Most of the time, everywhere we go someone will say, “Let's take a picture!” And yes, you know it is always bound to happen. So we ask ourselves, what makes a candid picture, candid?

Candid: A picture that your mom took because she didn’t know how to work the camera on your phone. (Then you go to check the picture she took, finding a front camera selfie of her because she didn’t switch the screen.)

A true candid is when you are looking through the pictures taken, and you laugh endlessly at the mistakenly taken photos. Those are the best true candids, when they catch you with your best, worst, or most humorous pose.

Fact: A candid photo is a real candid when you did not tell the person taking the photo to take a candid.

Now, here is a statement that most girls will admit to: this is their favorite pose. When taking a picture it is always smile, do a funny face, smile again. Yet, you want a cute, memorable photo of you with your friend, or family “caught off guard.” So you tell the person taking a picture, “Take a picture of us laughing.” “Okay guys, I want a candid picture quick.” So you position yourself to start laughing... “Take good shots of us laughing, wait hold on I need to switch sides.” Some people get way too into it. “You can’t look at the camera, wait pay attention.” “Laugh right now, pretend we are drunk.” Then you actually laugh realizing how ludicrous you look. Some people will end up walking away after the third picture because they feel awkward, like me sometimes.

We should never care how people view us in public, even though deep down in certain situations we do. So when you are at a bar in school, fraternity party, or even a small get together with friends and family, pictures are going to be a must. That is when some get embarrassed of their friends. One smiling picture, and an accidental flash is cool. Then… “Okay come here we need a candid picture” and you are thinking to yourself, am I really going to fake laugh in front of people for a picture? They should’ve asked to take a candid where no one was looking. Afterward, you view the pictures. Some you delete because they were too blurry, others you keep because you look good. You HAVE to delete certain ones because your friend does not like the angle. Finally you review all of your pictures finding blurry cute ones. Or you have that one girl who made sure she showed her beer in her hand so people knows she drinks, while your other friend hides her red solo cup because she doesn’t want her parents to see.

These are truthful words that a lot of girls will admit to. We all have that one friend who does this. You will always need a friend who knows to take random picture shots, because let's be real, asking a guy to take a candid photo isn’t the first situation we want to be put in.