The reason that Ned looks "awkward" is that he is holding 5 dollar bills that are only a couple years old, yet he is wearing clothing that is ~40 years old. As such, he is playing the part that his clothing requires, and he is looking at his "money" and thinking that it is counterfeit and that he got duped and/or he is going to try to pawn this obviously phony money off on someone else. Putting the situation in context, he actually looks perfect.
BURN-ANATOR!
Also, those pants look horrifically uncomfortable on both of you.
And where's the nude photos? I thought this was supposed to be one of "those" photo shoots.