We have a family friend who is a professional photographer, a very good one at that. She has taken our girls pictures several times, both for fun and as a hired professional. It looks like an advertisement for her business all around my house. I am a huge photo buff, and love to have pictures of everyone and everything all around. I love to capture that "moment in time". So when school started this year, my youngest two daughters both said they did not want "school pics" taken, they wanted Tammy to do them. Well.....today I finally got around to that! Now, mind you, Allysa is 13 and Lizzie is 11, it really doesn't seem like it should be that difficult to get school type photos taken. WRONG! Alizabeth acted as though she'd never been in front of a camera before and had no idea how to "move" for the camera....it really became quite comical but again amazing that it took more work than a two year old to get hers done. Allysa has had her pics taken by Tammy to many times to count. Mackenzie is one of Allysa's best friends so even on sleep overs they normally "beg" Tammy to get her camera out.....she is usually more than kind enough to oblige, consequently I have some awesome photos around the house of her impromptu shoots with the girls. AGAIN.....trying to get a "natural" smile out of Allysa without stimulation is really HARD work! Both of her sisters were constantly cracking jokes or reciting favorite lines from movies to get a "real" smile out of her and even after the first shoot was done, we had to go back and shoot again as Tammy and I neither one liked anything she got the first time.....with a 13 year old!!!! What you need to understand is; Lizzie started dance at a young age and has started cheering this year. Allysa has been a performer most of her life, so she can turn on a smile in the blink of an eye. She has been a dancer for years and is now also a cheerleader, when someone asks for a "smile" or "facials" she can turn it on, big! Tammy and I are both very aware of this "barbie" smile as we all like to call it, Mackenzie is also a dancer and cheerleader so neither of us will settle for less than natural when pictures are not for performance purposes, their smiles are pretty, but "fake" non-the-less! It made me wonder, have I raised such performers that the "natural" is foreign to them? It was never intentional, but of course simply what you tell your child to do when on stage or cheering at a game....."smile". It made me even more thankful that I get pictures of all the events I do, as these are of the girls in their element, playing, cheering, giggling with their friends, being silly and cutting up. I love all of the photos we've had professionally done around the house, but after today am even more grateful for all the candids I have.
What are you "faking" your way through right now? Do you even realize you do it? Is God trying to tell you to be yourself?
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