Tips and Tricks to Rock Every Photo
So let’s get this rolling
Tip #1 Find the Light
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Here is one picture that clearly shows how to make sure you don't cover the light:
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Let's take a look at the photos from ANTM 4 and check who found their light
Nooooopppp!
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Another Nooo
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Bigg YEESSS !!!!
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From those photos you can clearly see how much better it is when your face catches the light. In those photos, the light is on the model's left side and they should have turned or tilted their body and their face towards their left to perfectly catch the light just like the model in the third picture did. I hope we are now enlightened with this one.
Tip #2 Know Your Angles
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Have you had an experience with people telling you something like: when they look at you from the right you look like Beyonce, they look at you from the left you look like Tyra Banks but when they look at you straight forward NEVER MIND. I mean not exactly like that but actually there is some truth in that. Our face can look differently when viewed at different angles and to make sure that your picture rocks, you have to figure out at what angles of your face you look best and you look worst. Of course we don't want to take a picture with our worst angle, but how will we know if we haven't figured that out? Should we commit the mistake first before actually realizing it? Well that's definitely a good way to learn. Most models learn that way but another good way to do it is to look at the mirror and see how you look at different angles. It is also recommended to take a selfie at different angles to actually know how it looks in a photo.
In one ANTM episodes Tyra said that she doesn't look best in a profile shot and when she has to do profile, she cheats it buy tilting a little bit towards the camera and not do a complete profile shot:
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Tip #3 SMIZE (Smile with your Eyes)
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No matter how great the concept, setup, lighting and everything the photo will not work if you are DEAD in the eyes. The first thing we see in a photo are the eyes. We need to make sure that our eyes tell a story, our eyes show some soul, our eyes exude power and that can be done through SMIZING. SMIZE is a word coined and made famous by Tyra Banks in the show. If you are an ANTM fan, there is no way you haven't heard that magical word. SMIZE means smiling with your eyes, it is done by squinting your eyes a bit to put more intensity in it. If you have mastered the art of SMIZE already, it is easy to do it anytime anywhere, but if you still haven't, there are some easy tips for you to do it.
For Tyra, a SMIZE can be done by thinking of a memory that makes you happy to make the SMIZE come out. Your eyes will smile with the memory you are thinking but you also have to make sure that your mouth stays relax. For some models, they imagine their boyfriend/girlfriend in front of them naked oooppss. I'm not really sure how it brings out the SMIZE but it really works for them. For me, I do the SMIZE by making use of the light, when light hits your eyes, it squints to balance the amount of light and your SMIZE will be natural. Another advantage of this is, the light will help your eyes glow because the light will be reflected in your eyes which will make it even more powerful. If a light is not available, I look at a far object or the lens of the camera and set my eyes focused on that. The focus can help your eyes have a sharp look or SMIZE which can definitely elevate your photos.
Here is the difference between a dead eyes and a SMIZING eyes executed by Tyra herself:
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And if you make sure to always SMIZE, your pictures are gonna be like these:
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Tip #4 Elongate Your Neck
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Have you noticed that all the mannequins that you see at the malls have long necks? Because a long neck makes you look so elegant and expensive and makes you very marketable which is a work of a model; to be marketable and to be able to sell products. This is why those clothes that you bought didn’t look good on you but looked freaking amazing worn by the mannequin. Neck dear, it’s the neck. But not most of us are blessed with long neck, but how can we make the illusion of having a long neck in a picture to make ourselves look elegant and fierce?
This is simply done by throwing your shoulders to the back and moving your face forward. This will create an illusion of a longer, thinner neck. Doing a chin up can also make you have a long neck in a picture. This one is really advantageous for someone who has a huge forehead because a chin up can make your forehead smaller and at the same time makes your neck look longer.
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Tip #5 Know Where the Camera Is
Taking a picture is a dance and the camera is your dance partner. In a dance you have to keep in mind the position of your dance partner and be aware of your position against his/hers to create a gracefully synchronized dance. This is also exactly the case in photography. You have to always keep in mind where the camera is and what part of your body will be captured. You also have to consider the size of a specific body part if you take it near or far from the camera in relationship with your other body parts.
Now to explain this better, here is a picture of a common mistake that people do and I usually see this picture all over social media. This is definitely the most common pose when someone sees a wall.
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What makes the first picture wrong is that we don’t see your other leg. It is hidden so basically you would look amputated even if you were not. This one is a better way to do it.
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The leg lift can work if the camera is on the side:
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Tip #6 Pose in Pain but Beautiful
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The trend in modelling now is to look natural but not too natural that you don’t look like a model. If that makes sense. Basically it is about doing less in a picture. It is about relaxing and not over-posing. I find this really cool but personally it doesn’t make me go crazy, I am still into high-fashion modelling poses that really look interesting and extreme. But when posing we most of the time run out of ideas on what poses to do next. The best tip for this is to think of your pains and pose with that pain but make it beautiful and of course fashion. Those aches can be anything; Stomachache, headache, toothache, heartache, backache. It is literally everything.
To better illustrate this, here are some pictures :
Stomachache?
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Headache?
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Toothache?
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Hip-ache?
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Menstrual pain?
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You can literally think of anything. Just think of any pain and it's up to you how to make it fashion.
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I love how you explained those tips with passion! I can clearly see you are a big fan of ANTM. lol. All of those tips make sense and you analyzed them well, too. You know what you are doing about and you have also applied it to yourself (Seen some of your photos here). Lovely! Thanks for sharing! ;)
Aawweee thank you for that. I deeply appreciate your comment. I have definitely been a fan and I live, breath, eat the tips.... Hahahaha
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