Top Photo Tips For Bloggers & Monochrome Style
Here I am in outfit #2 of how to wear monochrome over 40…or under 40…whichever. I’ve combined knit, lace and patent leather in this outfit. I should have put on blue tights. Ah well.
I also have a great blogger photography tip to share with you. Actually you don’t even need to be a blogger to use this photography tip. It is guaranteed to make you look more relaxed, happier and younger in all of your photos.
Are you ready for the phenomenal tip for taking great photos?
And no…it’s not wearing sunglasses…although that does help! And avoids the issue of having to delete every second photo where your eyes are shut.
I’ll let you in on my secret photo weapon…
Stretch it out between photos. It’ll loosen you up and make you look more relaxed.
Look how much more relaxed I look here.
My Top Photo Tips For Bloggers
- Stretch out your face a bit. Make funny faces. It’ll relax your facial muscles.
- Put your weight on the leg furthest from the camera. You’ll look thinner.
- Stick your tongue to the roof of your mouth…it lifts your jawline.
- Cameras love angles. They are interesting to the eyes and flatter the body. Angle your body away from the camera and then turn your head and upper torso back towards it slightly.
- Tilt your head slightly to one side, chin down a bit and then look up towards the camera.
- To elongate your legs lower the camera lens to your waist level or just below it and then tilt the lens of the camera up a bit.
- To appear thinner in photos, take photos from above your head looking up. (Warning…this can make you look like you have tiny squat baby legs.)
- Upper arms laying flat against the body will look larger. Try to hold them a little bit out to your sides. It will also give you muscle tone. Putting one hand on your hip achieves this.
- When I take shots outside I like to walk and try to take the shot when my legs cross if possible. Crossed legs create a lean silhouette.
Do you have any secret photo tips?
PS in case you missed it you might like this last post I did on monochromatic style.
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Monochromatic Style Tips – Over 40 Style
I’ve been seeing lots of monochrome looks in the magazines and at the fashion shows lately and they’ve started to grow on me.
Although it is hard for a colour and pattern obsessed freak such as myself to surrender to the idea of wearing the same colour from head to toe there are some obvious benefits;
– it makes you look taller and thinner. Nothing wrong with that in my book.
– it is easy to put together.
-it looks quite edgy, contemporary and chic.
4 Tips for mastering monochromatic style
- Mix your fabric textures. Leather, lace, wool, silk, cotton, sequins…each texture will add dimension to an otherwise flat single colour outfit.
- Mix shades of the same colour, lighter and darker versions (as I’ve shown in the grey outfit above).
- Adding subtle patterns (tone on tone) will create visual depth.
- Spotlight your favourite accessories such as statement jewellery. It’ll make the whole outfit pop.
I shopped my closet to put together some monochromatic looks for this week. The first one I’m calling Monochrome Meets Rock Star for obvious reasons.
This is a good example of mixing different textures in one outfit. Metallic, leather, faux fur and wool.
I was obsessed with metallic jeans last year. I wanted a pair so badly but every time I tried them on I didn’t look like the leggy thin chic person I’d envisioned in my head. Why is that? I spotted these metallic jeans while buying supplies for my Etsy shop and broke down and bought them. Bronze! I mean who owns metallic looking bronze jeans? The only one I knew of was this guy…
And his pants were leather… and maybe a bit more brownish and less bronze.
Close enough.
They are made out of this really weird super stretchy material and are actually quite comfortable. They do look like they have been painted on though and I’m happy that this sweater is longer in the back.
These pants aren’t for a wallflower…but clearly my flowers are on my wall…and I’m not one of them.
Look! Someone dressed like me at Milan Fashion Week.
The nerve!
Are you a fan of monochromatic style? Which outfit from the Polyvore sets did you like the best?
What about metallic pants? Yes…no…not in this lifetime.
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