I can't smile for pictures!

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30 Jul 2010, 9:44 pm

I don't know if this is the appropriate forum for this and I apologize if it isn't. You see, I'm in a bit of a pickle. My friend is getting married next year and she asked me to be one of her bridesmaids. Now the troubling thing is that I can't smile naturally for pictures. It looks forced every time. I don't want to ruin her wedding photos by looking stiff. I've always struggled with this and I was wondering if anyone could give me pointers so I could practice throughout the year.

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30 Jul 2010, 9:48 pm

worse nightmare ever for me-- a camera in front of me or around me
pics of me are fine.. if I do not know about them, or have to look at the camera
I look like a dear caught in the headlights..

it is a wedding.. so umm booze?

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30 Jul 2010, 9:49 pm

Surya wrote:

I don't think we'd be drinking for the pictures before the wedding. The reception pics would be all right, granted my mother would be pissed to see me looking sloshed in the pics but whatever. As long as I don't do anything stupid, I'll be okay!

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30 Jul 2010, 9:50 pm

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you to be a bridesmaid.

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30 Jul 2010, 9:55 pm

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Congratulations! I'm so happy for you to be a bridesmaid.

Thanks! I'm happy too. She contacted me with the news 2 days before my 21st birthday a few weeks back so I was very happy. It's also good motivation for me to lose some weight too. Maybe that would help with my smile, I dunno. ^_^

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30 Jul 2010, 10:13 pm

Your avatar picture is lovely! You have a good smile.

I've been following your posts....you seem like a nice young woman.

Happy Belated Birthday on the big two-one.

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30 Jul 2010, 10:17 pm

hutchscott wrote:

Your avatar picture is lovely! You have a good smile.

I've been following your posts....you seem like a neat girl.

Thanks. That's more of a smirk than a photogenic smile. I can't show teeth in pictures otherwise I look stiff and while smirking is good enough for me, I don't want to take focus off of the bride in the pics. D:

I'm not sure if "neat" is the word to describe myself, but thank you!

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30 Jul 2010, 10:33 pm

hmm, I have issues with smiling too, but thats what I get for having partially paralyzed and perhaps atrophied facial muscles. Oh, well, the good thing being no damn wrinkles for me XD

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30 Jul 2010, 10:51 pm

I have this same problem. It's like I can't seem to smile naturally if I know I'm getting my picture taken. Add to the fact that I think I look like Frankenstein.

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30 Jul 2010, 10:52 pm

Try to think about something hilarious just before the picture is taken.

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30 Jul 2010, 10:56 pm

KaiG wrote:

Try to think about something hilarious just before the picture is taken.

Yes I do this, I also try to think of how happy my girlfriend makes me so that I can have a somewhat decent smile.

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30 Jul 2010, 11:53 pm

Erisad wrote:

Think of something that normally makes you smile. Recall something funny you heard or saw or something you love. Seems to work for me when taking photos.

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31 Jul 2010, 9:14 am

Zara wrote:

Think of something that normally makes you smile. Recall something funny you heard or saw or something you love. Seems to work for me when taking photos.

I'll have to think of what it is beforehand because if its' spur-of-the-moment, I'll spend too much time thinking of the happy thought I'm gonna use. XD

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