- Good afternoon, gentlemen.
I'm Ollie, it's Make Me That Guy,
and the subject of today's video
is easy ways to look more photogenic,
to take better pictures, all right?
The dating world is all about online now.
Tinder, social media, Instagram is just dominating society.
So you too have to learn
how to get the best possible images.
I don't normally mention this kind of thing,
but I'm actually a professional model.
I've been a fashion and commercial and fitness model
for the last 10 years.
Showing my age a little bit there.
Better watch that.
But yes, I have been in the industry for a long time,
so I'm going to give you some insider tips today
on how to get good photogenic poses, all right?
Tip number one.
Okay, so we're going to want to get
a variation of different expressions, right?
So first, we're going to talk
about how to get a good smiling picture.
The key is not to do this,
you know, just grin.
It doesn't work.
What you need to do is to mimic a laugh.
So actually make a noise
to yourself as you're taking pictures.
Yes, the people next to you might think you're quite bizarre
when you start fake laughing,
but fuck them, 'cause you're the one
who's going to look the best in the picture.
So you go...
So how I've sort of leaned forward
and make a funny fake laugh expression.
I feel ridiculous, all right, but it works.
So your mouth gets a natural smile shape to it,
because the haha is the natural noise
you'd be making when you're smiling.
So that little fake laugh really helps to increase
the natural vibe to your smile,
and you're no longer looking like a cartoon character.
So, here we go again.
Again, I kind of lean forward.
My shoulders go into position, as if I was really laughing.
Even better, you know, someone says something,
you know, or you see something funny,
pretend you're actually laughing at that thing,
and then gradually let the fake smile fade
and keep the mouth shape.
Haha.
Okay, so point number two, our second point
is the fading legendary eyes.
Okay, so let's think of ourselves
as some legendary fisherman on the deck
of his boat hunting Moby Dick, the whale.
It's a bit weird,
but it actually helps to get in character, right?
So what you're going to try and do
is fade the eyes out a little bit.
Like that.
You're gonna look straight through.
Furrow your forehead a little bit.
Close your eyes a bit, and let 'em fade out.
That kind of thing, all right?
Again, I feel like a complete idiot, but it works.
So fade the eyes a bit, and then you're going to get
that really brooding, serious look.
So we've been through the fun, smiling look before.
Now we're going to go for that sexy brooding look,
that kind of thing there, all right?
So fade the eyes, furrow the eyebrows,
the forehead a little bit,
and imagine you're looking out to sea, hunting something.
Hunting Moby Dick.
Hunting a pirate.
Hunting a girl who works in the shop down the road from you.
I don't know, whatever you wanna do.
Okay, that was number two.
So, point number three is your posture.
Okay, it's not directly your face,
but you can have the best smile on earth,
but if you're standing like this, like this,
it's going to look rubbish.
So to help your posture,
you need your spine to be straight.
You're going to take a half breath in.
Not a full breath.
You don't wanna be like that.
Half breath in, shoulders back, chest out.
Let's imagine there's a string attached to your head,
and you're like a puppet,
and someone is pulling the string tight,
and with that, your whole spine aligns.
Your shoulders come back,
and you keep your posture good.
Like that.
That's gonna make sure your posture looks good.
You're gonna show yourself with your full height.
You're going to show that you have a good, strong,
athletic, muscular body there, even if you don't.
It's gonna enhance what you do have.
All right, point number four.
Okay, so point number four,
a different kind of style pose we can go for
and the one which all the models utilize on shoots
is the chin up and out.
So, we don't want to do this.
You're not a giraffe, all right.
You want to have your chin slightly out
and your neck fully extended.
So, think that.
Let's have a look from the side.
Not this.
Just...
Like there, all right?
So you'll extend your neck fully
and slightly stick your chin forward, like this.
That's gonna lengthen your whole neck.
It's going to make your jawbone look much sharper
and more angled, more sort of defined.
If you're doing this, you're going to get a double chin.
It's taking away your neck,
which will make you look smaller.
So this is a proud stance.
So that kind of thing.
You got it.
Okay, tip number five
is another little trick to help us master a smile.
We've got the fake laugh smile.
That's almost like an action shot smile
like I did earlier.
It's almost like you're laughing at a joke.
You're having a hilarious moment with your buddies, right?
But you're probably not having a hilarious moment
if you're on your own.
So you don't want the laughing smile.
For this one, you want a more classic portrait smile,
just a good, nice direct smile, right?
For this one, a little trick is to press
your tongue up to the back of your teeth.
What that does is it makes you forget
about the rest of your facial expression,
because you're concentrating
on your tongue hitting the back of your teeth.
Your mouth relaxes, as do the other lines,
the frown lines and other parts of your face.
So I'll do it again.
And with that, you get a really nice, natural smile,
again, because your face relaxes.
And your whole face is involved when you smile.
And if you're thinking too much about the smile,
it looks a bit manic,
you've got some other lines come up,
whereas when you concentrate on the tongue
it takes that element away.
So try that again, pressing your tongue
onto the back of your teeth as you smile.
Okay, so, our final point and another style of pose
which is often used by models
is the kind of James Dean bad boy look, right?
So, we're going to put our chin down and our eyes up
and kind of invert our posture.
Yes, I said to pull your shoulders back.
That's the strong, proud one.
This is the looking up one.
Grit your jaw.
Furrow your eyebrows a little bit
and look up to the camera.
It'll look a bit gangster.
It'll look at bit like a tough guy picture.
But you know what?
Chicks love tough guys, right?
So we're going to go for that kind of legendary
easy rider kind of look, right, the James Dean.
Rebel without a cause.
Like that kind of thing.
Head down, chin down.
Not too down.
Just looking up at the camera,
like, what are you looking at?
Okay, and that's going to give you that really nice
bad boy image you desire for your social media
or your Tinder or whatever it is you want to use it for.
All right, cool, dudes.
So, that was it.
That was our easy tips to help you become more photogenic
and to get awesome pictures.
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