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Posing

Give the hands a job

Awkward hands freeze a portrait faster than a stiff smile.

If you do not tell them what to do with their hands, they will clasp, hide, or dangle. Jobs that work: hold jewellery, hold a dupatta edge, rest on a chair back, hold the other person at the elbow — not the waist every time. Crop in after the hands look natural. The close-up is the reward, not the first frame.
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