Mastering the Squinch | Look Confident in Photos
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
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In this video, I'm sharing my expert tips on how to accentuate your jawline and look more photogenic in front of the camera. Whether you're a photographer or someone who wants to enhance their appearance, these simple techniques will make a significant difference. Discover the power of squinching as I explain what it is and demonstrate how to do it effectively. By narrowing the distance between your lower eyelid and pupil, you'll exude confidence and captivate viewers with your eyes. Don't miss out on this game-changing technique!
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Also, squinch is actually a word even though the spell check won't let it fly. Check it out here: www.merriam-web... Funny, glad I was on the right track.
Those SHABANGS! Scared the squinch out of me
YES! same here ; D
Now I know why the Mona Lisa is so famous - she is SQUINCHING!!!
Couple of people have said that.
I tweeted that out too, thanks for sharing.
Genius!!!!
It makes you look like you've just formulated an evil plan.
That is exactly what I thought.
And that evil plan is getting in your pants
As soon as I read this comment I was able to squinch.
Brad Pitt has been squinching sense the dawn of time. I remember seeing it and picking up on how his eyes looked. Nice to have a name to the look!
Squinch + Evil Smirk = Perfection
Can this guy be my best friend? Not because of the tips; HE IS AWESOME. SHABANG!
That awkward moment when your listening to tutorials at work and suddenly Peter shouts SHABANG!!!!!!!! and all my colleagues can hear...Peter you're a gun mate!!!!
love it. im watching at work also
I've been squinching since forever ago...long before you gave it a name! The reason I always made myself squinch was because I'm one of "those" people who will invariably shut their eyes as soon as the shutter fires, and this method of squinching helped me control that. Amazing to see the impact in your video in terms of how much better everyone looks! It's so subtle but does make such a difference!
Will Farrell is a photographer? Awesome! :D
Ha ha, i’m glad that i’m not the only one thinking the same!
Omg yessss he is !
Zoolander is going to be very mad when he hears you stole his look.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY MODELS TO DO THIS FOR TEN YEARS. Thank you for the PSA, Peter. Clearly you are a prince among men.
This might be the most underrated video of the 21st century. Instant difference! Thanks Peter, Ian
Ha! Thanks, yeah I knew it was a good one when I made it. I believe this one move is the thing that solidified my entire career.
Something that helped me learn how to use just the lower lid is to squint or even close your eyes, and then try and open them only using the upper lids. This helped me get a feel for the muscles that are in use and now I'm able to move just the lower lids.
Peter Hurley, you are HILARIOUS!
Holly!!
Hey! amiguita.
:3
Hollyyy, quién diría que también pasaste por aquí xD
It isn't for everyone in every case. Squinching is specific to certain headshots and portraits. You wouldn't use it for example in a family portrait. It would look too weird. With Peter's type of photography, it def works.
Hey Jhon, that was I'm thinking about, its look like wont work on a group shot.
Def best for headshots and certain types of portraiture. :-)
John Tucker Agree.
I found the squinching made kind-looking people look a bit creepy. I think it only suits a very specific image.
Just let the whole family squinch!!! There I fixed it
Enjoyed the video. I figured this out myself eons ago. I call it "smiling with your eyes" and taught it to my children when they were young when I noticed I couldn't capture their adorable essence when I asked them to smile for the camera. When someone smiles without their eyes, the eyes show no emotion. If you covered the mouth, you wouldn't be able to even tell they were smiling. When someone smiles with their eyes and mouth, it looks natural, beautiful and they actually look happy!
How funny you came up with squinch. My sister and I developed that word when we were kids which meant pull your shoulder blades back so we could button each other's dresses. Ha, ha.
That's an amazing tip. Thanks.
Peter, thanks for sharing these great tips with us. I really appreciate the humor and enthusiasm you bring to each video. Also, this one in particular has FANTASTIC video and sound quality! Very well done. Keep them coming please and thanks again!
Reddit got me here mysteriously. SH-BAAAAAAAANG!
All I can say is "WOW!"
Incredible how something so simple can make such a huge difference.
It took me a minute to get it just right... but, between this video and "it's all about the jaw," my work profile picture came out amazing!!
Thanks for the help.
I wish I could show you the difference...❤
I laugh more than I should with these videos. Great Tips
Ha! Thanks
It's official PEOPLE! Over 1 Million humans are now publicly roaming the earth squinching! Watch ABC's Nightline Jan 2nd after Jimmy Kimmel for a little more activity in the squinch arena! SHABANG!
Proud "early adopter" here!
Great tip, love it. I had a shot today. My models tried to do this. It was amazing how they did open up after trying this. I got plenty of Squinch and great laughs too.
Thanks Peter. I was asked by a coworker, who likes my NATURE shots, to do her engagement photos.... Whaaa???!!! I am learning portrait tips and from pro friends. And I love that I know have A squinch to use too....
