1. Use props, such as flowers or a pet, to help make you feel more at ease.

2. Pose cheek touching cheek with friends/dates which helps people relax and offers a more enchanting sensibility.

3. Close your eyes to bring out an inner beauty.

4. If you have a hobby then infuse it into the photo with a guitar, soccer ball, canvas and pallette, etc.

5. Use natural lighting streaming in from a window for a pensive look.

6. Try thinking of something funny and laugh out loud or ask the photographer to tell you a funny joke.

7. Lay on the floor and look up to the photographer shooting over you - the angles of your face will be the most flattering.

8. Scarfs, boas, pom-poms, can help to hide double chins.

9. Look for interesting framing concepts that can create a romantic or mysterious mood.

10. Never let the camera get below you. Keep eyes level with the lens and tilt chin slightly to permit natural light to fall on cheekbones and highlight eyes.