If you're anything like me, you could probably use a little help in the photo department. And by that I don't mean TAKING photos. I mean looking GREAT in them.

I always cringe when that Moment of Truth comes—when iPhoto boots up and shows you the cold, hard truth...er, the photos you've just uploaded. I either look (a) like a deer in headlights, (b) awkward, (c) hippy, or (d) all of the above. Which is why I'm still using a headshot from 2007. (Is that the journalistic equivalent of those creepy online daters you hear about, who post photos that obviously date back to their pre-beer belly, pre-receding hairline years? I hope not.)

Anyway! I vow that I'm NEVER going to take a bad photo again if I can help it, thanks to these tips from <a href="http://lookaliketv.com/" target="_blank">Look-A-Like</a> photographer Richard Sibbald. He shared these with me back in August when I visited the set (if you missed it, check out <a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2009/10/16/how-to-do-pin-up-girl-makeup/" target="_blank">this post for tips from his costar Paul Venoit on how to do pin-up girl makeup</a>).
<p style="text-align: left;">Trust me—these are REALLY GOOD TIPS and you will use them FOR LIFE. (Mr. Sibbald is also easy on the eyes, no? Maybe it's just me—I like that little eye-narrowing thing he had going on here.) Check it out: <!--more--></p>

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