Sit Like This to Look Your Best

For starters let’s talk about how to sit.

If you’re doing a television interview any sort of a video interview you’ve heard you should be comfortable confident relaxed.

That’s right.

Well what’s more comfortable than sort of sitting back relaxed.

The problem with this is even if you don’t have a double chin it’s going to look like you have a double chin.

The camera is going to be focused on your belly and make you look heavier fatter than you are even if you’re not fat.

And that for most people is uncomfortable.

No one wants to look worse than they are.

So my recommendation never sit back the cameras latching on to what is closer to it’s closer to down here.

My head is further away.

It makes everyone look shorter fatter more rumpled unprofessional.

So my recommendation never sit back on camera.

Now the next thing you see people do all the time on major news networks and local TV stations all over the world is something like this.

Hi my name is T.J. Walker and I help people communicate effectively to the media and yes I am being held hostage now and someone has a gun to my head.

It’s what it looks like.

So so-called perfect posture looks horrible on video it makes you look stiff uncomfortable on relax.

So how do you sit.

My recommendation is hold yourself high.

Lean forward about 15 degrees to the camera.

Now it will give you a stronger jaw line.

The double chin typically disappears and it’s not going to focus the camera’s not going to focus on your stomach.

So you will look taller thinner leaner more youthful more vigorous.

Everyone looks better now when you’re looking at me like this it doesn’t look odd but I’m going to turn here and you can see that it’s a little bit odd looking but it’s not uncomfortable you’re simply holding yourself high leaning forward.

And I would lean forward towards the person talking to you if there is a reporter or anchor lean towards that person.

If you’re just speaking to a camera then lean forward to the camera.

That is how you will look to your best you’ll look thinner you’ll look more comfortable you’ll feel more confident and it’s not a natural thing.

Naturally I want to sit back prop my feet up but that doesn’t look good on video.