If you hate how you look in pictures, or wonder if you appear confident on the bike, I suggest watching the video below.
If you–or the people you take photographs of–always look bad in images, then help is at hand. Professional portrait photographer Peter Hurley suggests you squinch next time you have your picture taken.
How Squinching Will Make You Look Good in Photos
If you're unaware what squinching is, join the club! Merriam Webster defines it as:
SQUINCH
transitive verb 1: to screw up (the eyes or face); squint 2: to make more compact.
But in fact Hurley has taken the word and used it to describe the "action of squinting your eyes in such a way as to portray confidence and self-assurance as opposed to the fear and uncertainty that you project when you stare wide-eyed at the camera." Crucially, it's a little different to squinting, which leaves you looking a bit... odd. Instead, you lift and tighten your lower eyelids, and let the top ones come down just a fraction.
The results are actually quite impressive. Indeed, this video shows how you can get your squinch on, and the benefits it will have–as do the images below, pre- and post-squinching. And you just know that even the least vain of us are gonna give it at least a little try.
... I'm giving this to you as a gift, you can look awesome!
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Originally posted 2013-11-22 09:30:58.
John is a member on the AFS (Association of Fitness Studios) Advisory Council.
Holding certifications from; Schwinn, Heart Zones, Team ICG and Life Time Fitness, John's held regularly scheduled cycling classes between 1998 and 2015 when he moved to Florida.
When the weather permits, you'll find him riding and leading outdoor groups by himself or with his Tandem partner (wife) Amy.
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