Smile Like You Mean It

I very often have people tell me I should smile more. Not just in my pictures but it tends to be a bone of contention between me and family members (“how do we know you’re having fun, you look miserable?” “…this moment isn’t so fun.”). I'm just in general am not a smiley person. Oh, don’t get me wrong I do smile and laugh—a lot. It’s just I like to have a reason to smile, if I’m just walking somewhere or don’t find something amusing, my face goes into “neutral” (or scowl, if you must) mode.
However, I am making a greater attempt to smile in my pictures. I think part of the situation is that the other day I realized I wasn’t so uncomfortable in front of the camera anymore! You see, I’m really not the ham this site might lead you to believe. No one in my family really is. We hardly have any family photographs. On facebook I have less pictures of myself than all of my friends. I’m forever covering off my face when friends attempt to snap a picture or making ridiculous faces (so that if I do end up looking goofy it is clearly intentional!).
Yet, the other day I posed and it wasn’t so awkward. I still felt like a ham and slightly silly, but I was fine with that. So here’s a smile from me…or at least a smirk.