1. Do that thing where you put your fingers in your hair like you’re scratching it really quickly so it gives it more volume?
2. Whoever’s taking the picture will say, “Ready?” Then you’ll slightly lean to one side and as you lean your smile will grow.
3. If you are in a picture with another girl, you MUST put your hand on your hip and lean over as far as the human body will allow.
4. If you’re going to show cleavage you have to figure out just the right amount so it looks enticing, without looking like the cover of a “Girls Gone Wild” DVD.
5. Everyone knows the overhead shot is the most flattering, so then you’ll hold the camera up so high it looks like it was taken from space.
6. You’ll try an artistic, stylish look, which basically means you just stare away from the camera and slap a filter on it.
7. If you took an amazing picture, but it happens to have your ex in it, you’ll have deal with a little awkward cropping in order to show off how great your hair looked that day.
8. There’s always the option of getting one of your best friends to take a picture with you that sort of hints that you two would make out given the right circumstances.
9. If you’re running out of ideas, this classic Instagram move is a good safety net. This is where you pose in a sexy way, but pretend the picture is actually highlighting some mundane object in the foreground.
10. If all else fails, just start cycling through all the stereotypical poses like someone’s hitting all the buttons on a Playstation controller at once. Surely something in there will work.