The Natural Light Portrait Book

Thinning the Nose

If your subject has a large nose . . . wait, that doesn’t sound great. Let’s restate that: If your subject would prefer that their nose doesn’t appear as large in photos. Look, there’s no good way to say this. If your subject has a “schnoz,” then turn their honker slightly away from the camera, so it’s not facing straight on to the camera. When it’s turned away like you see above on the right, their nose doesn’t look quite as wide. It fact, it might not look like a schnoz at all. Doubtful, but it does help.