How to be More Photogenic

Look Great in Pictures! 10 quick tips

Take full length photos from a lower angle. This will make you appear to be longer and leaner. Who doesn't want to look tall and skinny? 

Put your tongue BEHIND your teeth when you smile. This will keep you from having a cheshire cat wide smile. Also "smieyes" or smile with your eyes! 

Tilt your face so that you're not square on with the camera lens. This will slim the face and give your cheekbones more dimension, making your features more flattering and pronounced. Focus on showing the left side of your face. For some reason it seems to be your "best side". Try not to look "square" onto the camera.

Tilt your head up a bit at the chin to elongate the neck. Try to make sure you're tilting your head toward the light to soften any lines and to fill in the face. 

Ask whomever is taking a seated photo of you to do so from above and tilt your head towards the lens. This will make you appear leaner and have light fill in your face. 

This will reduce red eye by shrinking your pupils! Less photo editing is always a good thing. 

Say "MONEY" instead of "CHEESE". The hard "E" sound in the word money causes the corners of your mouth to go up and your eyes will crinkle just a little giving the impression of a natural smile. And money is a little more fun to shout. 

Crop your images so that your body fills the entire frame. This again gives you length and elongates the body. 

When taking photos with one or several other people try to make sure you're all the same depth from the camera or step a bit back. The closer to the camera you are the larger you will appear. 

Practice really does make perfect. Practice your smile in the mirror and when in doubt take a deep breath, close your eyes and then open them and smile before a photo is taken. Relax, and think of something that makes you happy, this will help you project that feeling to the camera and have a great natural smile!