- Don’t do *full frontal!* No, not the nudity kind, LOL! 🙂 Try a 3/4 pose. If you’re standing, turn slightly and rest your weight on one foot. If you’re sitting, angle slightly to one side or the other. Doing so angles the body, tips the shoulders a little and angles the head just a bit. It adds dimension to your pics and looks more interesting and natural than a straight-ahead pose.
- Lean slightly toward the camera. It adds interest, dimension and looks natural, too. Think of having a long neck like a giraffe. Tilt your chin down slightly to hide any double chin/s and to block the camera’s view up your nostrils.
- Learn, like Tyra says, to smile with your eyes. Think coy and demure, like a cougar luring her prey to come closer by acting harmless and innocent. Huge ear-to-ear smiles focus attention on your gums and can make you look like you’re squinting.
- Think BAM! Practice a picture pose trigger. Models are taught to change their state of mind in an instant by developing a trigger. When they’re about to have their picture taken, even if they feel like crap, they fire their trigger and BAM! — great photo. One trigger you hear a lot about is called the rear cheek squeeze.
Don’t laugh, but it’s just like it sounds — you squeeze the cheeks of your rear end together and hold them that way for the shot. 🙂 Try it in your next picture. - Keep looking up! That is, don’t look directly at the lens; look slightly above it. It brightens the eyes in pictures and makes you look more vibrant and alive.
For even more tips on how to look your best in pictures…
- Makeup tips to look great in pictures — Videojug
- Clothes and makeup tips to look great in pictures — Howcast
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
OOh awesome tips! I’ve tried to take pics of my makeup look a couple times and I can never get good ones. I’ll have to try these out and see if I can come up with some decent pics! Thanks! 🙂
Damn that first makeup video link is great. Thanks for finding that!
I swear that everytime I use a flash for a closeup picture it looks terrible.. The best self pictures I take are without flash in good lighting like on my patio.
although, don’t look up in pictures so much that people start to call you ‘ceiling eyes’ *cough* audrina patridge *cough*
You rock! Thanks for these tips.
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Perfect timing! Going to a wedding in a few hours, and I was hoping for a good shot or two (since I *always* look bad in pictures).
Thanks!
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lol cheek squeeze! good tips, i usually take decent photos but there are times when my eyes are half closed or i am not prepared for the pic and end up with a silly expression
will try these tips!
Is it possible to squeeze your butt cheeks together without frowning at all? Cuz I can’t do that.
Great tips Karen! Just a question on butt squeeze. What difference does doing one make in a picture Vs butt normal ? (i’m trying to find the opposite of squeeze) lol.
AWESOME! Thanks!
wow, thanks! =)
Hi Sammie,
You’re welcome! I hope this comes in handy!