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[Posting on behalf of /u/Percinho who is busy preparing a thanksgiving feast because no one told him he’s not in the right country for that]
Why are the race photos so unflattering??? Do they train the photographers to get the worst photo? I see the guys sitting in camper chairs angling up to catch my belly, timing the downstep perfectly and making sure that when I smile I am looking down and giving double chins.
Argh!!! I practiced looking up, sucking in and smiling naturally thinking maybe this will be the race I get one photo. Nope. Next race I am pulling faces and making poses.
Seriously though what lens are they using?? Why do I look gigantic, why am I always in the worst possible part of my gait. I don’t understand!!