People often mistake me for photogenic, which is obviously a nice compliment – but it’s simply not the case. I look like an elderly man in profile, and I also have to work quite hard at making sure my nose doesn’t look like a penis.
It’s all about angles, really.
Chloe and I have quite snap-happy mum, who also gives very good advice about not looking like hell in a photo. Remember, chin DOWN and FORWARD. A photo taken from slightly above will usually turn out better than one taken from below. Think MySpace and keep going. Know your best angle, and work it. If you never let a hideous photo of yourself be taken or published, then technically that’s all it takes to be photogenic.
Your photographer will be either your best friend or your worst enemy here. Learn which of your friends are shite at taking photos, and never let those people take your picture.
BE PREPARED. If you grimace and go “eeeeerrrrggh I HATE having my photo taken!” whenever someone whips out a camera, then you’ll end up with nothing but photos of yourself with your face screwed up, mid-sentence. No wonder you hate photos of yourself, if that’s what they look like. Just smile.
Try to be born to parents who are really attractive, as this will give you the best genetic advantage possible. Also, if you have your hair and makeup professionally done every day, you’ll look better in photos too.
These photos are from Sunday, when Chloe and I were in Glasgow seeing Jettblack.
Chloe blue herself for the occasion
Jon Dow. A man who understands that if you don’t need to wear a shirt, you shouldn’t wear a shirt.
me with super-lovely lead singer Will Stapleton
me with guitar and vocals Jon Dow, who had annoyingly put on a hoodie after coming off stage, but had the good grace to keep it unzipped.
It took quite a bit of arm-twisting to get this photo of Chloe giving Jon a piggy-back…
giddy up
… he was all like, “my girlfriend’s not going to like this, you’re not going to put it on Facebook are you?” (nope, just my flog which gets zillions of daily hits with its huge international audience) and I was all like “if your girlfriend gives you a hard time about being piggybacked by giant Australian sisters, then you really need to take a good hard look at your relationship and just marry me instead.”
Not really. I didn’t actually say that. But we were all thinking it.
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