John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Smiling for Pictures

Smiling for pictures. A confession.

My new family Facebook photo got me to thinking about something that has always been a little understood pet peeve of mine: Smiling for pictures.

The kind waiter at the restaurant offered to take a picture of us tonight and we stood together and posed along the street behind us. His fist shot caused him to hesitate and give me a look that said, “C’mon guy. What’s wrong? Smile for goodness sake.” So I tried harder for his second attempt and only modestly succe...