CLUELESS SORORITY GIRL DIDN’T KNOW DIDDLY-SQUAT ABOUT POSES
It posed a problem on ladies’ night.
Can she pledge to join a group photo?
DEAR BONNIE: Please tell me how to pose in a group photo with friends! My hand-on-hip, sorority-squat pose is painfully ingrained in my younger self. I’ve got a girls’ trip planned for mid-November, and all my friends seem to have the angles down. — CLUELESS IN CAMERA
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DEAR CLUELESS: There are two types of people—those whose attitude is, “Here I am!” and those whose attitude is, “There you are!” Type 2 is the winner. If you want to receive a warm welcome, remember the happier you are to see others, the happier they'll be to see you. A photo is no different. Pose in an honest and open manner. Better to assume a photographic subject wears her emotions on her sleeve than to suspect one has a few tricks up her sleeve.
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