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The photographer mentioned in the article has a few videos up that illustrate this much better than the text https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff7nltdBCHs https:/

• pmoriarty 8y ago
  The photographer stresses slightly raising one's lower eyelids (what he calls "squinching" -- a slight form of squinting), but if you notice, most of the examples he gives show people also slightly smiling more when they do this.
  • TeMPOraL 8y ago
    Today I learned that humans can control their lower eyelids. Now, I wonder how to learn to do that...
    • AstralStorm 8y ago
      Some work in front of the mirror. It is relatively easy. There are muscles that are much harder to control, especially independently.
    • slowmotiony 8y ago
      It's a bit hard to describe but you gotta look at yourself in the mirror and just try it for a while. After a few moments your brain will figure it out. Took me around 15 minutes to get my lower eyelids to move, but now after some days of practicing I can even do it with a single eyelid only!
    • acjohnson55 8y ago
      My wife can't wink, or even close one eye independently. My eye muscles barely work together at all, so this is difficult for me to imagine!
  • e12e 8y ago
    To me this looks like the difference between "real" and "fake" smile (smiling with the eyes - or predator grin vs friendly smile). I have a friend who's a theathre actress - she smiles a lot wider than these models, but the eyes behave similarly. Interesting video, thanks for sharing.
• gadders 8y ago
  This is the jawline video where he demonstrates how to bring your head forward and down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe3oJnFtA_k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe3oJnFtA_k