Beauty Tips

How to Look Great in Every Photo

Learn these expert beauty tips for looking pretty in every shot -- then update your Facebook profile pic -- stat!

by Audrey Fine

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If you've ever watched even a single episode of "America's Next Top Model, � you know that it takes a helluva lot more than saying "cheese" to look good in a photograph.

Those wannabes spend countless hours testing and trying the expert tips they're taught to figure out their best angles, learning how to "find the light " and mastering the "smize" -- Tyra-speak for smiling with your eyes -- before even having professional hairstyles and makeup done to be shot by a top photographer. The kicker? More times than not, the judges aren't even impressed by their photos.

HUH? So how are we regular folk ever supposed to look good in wedding pictures or camera phone snapshots if even those glamazons, with all of the expert tips they're given, can't manage to?

Well, in order to even the playing field a little, we've corralled a stable of experts whose job it is to help make Hollywood types look good on film, to chime in and share some expert tips and insider info that will help us all feel less doomed the next time a camera's pointed in our direction.

Keep in mind that, above all, the key is not to panic. As noted fashion, beauty and celeb photographer Andrew Stiles says, looking good in pictures "doesn't only involve angles and lighting. Perhaps it is a thought that the subject is holding in their mind. Something that is revealed through the eyes that is more important than any other factor."

So we don't have to be uber photogenic to get a great shot? We can just employ a few expert tips? Phew �

First up? Celeb stylist Beau Quillian's expert tips on how to pose.

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good tips especially for holiday season!

by kimihavens Friday, December 7, 2012 at 03:53PM Report as inappropriate

I will be keeping these tips in mind whenever I take pictures :]

by Lamexicana1 Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 09:13PM Report as inappropriate

Good read! Thank you!

by robyne00 Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 04:22PM Report as inappropriate

interesting! i still feel awkward smiling at myself in the mirror, though

by liliofthevalley Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 06:02PM Report as inappropriate

Great tips! Thanks!!

by brendalea Monday, April 2, 2012 at 05:15PM Report as inappropriate

super helpful, I'm not very photogenic

by sportimonki13 Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 11:17PM Report as inappropriate

I am so glad to find out that practicing for photos is an option. I usually hate my pictures and it almost always boils down to the angles! Thanks for the tips.

by powerwoman033 Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 10:17PM Report as inappropriate

thanks :D

by findingalyssa Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 03:33PM Report as inappropriate

These are good tips.

by Mysterylady Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 01:48PM Report as inappropriate

I think it's great to want to look your best, but I feel like we overthink photos these days. When you're having a good time, it'll show in a picture. But anytime anyone pulls out camera, people get overly concerned about how terrible they think they look and then worry about it being posted on facebook. It's too bad.

by LipglossandSpandex Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 11:08PM Report as inappropriate