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Can you have you picture taken without closing your eyes? My sister came over because she needed to take some of us for something. Hilarity ensued as she had to take dosens because I couldn't have my eyes open, or look "relaxed". In the end we got two but it took forever. I have no idea how she managed to keep hers open. I mean you are staring into something that is going to flash at you, how the hell do you not blink?

Also people do things for photos that they wouldn’t normally. I was crouching (she is shorter), eventual she opted to stand on a bidet, and she pressed her head against mine which was annoying with her hair and all.

Anyway just about go through it. Few.

Hiya,
Well its some tricks you can do to get away with a photo with open eyes
One is to take the photo without flash
Another is to set the cam on "red eye disortion" its a special function that is made to prevent eyes beeing red but also prepares the eyes for the camera flash
And a third is the cameraman say to all of you who is supposed to appear on the photo to close your eyes. Then when he say "open" then you all open your eyes at the same time and click!

Its hard for me to have a photo again w/ my eyes open (especially in the sunlight b/c I hate any bright lighting at all/I actually prefer typing in almost pitch dark even though my mom says its dangerous). The flash is a major issue b/c the flash repeats itself over & over in front of my eyes in a bluish white rectangle usually & is really irritating, plus I get headaches.

Yeah, I can.

It'll set off a headache in all instances though.

There are neurological differencies as to how fast someone can see a flash. I have a very fast eyesight, and I suppose many on the spectrum have it, too. Most of the people just do not see the flash soon enough to close their eyes. I did not help much, did I?

My eyes used to automatically close and stay closed.

I avoid flashes, so I can't really tell what my eyes are like on photos these days. There are some on which my eyes are open though, so I seemed to have acquired the trick or at least seem to be able to use it sometimes.

Oh wow! I thought I was the only one! Actually, my eyes don't stay closed, but I do blink, and the pictures always show me with my eyes in the middle of a blink. And they don't even blink evenly, so I look like I'm on drugs, with mismatched eyes.


I have really sensitive eyes, too. I would never be able to use contact lenses, because if anything gets in my eye at all, I completely freak out. I had an eye doctor get all annoyed at me, because he was trying to poke something in my eye, and I couldn't help flinching. It was like he had never met a patient who didn't like being poked in the eye! I wonder if the blinking is a sensitive eyes thing.

And why don't other people blink when they suddenly get a bright flash in their face? Isn't that a normal, natural reaction? People are so weird. Ha ha!

I hate the camera flash, but I do sometimes bear it if a friend takes a photo.

I promise if I ever take a photo of one of you the flash will be off. I'm very much an - anti-flash person anyway.

Yes, but not always. I've noticed that My eyes are closed in some of my pictures. They were closed on my last driver's license ID photo as well. I seem to naturally blink with the flash of the camera, which is usually followed by a temporary "flash blindness" and then sore and watery eyes.