Candid Photography

So this is a weird topic but it must be discussed because it is one of the worst ideas ever made in the history of ever.

Sure, seeing someone laughing for real as opposed to fake laughter captured in photography is nice. But when they happen to need to attempt to control their laugh from going all witch-like and then notice you wielding your dinky ol' camera ready to take a picture, it's a little hard to try to focus on perfecting a normal laugh that won't terrify children along with a decent smile that is controlled with the addition of not flaring their nostrils. Yes, you could take a picture of that person anyways but they will ask you to delete it. And maybe said person is me.

I have a hard enough time trying not to look like a lemur and now I have to worry about having my photo taken when I sneeze? Or when I'm tired and my right eye goes all lazy-like? Ridiculous! What kind of person do you think you are? Capturing 'real' human emotion...

Real human emotion my ass, you take a mental picture if you want that, photos are for faking. As ye shall fake, ye shall look good.

Unless you're wearing a toupee. Those rarely look good. My dad wore a wig to a costume party once. Not his best look...

For the goodness of what is good, quit this candid photography mess. Embrace the fakeness needed in photos. Look at all those old photos with the first cameras invented that took forever to take a photo. All the people in them look like they have a pole up their ass, which I'm pretty sure they do. Is that real enough for you? No, that's custy. But I forgive them, they hadn't had the experience in photography that we do today.

Fake, it's that simple. Who wants to see "I'm on my period right now and am wearing a pad" on a person's face in a photo (Ladies, you know what I mean.)? Not me!

Stop taking candid photos, please. Or at least avoid taking them of me. And give me forewarning when you're about to take a picture. I need to practice smiling for a minute or two to get my 'charming' one correct.

You can get back to your life now.

Kiah