You don’t want your face to take up the whole screen either-as though you are checking for something in your eye in the mirror. Cutting off your chin, or slicing through your forehead, means you are too close to the camera, or that the screen of your device is angled badly. You want to appear as though you are at the distance of a normal conversation. It reminds us that we are looking at you on a screen, rather than creating the illusion that we are in a conversation together. We want to see your whole head and a bit of your shoulders-anything else looks slightly uncomfortable. Take a good look at where you are appearing on the screen. CENTER YOURSELF Show your whole face to look good on Zoom Here’s how to take control of what that obscure little dot is seeing:ġ. You may have never even looked at it before, but now you are going to experiment with its height, tilt and distance to your face. Once you are looking your best, we will talk about the single most powerful thing you can do in a video call meeting or interview: make eye contact.įirst, let’s find the tiny dot on your device that is the camera lens.

You will only have to go through the experiment once, and then you will be able to sit down knowing how to look great on all your Zoom calls. It means looking at your environment, and at what lighting and clothes flatter you. It means exploring how you interact physically with your screen and with your camera lens: you are going to position yourself with them in mind. Following them means you can sit down in front of your screen, click ‘start video’ and know that you are in control of your professional image. Here our amateur volunteer ‘models’ demonstrate these universal photography principles, and what applies to them applies to all of us.įive simple steps will transform how you look on video calls. The techniques for looking good on Zoom and other video conferencing, as used by top executives, influencers and celebrities, are largely unknown to most business professionals. Control the camera to control your professional image

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