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	How to get the Perfect Profile Picture Practice, preen, pose, pout, upload, delete and back to practicing some more. If this is how hard...

Practice, preen, pose, pout, upload, delete and back to practicing some more. If this is how hard you have tried just to get the right profile picture on Facebook, halt and consider this. Here's a step-by-step guide to perfect your profile picture. 

Zoom-in on You

The profile picture is about you and not your favourite pet or flower. So, let your friends, colleagues and prospective employers see the real you.

Bollywood photographer Dabboo Ratnani reiterates, "A good profile picture reflects your true personality. There are so many people looking for you on social networking sites and the first impression they get is through your profile picture. Therefore, your profile picture should speak about your persona. Don't try too hard to pose and just be yourself."

The right angles

Study your face carefully to know the right angles. With camera phones and digi-cams life just got easier for those in pursuit of the right shot.

One of the main concerns is how to slim down a plump face or edit out that double chin. Ratnani's advices, "If you are worried about the double chin, stick your chin out and click the picture from a top angle. A shadow under your chin also helps to slim your jaws."

He also suggests practicing in front of the mirror to understand which angles work for you. 

Get clicking

Now that analysing your face is done with, it's time to tinker with the camera. You can experiment with the settings of your camera. Mumbai-based freelance photographer Shalini Rao suggests clicking pictures in natural light

She adds, "Pictures clicked from a higher angle than your face usually gives a nice perspective to an image, and also gives amazing depth of field. Play with silhouettes, shadow and light. They make interesting substitutes for flash."

Body show

Unless you are vying to be a Victoria's Secret model and aggressively want to use every picture on social networks for this cause, stay away from bikini-clad profile pictures. (We are certain even VS models don't show too much flesh on Facebook.) Wear clothes, colours and flaunt a hairstyle that flatters you.  

How much of your body should you show? Ratnani recommends, "Your display picture should profile your body till your bust-line or maximum to your waist. The picture shouldn't be so wide that your face is out of focus."

Editing the picture
You got the perfect shot and are all set to woo your Facebook friends. But how about unleashing your creative streak and trying your hand at photoshop?

While you can have fun with colours, contrasts and textures, Shalini Rao has an interesting take on black-and-white images, "Unlike the conventional belief, black and white images leave a deeper impact in terms of giving some high value to the subject of the image."
Black-and-white images bring into focus light, shadow and your angles. Perhaps a side profile in black and white will work better and give an impression of mystery thereby adding to your personality.

How to look like a movie star

At the risk of sounding cheesy we had to ask this question to celebrity photographer Dabboo Ratnani. He laughed and replied, "It's all about the right styling, right make-up and right hair.  Finally you need a good professional photographer who will click your portfolio."

Remember you will also need a  lot of money to hire a good stylist, make-up artist, hairstylist and a photographer for a movie-star profile picture.

Ratnani adds, "A model or an actor needs professionally photographed profile pictures for job opportunities on social networks. So, you can have fun and just keep it real."