Proms and graduations are right around the corner. How to look good in those pictures...

Prime season for pictures will soon be upon us...

If you’ll be striking poses for proms and graduations, here are some tips from some professional photographers:

* Find the best side of your face. For most of us, it’s the left side. Turn your head slightly and show it off.

* Turn your shoulders slightly in the same direction. We all look better with a little contour and not squared with the camera. 

* Strike the glamour pose. Put your weight on your back foot with your other leg crossed in front of it. Poof, you just lost 10 pounds in that shot.

If you’re the one taking the pictures, do your subjects and give them some direction. You’ll want them close together. Make sure the light source is to one side and not blinding them or washing your photo out. If there’s a hill or bleacher nearby, use it. Group shots look much better when the camera is a bit higher than the group.  Then, have some fun, get creative and take lots of candid shots.  Those are usually the favorites.