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Leaning against a wall looks bad because it signals you are waiting

By Fabrizio Rausa

Standing and leaning against a wall only happens in real life when you are waiting for someone. That is not a flattering signal to put out on social media. Nobody wants to be with a guy who has time to waste waiting around. The underlying principle is that every element of a photo should show you doing something you would naturally do, not something staged for the sake of filling the frame.

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