It used to be really easy to get great pictures of Connery:
He was like the human equivalent of the point and shoot--all I had to do was take a couple of pictures and I could be guaranteed that most of them would be great. Then, of course, we hit the mugging age and all bets were off:
All I have to do is grab the camera to witness him plastering on the world's cheesiest grin. Lately I have been trying to take pictures while he talks so as to avoid the above. Results are mixed:
I think I asked him to say something random, like "pickles and ice cream." Then I tried to catch him unawares and inadvertently ended up getting a sneak preview of Connery, The Teenage Years:
And then I unleashed magic words of joy. "Say, 'Weekend at Nana's!'" I said:
Problem solved.