Help! Attractive girlfriend looks awful in photos - tips needed!!

Thellers wrote:

Does anyone have any tips? Should I try to stick to lighting my
girlfriend from the front? Are there 'standard' techniques for this
kind of thing? Any general advice / tips would be really
appreciated, because it really hurts to not have any nice photos of
my girlfriend!

As you indicate, avoid top light. To shorten a long nose, photograph from a
slightly lower viewpoint (or have subject tilt head back slightly) and/or
direct light from below lens.

Generally, soft, non-directional light will give you good results.
Non-directional = on or near camera. Soft = big. This is an easy type of
lighting and requires little skill. It is safe but boring.

Since you haven't a lot of photographic background, your on camera flash
will probably be best. If you want to try other things, look for something
like a wall being hit by a sunbeam, put it at your back and let it
illuminate GF. Same can be done with a concrete walk or drive...let it
illuminate GF who is preferably otherwise in shade.

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