Anonymous
So I was taking some pics of myself for some specific reason, and I noticed one thing I always seem to notice with pictures of myself: They make me look much more ugly than usual. Since I'm not nearly as ugly when I look in the mirror, I can only think of one explanation, I'm not sure what it's called, but I believe anyone should be familiar with it, the thing about your face giving off unideal expressions when you know a picture is being taken of you. An easy solution would be stop taking pictures unless it's done with no posing, but there's always another situation where someone will want to take a picture, either if it's a passport photo or a wedding photo, it'll be hard to avoid for the rest of your life. Therefore I want to know if there are some tricks to not look like a fucking idiot in pictures.

Pic related, most models must learned a few such tricks through their careers.
>> Anonymous
>>107335
MOAR!!!
>> Anonymous
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>>107351
Pro tip: OP almost certainly grabbed this picture at random off the Interweb in blatant violation of rule #1 (note lack of EXIF for one) and is therefore unlikely to have moar. Quit fucking bumping this.
>> Anonymous
self esteem :) and yes, staring at yourself in the mirror. look at past pictures of yourself and take new ones.

if a professional photog is taking your portrait, he should have some clue on making you relax. i talk a lot to my subjects before shooting and keep the camera nearby so they can get used to its presence. sometimes i even give them the camera for a while and let them play with it (believe me, it helps!).

on normal point-and-shoot pics, direct on-camera flash makes anyone look ugly.

personally, after taking up photography more seriously i slowly stopped worrying about how i look in other peoples' pics. i've seen countless pictures of my face and know what my expressions look like and while paying attention to the surrounding light, i can visualize the results pretty well.

tl;dr: cocks
>> Anonymous
>>107353
I SAID MOAR!!!