There is a super article on the DivineCaroline site that gives a firsthand account of the challenges of looking good for the camera along with some useful tips that really work. Tilting your head slightly downward and choosing higher camera angles are only some of the tried and true tips there. My favorite one is "if it feels really stupid or it hurts, it’s the right pose."

When choosing a digital camera, I am always on the lookout for a "photogenic" feature on the mode dial. When selected, your photo would fit perfectly into any trashy tabloid magazine. Not the section where the stars look like regular people sipping their supersize diet cokes in t-shirts with spit up all over them. I mean the part where they clean up, medicate judiciously and show off all the plastic surgery that their money can buy. Damn they look good!

As a pro-photographer who has photographed the gamut of models, personalities and regular folk, I can tell you that one of my secrets is getting people to breathe. Something about being in front of a camera, makes people hold their breath. When your system is denied oxygen, you don't look so good.

Better to look good than feel good. At least until the picture is taken.