Peter, I can't stop saying squinch. Squinch. Squiiiinnncchhh.
Squinch.
Thank you, so much. Squinch.
Guess what? SHAAAAABANGG!
I found myself laughing hysterically, all solid advice though. Ever been told you look like Will Ferrel?
Peter is such an engaging teacher. My non photographer husband was an interested in watching this as me. Thanks for the great content.
I can come up with three reasons why squinching works.
1. It is what we do when we try to look at things more carefully and concentrated so it makes you feel like people are checking you out more
2. Its the same muscles that happen when you smile/ laugh
3. Its what you do when its sunny so it seems like it is sunny which makes us happy.
Peter Hurley , has done it again he is a ROCKSTAR!!! #SHABANG!
This is what Tyra would call 'SMIZE' :P
Never had I laughed so hard watching a photography tutorial until now!
And I always thought opening my eyes more made me look more alert and bright 😂 no wonder I delete every single selfie I take! Thanks!
Lmao same💀💀
Wow, I have one photo where I squinch. Just one. And I look hot on it. But I couldn't figure out why I'm looking so good on that photo. Now I know. Thank you!
“ShaaaBaaaaang unbelievable” x 100 times
totally made my day!
This man is adorable, I truly enjoyed when he was going over the pictures, it was so funny. He has a great personality.
not often do i make it through a 10+ minute video paying full attention so thank you for the information! i admire your obvious passion!
Amazing lesson on how to get more out of your photos! Thank you!!! I even love the word "Squinch" you coined!
Thank you so much for this video been practicing on the mirror for a few minutes everyday and once ive noticed a huge differance on photos!
There's a reason that this works so well, these muscles are involved in mainly positive expressions - happiness, calmness, kindness, concentration and confidence, pleasure/sexual pleasure, all cause us to raise our lower lids without closing our eyes.
So yeah, I'm hooked.
i like this guy, watched the Jaw thing and it WORKS LIKE CHARM for me .. thanks a million man!
I do this everytime. Here in Brazil, we call it SEDUCTION.
Peter thank you very much,I am am in my teen years,where my appearance highly matters,so thank you for this simple but incredible tip.
So entertaining the way you explain it 😂😂
OMG I love this guy, he doesn't hide the New Yorker in him, "x is having a rough day" it had me rolling!!! Plus, I got the squinch down! SHABANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i open my eyes wider for photographs because I'm asian and always naturally squinting, also the wide eye look is better for the deranged psyocopath look I want for most pictures.
superscheu true
hey thats racist!
lol jk
There honestly have not been a single client or a model to whom I hadn't told this since I first found out about it from you a couple of years ago, Peter. So I hope it spreads further over time ;D
Absolutely brilliant video. 3million views, 100,000 followers. What a godsend. Thank you.
Love your personality! Very funny and helpful. Thanks for these tips.
i just practiced this in front of the mirror. i feel handsome now!
Fantastic video... I employ the jawline technique religiously, I will now add this one to my arsenal!
this guy needs to be an actor, he's gooood
I was at Scott Kelby's seminar in NYC last week- you were a special guest/model, Peter! And you were SQUINCHING all over the place!!! Ladies and gentlemen, the man practices what he preaches- he squinched like a boss :)
On the fence about #squinching? Check out Brad Pitt b4 he figured it out. Seen him give this look to a camera lately? on.mtv.com/1iDXGIg
Lol! Of course you'd do a video on the eye technique!
Love the squinch. Saw the vid. the other day, hours before shooting head shots at a salon. Used the Squinch, everyone looked hot! #squinching
Jaw: check. Eyes: check. Awesome stuff. Can you please do a vid about mouth? Smiling, showing teeth, etc? What are your insights about that? That would be great! Thanks for the videos!
Fernando Kuster Please, do it! We need some guidance in mouth action! Smiling for the camera is really hard, it can goes awkward easily.
Sorry, but I think Tyra Banks beat you to this! :P
It's called *smizing* (smiling with your eyes). Still, this will probably get the technique out there to people beyond the pop-fashion demographic.
Peter! I love your work! Thanks for the tips. Youve changed my photography methods and techniques. I get compliments all the time on my work. Thank you x 1000
Thanks Will Ferrel for teaching me how to look more attractive. I can't wait to see Anchor Man 2!
Thanks for the tip! Great Series Peter
Guy at 9:35 nailed it. But even though this will make you look more confident ( because that ever so slightly cocky squint looks great on camera ) most of these examples still doesn't look that good, proves that if you're ugly, that's pretty much it. It could also be that most of them looks even more awkward because they're thinking too hard on how to nail the look.
OMG so funny I'm the dude at 8:42! what the hell! too funny
In this world of thousands of images taken per second by every phone, building surveillance camera and expensive tripod mounted SLR, thanks for this new skill, Peter. It does make a difference.
Ha! Agreed. Glad you liked it.
