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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