How to Minimize Wrinkles in Photos

Hide your wrinkles from the camera.

Crow's feet, forehead creases, drooping neck wrinkles and horizontal wrinkles above the upper lip are all signs of age that are often cruelly highlighted and memorialized in photographs. Though you can't turn back the clock, there are ways the photographer and her subject can work together to minimize the number of wrinkles that show up in a photograph, and the clarity with which they show through. Learn a few trips to minimize wrinkles the next time you take a photograph or have your photograph taken.

Instructions

1. Apply moisturizer to your face as soon as you get out of the shower. This is when the skin is most receptive to the moisturizer and it will actually puff your skin slightly and hide the wrinkles.

2. Apply makeup properly to hide wrinkles. Mascara on the lower eyelashes emphasizes your crow's feet, so avoid it. Use foundation on the places that project from your face, such as your nose, forehead and cheekbones, but keep it out of your dimples because it will highlight them. Use colors that closely match your natural skin color.

3. Open the aperture on the camera and use a diffusion filter. The open aperture lets more light into the exposure, which helps wash out imperfections. The diffusion filter softens the photograph, and skin imperfections, without sacrificing clarity.

4. Edit your photographs with photo-editing software. Professional photographers know that sometimes it is what happens after the photograph is taken that makes the picture great. Photo-editing software will let you soften or eliminate the wrinkles, just like it can get rid of red eyes from the flash. Use the software to erase any imperfections that you were not able to hide from the lens.

References

• Become Gorgeous: Best Makeup to Hide Wrinkles
• Michigan Technological University: Special-Effects Filters: Diffusion Filters