Wow awesome - quick push of the jaw, small smile, squinch - we all look like film stars now!
Wait wait wait waiiit WAAAAIIITT! Isn't this called fucking "Blue Steel"?
Zoolander?
Your video aired on Argentinian TV. haha :D
I totally agree, and I must say the way you talk to the camera (us) is really great. Congrats and thank you for the awesome tip!
I'm not a photogenic guy. It's like Moe (from Los simpson) with me: every time you pause my videos, or take me a photo, you see a deformed version of The Grinch.
Cool video, thanks!
I remembered that the 'duck face' many times comes with the squinch.
Thanks for putting this in a video. I've been doing the "Squinch" for years because when I don't, my eyes look somewhat uneven when my photo is taken. At least now I have a name for it. I'm a photographer and an artist and I too don't wanna look crazy in front of the camera either, so YAY, someone who understands!!!
BLUE STEEL
Peter Hurley: The Emeril Lagasse of Photography
I've been doing this my whole life for photos and I never knew it was an actual thing until just now! Love it! Thank you~!
You had me cracking up! 🤣🤣🤣 I've actually done this in a few selfies before I knew what it was and they are my favorite pictures to use on profiles. I had no idea that I was squinching. Lol
Blue steel finally explained
+Teddy Aura Next up....Magnum! :)
Lol, I love this video. You are funny as hell too, respect!
I learned tons of things from you, Peter Hurley. Thanks a lot.
This reminds me of the Korean eyesmile! Eyesmiles are really totally attractive and cute!
It just kind of makes people look like they're suspicious of something to me. Lol
Sha- *BAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!!!!!!!!!!*
I hate it when he suddenly shouts
I was so shocked when I found out you were Will Ferrells younger brother, but now I can definitely see the resemblance!
Peter this is GOLD! Thank you so much! The squinch changes the models whole look and ramps up their confidence. Great stuff!
Great Info Peter! Thanks!
ShaBANG!!!!!!!!!!!
Poor David so freaked out! aha. I can not thank you enough for this phenomenal video Peter Hurley. I can not wait to make it to one of your workshops.
Good to find your squinch topic out here again, Peter. You shot me in in Seattle in 2014 ... still using it for marketing... thanks. ~Gabe (realtor)
*SHABANG!* Hahahaha this guy is great. Totally got hit by the deer-in-the-headlights thing by the way! I'll be squinching from now on!
hahaha.I know right, Peter Hurley is great and funny
I'd call it "somebody farted" look. 😂😂😂 For most of them anyway.
i really loved this and the jawline videos. Amazing lesson
So glad you did!
I've been doing this for years already. I figured it out on my own/also by examing model shots. I'm shocked more people don't know this method. It works!
So, squinching is smizing?
Unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable ...
My God, Our energies match 😎
You’re a treat to watch, Peter!
He is so funny, love him 🤣🤣
Appreciate that!!!
Had to make my wife watch this after I did. Realized I've been doing this my whole life, except at those critical off the cuff family pictures. Have to make sure to squinch and jaw always. Lol.
Excellent video. Amazing tip. Thanks.
I'd swear I see this every few scrolls... SPAM!
Hey *****, check out the December 2013 cover of Marie Claire magazine for a great Julia Roberts #squinch.
My 1 year old daughter has the #squinch down pat: plus.google.com/u/0/+PaulPichugin/posts/1nUvGH3ZQ5X
When you had your "deer in the headlight" look, You look like Will Ferre'ls brother
OH GOSH! Now that I know about this, I see it EVERYWHERE with celebrities... So thaaat's how they look cool and confident, mind blown
Watch this while you're high and bust out laughing
your the best!!
It IS good tip, but it appears to me to be the same thing Tyra Banks has been calling the "smize" for years on Top Model.
Smiling with your eyes never defined anything for anyone. Narrowing the distance between your lower eyelid and your pupil gives people something substantial that people can actually understand. Look at the GMA coverage on the squinch to see what I mean.
I don't know the real difference between squinching and smiling with your eyes.This is based on my obvervations. Some of the pictures showed that their lip corners were raised slightly. Probably more of the smize pictures involved the lip corners than the squinch pictures.
Im Squinching, Im Squinching lol, loving your tutorials thanks for the brilliant tips Peter
My god, you sir are a wizard. Taking a decent photo of myself just took me 2 photos, as opposed to 30+ as usual. I tip my hat to you.
my eyebag appears if i squinch. hahaha so do i still have to squinch?
isnt his smizing?? tyra banks has been doing this for ages!
True. But Peter explains it better.
I think loads more people did it way before her lol
I can't believe this! My looks are improving by the minute.
You are amazing Mr Hurley.....I adore you!! thanks!!
Zooey Deschanel doesn't approve.
I like to think of it as the "I know a secret" look.
This seriously took me from having one good angle to any angle looking great!
The Squinch even brings a more natural smile.