As I finish up seniors for the Class of 2013, I am looking forward to meeting the Class of 2014!

Head on over to learn more about Britt Anderson Seniors and how you can earn free stuff and CASH!

Yep, that is an image I took of the gorgeous Jax Turyna at the Chicago Botanic Garden!

]]> http://brittandersonphotography.com/2013/03/published-vs-chicago-magazine/feed/ 1 http://brittandersonphotography.com/2013/03/published-vs-chicago-magazine/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brittandersonphotography/hqTK/~3/OImN_HoKPr0/ http://brittandersonphotography.com/2013/03/say-good-bye-double-chin/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:25:56 +0000 Britt Anderson http://brittandersonphotography.com/?p=2704 The number one question asked by female clients….can you get rid of my double chin?

I always share these tips (ones I shared on my Bring it in Focus blog), so I thought I would just add it to my portrait site as well!

As a photographer, I never want to capture a double chin for my client….and as the subject of a photograph, I never want to have a double chin.

Ultimately, losing a few lbs will go a long way to helping that cause, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what size you are, the double chin can always rear its ugly head in photographs.

Whether you are having your picture taken, or the one taking the pictures, here are a few tips so you can say goodbye to the double chin!

First, posture! It is SO important to stand up straight. No need to be a solider at attention, but hunched shoulders will not help.

Second, don’t lift your chin. So many clients will lift up their chin, thinking if you lift your chin you will eliminate the double chin. The exact opposite is true. What happens is it just opens up the area even more, creating no jaw line. The key to eliminating the double chin is the jaw line.

Third, forehead out. Well, it really is face out, but when I say face, I get everyone lifting their chin up, which brings up back to the second tip. When I say forehead out, it forces you to think of your whole face…..ok, hands up, who has already stuck their forehead out while they were reading? Come on, admit it, you were.

Finally, make sure the camera is slightly above you. You don’t want to be looking UP at the camera, but having the camera slightly above you will help eliminate that little bit of chin.

So I took my brave sister out and tried our tricks out. Now, she doesn’t have to be that brave since she is gorgeous in both shots, but I did warn her I would photograph her in the least flattering way, and again using my tricks.

The first image, I told her to look at me and smile. My sister and I were about the same height here. This is her natural pose.

Then, I stepped on a bench, about 6 inches off the ground, and told my sister to stick her forehead out.

I know what some of you are saying, I wish I could look my best at her worst! But hopefully you will see that these little tricks can take a nice photograph to the most flattering photograph!

And for THE BEST video with examples on how to project the forehead and eliminate the double chin, check out Peter Hurley’s video, It’s All About The Jaw. The man is a genius!

Miss S made her way into the world on January 29th, with a ton of hair! My little girl had a full head of hair when she was born, so I count it as lucky!

The entire family was excited, and I loved capturing all of them!
Make sure you reminisce with their maternity portraits from a couple months ago!

As many of you know, children are near and dear to my heart for many reasons. After leaving my job as a teacher to stay home with my daughter, I looked forward to those kids sessions to give me my “kid fix”.

The Gold Hope Project was created so that every family, fighting alongside their child who is fighting or has fought cancer would be able to have pictures together and of their amazingly strong fighter.

TGHP allows me to share my love of photography and help children who need it most. I may not be able to “fix” them, but I sure can do everything I can to make their memories last forever.

So what am I telling you for?

So YOU can help me find those fighters. I hope that I NEVER get a phone call or email asking me to do this session…maybe that would mean there are no kids that need my services.
But considering about 10,400 children under the age of 15 were diagnosed with cancer in 2007, the need is there.

Help me find those families.

If you know of a family, anywhere between Milwaukee and Chicago,
let me know,
send them to TGHP website,
send me an email.

If you know of a family anywhere else, TGHP will find them a photographer too.