrassing but I just don't feel comfortable with my picture being taken unless I am taking the picture myself and usually it takes me a very long time to get a decent picture.

Can anyone relate?

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12 Nov 2011, 6:02 pm

I had this when i had to take my pasport picture taken, i prepared so much and laughed(in my mind) but it was just a straight line.

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12 Nov 2011, 6:06 pm

I look horrible in the majority of the pictures I'm in, though I look good in a few.

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12 Nov 2011, 7:45 pm

I look weird in my photos.

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12 Nov 2011, 7:49 pm

psayles56 wrote:

Very much. On my wedding day everyone kept saying "smile" and "be natural" and I was smiling as much as I could. They just kept saying "smile naturally" and I kept saying "I am smiling naturally." That was so awkward. It all felt so wrong.

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12 Nov 2011, 7:53 pm

Yes, what feels like a big grin to me is actually barely a half smile.

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12 Nov 2011, 8:00 pm

Ha. yes, I can't smile in photos. Oh I can laugh my head off when someone tells a joke but for some reason when someone yells 'smile' and sticks a camera in my face I freeze. God forbid I should get married, my wedding album will be filled with photoes of me looking like I'm passing a kidney stone.

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12 Nov 2011, 8:04 pm

I never smile in my photos, because I look horrible that way. Could you imagine this mess of a human face actually smiling?

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12 Nov 2011, 8:05 pm

I chipped a front tooth in first grade and because of this and my front teeth sticking out a little I won't pose for pictures with a smile with teeth showing. I hate getting my picture taken.

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12 Nov 2011, 8:17 pm

I've had that problem ever since I was little. Although I've gotten better as an adult, I still can't stand getting my picture taken. It makes me feel so vulnerable and exposed.

When I was young, my grandmother would take my picture and she was always like, "Smile!...No, smile naturally!....Natural!". All the while trying my best to "smile naturally" but apparently not succeeding.

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12 Nov 2011, 8:25 pm

Ah I am getting married next year. I know it is going to be hard to find decent pictures

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12 Nov 2011, 8:30 pm

nirrti_rachelle wrote:

That's really cute, though.

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12 Nov 2011, 8:30 pm

MakaylaTheAspie wrote:

I never smile in my photos, because I look horrible that way. Could you imagine this mess of a human face actually smiling?

You are gorgeous idk what you are talking about.

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12 Nov 2011, 8:34 pm

psayles56 wrote:

MakaylaTheAspie wrote:

I never smile in my photos, because I look horrible that way. Could you imagine this mess of a human face actually smiling?

You are gorgeous idk what you are talking about.

Yeah you are! And that's not too bad, because you don't look unhappy there, content is what I first thought.

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12 Nov 2011, 8:40 pm

Xayah wrote:

psayles56 wrote:

MakaylaTheAspie wrote:

I never smile in my photos, because I look horrible that way. Could you imagine this mess of a human face actually smiling?

You are gorgeous idk what you are talking about.

Yeah you are! And that's not too bad, because you don't look unhappy there, content is what I first thought.

I look completely different when I'm smiling. It's too awkward to describe. My upper lip gets smaller, and my bottom lip gets really stretched out. I look decent when my face is neutral, like it is in this photo.

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12 Nov 2011, 9:12 pm

I hate getting my picture taken. My face contorts itself into something nonhuman when the lens is focused on me. xD

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