Line 'em up
Hi all,
The best way to improve any portrait, unless you really want it to look exactly like the subject, is to line up everything.
Line up the eyebrows, the corners of the eyes, the flares of the nostrils, the corners of the lips, etc. Line up all vertical lines and all horizonal lines just like a fine building.
And make sure that you could take a rolling ruler and have all of them parallel as well. She will become a Venus. (But you will lose her personality and her likeness).
Some people do this with makeup before going on stage or before having photographs taken. This is a very good thing to do to your subject before photographing him/her. (If they want to look more beautiful or handsome that is, but some like to have an honest portrait).
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