What are the best ways to pose for photos to look good, slim, taller, etc?
1. We all know the “Cover Girl” shot on magazines; model facing forward, hands on hips. To make your waist appear smaller, simply move your hands in a little.
2. Remember this…what is further away appears smaller. So lean forward, push your hips back and smile!
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Lora Warnick
3. Chin out and down. Gives you a better jaw line and when your chin is down a bit, your eyes appear larger because you have to look up to see the camera.
4. Solid colors are best!
5. For red carpet poses, face hips angled away from the camera but turn waist and head towards the photographer. And chin out and down.
6. Wear clothes you feel good in.
7. Headshots are best when your body is angled a little away from the camera and head is facing camera.
8. Never have your crotch area facing the camera. It’s just not ladylike.
9. No deer in headlight looks. Genuinely laugh or think of grandma or puppies to give you a real smile and smiling eyes.
10. Have your hair and makeup professionally done for photos you are using in your business.
- Yolonda Ross (in new Whitney Houston biopic movie directed by Angela Bassett)
11. By putting one hand on your hip, your arm will look smaller and show more of a waistline.
12. Posture is everything. Back straight, stomach in (don’t suck in too much).
13. Women should be shot from above, not below…..men are ok from below, they like to look bigger 🙂
Photo Credit:Lora Warnick Photography
