Avoiding flat dull portraits

Everyone - women, men, kids - looks better when posed with their shoulders angled toward the camera. If their shoulders are straight toward the camera, it makes your subjects look very wide and flat, and even somewhat confrontational. But by simply having them turn one shoulder away from the camera, it makes them look thinner and generally gives them a more pleasing look by lessening the width of their shoulders, and focusing more attention on their head. Remember: Their head can still face the camera—you're just turning their shoulders.

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