Tips on Posing / Looking Your Best in Photos

[alix*]

Just don't do not Olsen twin eye popping and lip pouting.

 

[skinny_boho]

^

 

[Bel]

I know many people for whom keeping their chins down works like magic; lighting, enlarges eyes, evens out proportions.

However, I also know many people for whom it doesnt work...creates dark circles under eyes or worse yet, makes dark hollows out of your eyes!

It all depends on your bone structure, so I would say really experiment with what works best.

HAVE FUN!!!

I am definatley the second one. Keep in mind that no advice works for everyone; do a test run and pose in front of a mirror.

 

[Trista]

See my problem is that in photos, no matter how I tilt my head, one eyebrow is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than the other, and not to mention I have a long face with a smallish mouth-I tend to look very manly sometimes. It got to the point where I would not let anyone take a picture of me for a long time unless it was absolutely necessary. I cannot do a self-portrait to save my life.

And I have tried every tip in the book, but nothing helps.

 

[notmanons]

Are you photogenic/telegenic?

I really am not photogenic/telegenic AT ALL, it's quite funny.

I look like a complete stranger in pictures.....


How about you?

 

[ptowngal]

If I know a photo is being taken, I can sometimes pull it off. But my candids are just horrible. I look like a complete doofus. I'm so jealous of people who ALWAYS look good. Even if it's 2AM and they have a hangover.

 

[seanutbutter]

I have a bad tendency of giving a 'fake' smile when I know a camera is near, so I've found that candid shots are a better representation of me. They generally show a more photogenic side of me, too.

 

[fashion_boi_01]

^ Same with me.
My grad pics look so forced.
Hopefully I'll have some "natural" looking pics from my prom in June.

 

[Iphygenia]

I think most people just look different in pics. personally my eyes tend to look so small in pics and i end up looking seriously drugged^^

 

[BonjourTristesse]

looking at pictures of me makes me depressed!
when i look in the mirror i find myself quite attractive... but when i take a picture i look so forced and ridiculous! I hate it!

 

[2Nova]

^ me too i get ready and i'm feeling confident and i get to the party or whatever and i get home and i see the pictures of myself and it just makes my confidence fall through the floor it's bad

 

[Bella24]

^ That happens to me too! God, it's so frustrating. I'm beginning to think my mirror is misleading me...

 

[CityofAngels]

I feel like I look better in pictures than I do in real life... I have always been so called 'photogenic' since I was little but I wish that I were able to keep the poise and control that I have in front of the camera, all the time...

 

[2Nova]

^TEACH ME! haha

 

[superbeautiful]

I've found that the most important thing in the world is posture. I have had my best outfits on that I love, but sometimes when I look back at my pictures, it looks like crap because I slipped with a slouch or my neck was akward.