We can’t take selfies anymore without turning our face into some kind of bird. There’s already duckface and sparrowface—what’s next, sharp-shinned hawk face? Ha ha. But really, none of those poses is very helpful for a dude as lazy as I am—why should I contort my face when I could simply squint my eyes and look 10 times as confident?
Bicoastal fashion and beauty photographer Peter Hurley wants to help you “be your best selfie.” Hurley believes his One Weird Trick will make you photograph far better, and he’s even willing to test it out himself to prove it. It’s called squinching.
Screengrab via YouTube/Daily Mail
Notice a difference between the two? “It’s all about the squinch,” says Hurley. (Earlier, he told us it was “all about the jaw.” What happened?)
‘Squinching’ is a neologism for something that is not quite squinting, but also is not quite just having your eyes open like a normal human being. “It’s squinting, and pinching your lower eye-lid.” It actually looks a lot like Ben Stiller’s “blue steel” from Zoolander.
The directions are simple. “I want you to narrow the distance between your lower eye-lid and your pupil,” Hurley implores.
OK. Here I go.
HyperVocal’s Marisa Kabas tried it out too:
@_Cooper @SladeHV @_grendan 2hot2handle pic.twitter.com/B84DznKpoj
— Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) November 21, 2013
Hurley’s explanation gets weird. “It’s not ethnicity-based!” he claims. (Did anyone say it was? Also, what is the difference between this and smiling with your eyes, like Tyra Banks suggests?)
Anyone can do it, Hurley says, because “you have the ligament.” You know what? You’re right, Peter, I do have the ligament. I can do it!
Be careful out there, people. Bad selfies are lurking just around the corner, wide-eyed and insecure. You’d better stay squinchy.
H/T Daily Femail | Photo via SimonDoggett/Flickr
