Article by Erika Valentina Doria
Philosophy of People
Magazine: Issue #21
With sites like Instagram and Pinterest owning the web’s attention these days, looking good in photographs is the undeniably easiest way to catch potential client's eyes. Here are a few secrets to striking that pose:
1| Find the light. Do you ever notice how models are always tilting their face this way or that? Its because they found the light, and they are using it to fill their face. Its basic: take a photo of yourself right now with a lamp directly on the side of your face. See those shadows under your eyes, in your eye sockets, and beside your nose? Scary. No bueno. Follow the light!
2| Smile with Your Eyes. The #1 most powerful way to improve your photos is the infamous eye smile. Some women inherited it, the rest of us have to train ourselves to it. Here’s how: Think about something you love. Smile about it. Now keep the eyes but drop the smile. Ladies, it works. It works because it makes you look mysterious, naughty and at peace all at the same time.
3| The Lift and Drop. A woman who looks like she is floating down from the heavens is an angelic #goddess. The ladies of Old Hollywood had this move down to perfection: sit/stand with your head erect like a string is lifting your head to the skies. Now, drop your chin ever so slightlythink Ava Gardner or Audrey Hepburn. Total pros. All of a sudden you are the most sophisticated woman on Instagram.
