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"Tip 4: Move the Photographer’s Eyes to the Lens Looking into a camera lens is weird. It’s like a giant, vacuous, dead eye. It’s like trying to see into HAL’s soul. Trying to connect with that is a losing battle and it will make you feel stiff and awkward. Instead, engage in a real conversation with the photographer. Talk about something other than photography if possible. Look at the photographer’s eyes while you converse, and then “transfer” his/her eyes to the camera lens. Continue the conversation as if you’re still looking into his/her eyes, but you just happen to be looking at the lens itself. Go back and forth when you need to. To people who view the picture it will seem that you’re looking at them, engaged in a relationship, and not just staring in their direction."
