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Fake smiles look cheesy and should be avoided
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Whenever somebody
is about to take a photo of someone the person with the Camera says
“Smile”. Following this request the person being photographed
voluntarily pulls hes face in to a cheesy looking smile that looks fake
and not to mention dumb in every possible way. Take a minute and have a
look at some magazines or one of the newspapers lying around. Virtually
every Face you find in there will be sporting one of these extremely
stupid and cheesy looking grimaces that are considered to be smiles.
Frankly I cant stand the site of it. Fake smiles are anatomically
incorrect and once you understand the biomechanics involved in a true
and a fake smile you will suddenly realise just how pathetic it al
looks.
Besides, what is wrong with looking serious. It makes me
happy every time, as seldom as it may be that I encounter a serious
face. It just looks so much more natural and honest than then those
fake smiles that on top of everything else are such a cliché which is
neither honest nor original. Instead it is like a ghastly and grotesque
mask being worn by somebody that has never really given it any thought
as to what thy truly want to portray.
If you want to photograph
a person smiling. The best way to do it, is to point the camera at them
and then tell them to very seriously stare you in the eye, and dare
them not to smile. Then when that person is staring you in the eye pull
a face and the person will most likely be unable not to smile except
that this time the smile is involuntary and therefore real. Real smiles
are much more pleasant to look at.
Smiles should only be used when
they happen involuntarily or if you need them to get you out of a
dangerous situation. There are many emotions in live and many of them
are just as worthy of being expressed in your photos.
This BBC link will
put you to the test as to how well you can spot fake smiles from real
smiles. And it will help you develop a special eye for it. Suddenly you
will realise just how often people around you are smiling when there is
really nothing to smile about. The skill of being able to tell real
from fake smiles will make you see like never before just how weird and
how pathetic it al is.
Spot the fake smile on this BBC test
Kaiser knows best that is why I wrote it here
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