Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Smile Like You Mean It

Take a look at this:

1996 Upper Deck #VJ16


Photographer: "Everyone wearing the same long sleeve undershirt like I asked? Great. Garret, Tim gets to wear the red wristband this time, you can wear it next time. Jim, you're in the middle since you're the shortest. Okay, guys, hold your glove hand up like you have a baby bird in it that you just rescued. Good, good. Now caress the glove with your other hand. Excellent. Okay, without moving your shoulders, tuuuurn your heads to the left. WITHOUT TURNING YOUR SHOULDERS JIM! And don't TILT your head, TURN it. Good, now don't smile, imagine you just got told you're being traded. Hold it, hold it, GREAT! Thanks guys. NEXT!"


If Upper Deck had decided to go with the vertical card photo instead of the horizontal it would not have been much better:



3 comments:

  1. Sometimes those photography inserts would have notes from the photographer about the photo. This one didn't. Though maybe that last sentence . . .

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  2. Did they break the camera lens? Maybe two lenses if you count the back.

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