My daughter does not like to smile for a camera. In one of her first conscious decisions to be unlike her brother, she has very clearly wanted us to know she doesn’t like having her photo taken for a long time.
This is a shame. My daughter is a beautiful, wonderfully happy and devilishly mischievous little girl. And in this day and age of camera phones I can’t help but want to catch this very special moment in time forever. But the second she sees the phone come out and pointed she gives us the frowniest frown you’ve ever seen.
Luckily, as I mentioned, she really is quite happy and has a great sense of humor. What works time and time again is to tel her in a warning voice – don’t you smile. DO. NOT. SMILE. Oh, no, you’re smiling!
And here is what that progression looks like:
