--- description: Watch what happens when one Photoshop magician, one bus stop and lots of hidden cameras are combined title: Smile, You're on Candid-Photoshop Camera! image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Humor](/tag/humor/) ## Humor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Smile, You're on Candid-Photoshop Camera! by [Lost At E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Lost At E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 10, 2014 2:00 PM CUT by [Lost At E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Lost At E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 10, 2014 2:00 PM CUT  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/07/04/smile-youre-on-candid-photoshop-camera/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com "undefined")_._ Here’s an example of technological self-awareness taken to a whole new level. It could be seen as either terrifying or hilarious, but frankly, I think we can do with more interventions of this kind. So let’s follow Mr Johansson’s lead and think up some pranks. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3486403/smile-candid-photoshop-camera-prank/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3486403/smile-candid-photoshop-camera-prank/"},"headline":"Smile, You're on Candid-Photoshop Camera!","datePublished":"2014-10-10T14:00:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:29.802Z","description":"Watch what happens when one Photoshop magician, one bus stop and lots of hidden cameras are combined","url":"https://time.com/3486403/smile-candid-photoshop-camera-prank/","keywords":["Humor","video","Prank","Photoshop"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lost At E Minor","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/humor/","name":"Humor"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3486403/smile-candid-photoshop-camera-prank/","name":"Smile, You're on Candid-Photoshop Camera!"}}]}] ```