Evolution Of Self Photography

since i've already started typing, i would like to express and maybe share my full excitement for being able to satisfy zul's resolution for 2009. it's in his latest post. so yeah, we're just merely approaching a week in this new year, and i've already fulfilled his needs. i am awesome. i am like santa clause of the new age. and no one can do this except me. and does this paragraph have enough bragging words from me to make you click the red "X" button at the top right hand corner of your screen? i guess the answer is yes. so ok, lets move on and make sure you give me a big slap if you stumble upon me and in addition to that, say "this is your painful reminder!". by that time, if i don't cry, then i'll be making a fake smile, pretending to be cool with it.

anyway, speaking of smile, i would like to write something about it. as i know, day and age are basically the same thing i.e both of them are the effects of time and how life is measured. now i'm not trying to sound like a philosopher here, but i just wanted to apprise about how time affects the way people smile. before this, for most of us i think we all grew up in an environment where people smile like this.


joe did a good job in promoting his white teeth. at least the photographer can still yell out his old cliché "say cheese!". nowadays people don't smile. they do this.



that sort of "new generation smile" is poison. miley cyrus loves doing it. my friends have a liking for doing it. everyone! whenever you browse through your social networking friends, keep your eyes open. if you're not the one whose doing it, then you will find your friends who are still living with it. but that vicious smile WILL be there. and yeah, i did try doing it too. during that time, it felt like the spotlight is totally on me. it's like as if i'm the only one in that very space. but later, only god knows how hard i laugh when i look at it. here is the photo. a dumb face, covered in regrets.


that is a nightmare isn't it? every desire of doing that grin is an agony for all camera lenses. just imagine if fadzil does it. but that would be a money shot though... think about it and have a good laugh. so as for the ramblings, this is as far as it goes. i leave you with a photo of fadzil that's been nominated for the best smile of 2008 in the world portrait photography award.

this photo is taken by zul.