"Smile" is the thing that your parents and those old school portrait photographers used to say to us. "Show a bit more teeth. " It's just as awkward now as an adult as it is as a child. Indeed, with being both in front of the camera and behind it, I've known that asking someone to smile is the worst thing to do unless there's a very good rapport with the person.

Even then, it's just odd. The best thing to do instead as a photographer is to find a way to make them smile. It can be via conversation; and the idea of tricking someone's mind into doing this is perhaps the best way to get a genuine expression from the person. Who'd have thunk?! Someone being genuine can translate into genuine photos?! That's insane!!!. thephoblographer.com

2018-8-1 13:00