Photography is an art and photographs are the end results of it. People often make mistakes while posing for a shoot, but following some tricks can bear outstanding results.

Not everyone is a trained model. You must understand that to look good in a photograph, you need to get certain things right. Unlike professional models, you might not be knowing the essentials to make yourself photogenic. If you act like an amateur, your photographer might not have any clue to get a good shot.

The next time when you pose for portrait photography, make sure to follow these simple tips :

Pose The Hair – Hair is one such part of our body which we can not control or move with mental signals. So we are left with the only option of manually organising our hair. If you have long hair, you can add great details to the photo by simply stylising it to suit the theme of the photograph. Neatly done hair can add great attractive features to your photograph. Some key optimisations that you can incorporate are:

Hair all behind the shoulders

Hair all behind the shoulders Hair all in front of the shoulders

Hair all in front of the shoulders Hair all on one side

Hair all on one side Hair up

Pull The Chin – To avoid capturing double-chin, you might adopt a different posture to conceal the little flab right under your chin. No matter how skinny a person is, while posing for photographs, every detail is visible. Try pushing your face in little upward direction in order to tighten the skin underneath your chin. This will help you avoid visibility of double-chin.

Lift Your Arms – People usually stand with their arms laid flat at their sides. This wrong posture brings several flaws in a photograph. If you stand like this, firstly you will look awkward in the picture, secondly your arm will look bigger than usual. Try adapting a posture where your arms will be lifted and leave a gap of one or two inches from the body.

Turn You Shoulder – This tip is very simple, yet important. If you stand in front of the camera and look boldly-straight at the lens, you are going to create a frightening and non-appealing posture. A wise idea would be to turn your shoulders a bit and tilt your head in order to look reluctantly at the lens. This posture brings life to any photograph.

If you try these tips and tricks next time while posing for a portrait shoot, you are going to make a great model out of yourself. Good luck!