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How to look younger and thinner in pics
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It’s summer, and that means you’ll be taking a lot of photos. I want you to look your best. When it comes to posing, you need to be strategic. And if that doesn’t work, I share the photo-editing app Kim Kardashian uses.
Figure out your best selfie angle
Take a series of nine selfies:
- Look straight at the camera, then take three pics: One with the camera right in front of your face, one from above and one from below.
- Turn your face slightly to the right. While keeping eye contact with the lens, snap a selfie with the camera at face level, then take one where the camera is higher and one where it’s positioned lower.
- Do the same thing with the left side of your face.
Compare the nine photos to see which angle suits you best. Can’t decide? Get a second opinion from a friend you trust.
🦃 To minimize neck fat and extra skin, jut your head forward slightly so it’s closer to the camera. At the same time, elongate your neck and tip your chin down a little bit. Looks strange in person but right on camera.
Make your eyes twinkle
Bad lighting can make even the most attractive person look like a horror movie villain. Here are my rules of thumb:
- Don’t stand under a light: Direct overhead lighting casts harsh shadows that make your skin look bad.
- Use the golden hours: That’s one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset. The soft, natural light makes your skin glow!
- Face a light source: Point your eyes toward it and widen them just a bit.
- If you’re outside: Face the sun to take advantage of the natural light. But if the sun is high and it’s making you squint or casting dark shadows, find a patch of partial shade.
Pro tip: Use better lighting on your video calls. I tried a bunch and loved the Lume Cube Broadcast Lighting Kit. It comes with a suction cup for your monitor and a tripod. Gorg!
Look better in full-body photos, too
Standing straight toward the camera isn’t flattering. Angle your torso away from the camera, then put your weight on your back hip. This makes your front leg closest to the camera look leaner.
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Up your phone photography game
🤳 Who has an actual camera anymore?
- Spend $13 on a phone tripod (12% off) instead of leaning your phone on a pile of books every time you want to take a family photo. It comes with a remote, too.
- Beach vacay planned and don’t want to buy a GoPro? A waterproof phone pouch saves you $200.
- No amount of Photoshop will save that smudged Christmas dinner pic. (Blame the ham.) If only you’d had a microfiber cleaning cloth (30% off, $7) …
- Facebook Marketplace hack: If you use a white backdrop, the stuff you’re selling looks a lot fancier. Only $10!
- A clip-on selfie light is great for stuff like selfies, Zoom meetings and taking your own passport pictures (with the white backdrop!).
🤑 FYI: Amazon’s Subscribe & Save program can save you a bunch on the essentials you always use. I use it for vitamins and other things I never want to run out of.
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Did your selfie train ChatGPT?
Ever post a pic online? There’s a good chance it was scraped and added to an AI dataset. Check this site to find out.
Samsung wants to blow up: Samsung’s begging you to watch at the crack of dawn on Sept. 4, 5:30 a.m. ET all the new gear that they’re rolling out, like the Tab S11 (MediaTek-powered snoozefest, but monster battery) and the S25 FE, which is basically last year’s phone with a slightly better selfie cam. Yawn.
📸 “Time to take a selfie”: That’s probably not a wise thought after stealing $300,000 in blinged-out jewelry. But that’s exactly what the guys who broke into Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s house did. The three Chilean men are linked to other athlete break-ins. Around this time last year, Chilean gangs targeted my house.
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People have died trying to capture the perfect selfie. The most common ways people meet a tragic end? Drowning or falling off a cliff. But sometimes, it’s just not paying attention. A woman just died in Japan because she was so focused on getting the perfect picture, she didn’t see a train coming. No photo is worth your life.
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