Peter Hurley photographs Headshot portraits. He taught himself how to become a photographer. He was a modle before he became a photographer and so knows from the otherside of the camera what needs to be done to acheive a successful Photograph. Peter Hurley asks his subjects to point their forhead forward and their chin down when taking a photograph to gain a powerful and strong Jawline. Hurley now works in New York City and uses a technique called The Squinch. Squinching is a term Hurley made up and for him it describes the action of squinting your eyes in such a way as to portray confidence and self-assurance as opposed to the fear and uncertainty that you project when you stare wide-eyed at the camera. Hurley is big on this: squinching isn’t the same as squinting! The difference is minor but important. When you squint, your top and bottom eyelids close up and your eyes end up all but disappearing — you look neither confident nor self-assured. With ‘squinching,’ you’re lifting and tightening the lower eyelid, while only letting the top one come down a hair. It might seem like a slight difference (and it is) but it’s a big deal when you get in front of the camera.

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Clamshell Lighting: Clamshell lighting is a technique commonly used by fashion and beauty photographers to create flattering, glowing light. ...Clamshell lighting is when the photographer uses two frontal lightsources to illuminate the subject, helping to minimize shadows and often giving a glowing effect

Key Light: The main source of light in a photograph or film.

Fill Light: A supplementary light used in photography or filming that does not change the character of the main light and is used chiefly to lighten shadows.

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