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Originally Posted by Jinn
I think so. "Real" smiles require candid behavior. I think you could capture it if it were a bunch of people sitting around a table telling jokes and you had a hidden camera watching them. But from the positioning of the people and the cameras in this its pretty apparent that they put a camera right in their face and did something "funny" or just asked them to smile. It's still not "candid", even if it was just a slideshow of lolcats and the only smiled when they saw one that truly amused them. They're still aware of the pretense of a keen observer. Even if it's not a camera, someone sitting 5 feet from you watching your facial expression intensely changes how you manifest your feelings.
People change dramatically when they *know* a camera is around, and there's a huge difference between candid photos and staged photos.
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I reject your assertion that a person is incapable of being candid in front of a camera and that by extension they cannot produce a 'real' smile in front of a camera.
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Genuine smiles, on the other hand, are generated by the unconscious brain, so are automatic.
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Your assertion also contradicts this statement here, if 'real' smiles are 'automatic' the presence or absence of the camera is irrelevant.