How to Look Better in Photos, According to Beauty Photographer Max Bronner
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Whether you’re taking a selfie, shooting a brand campaign, or just trying to get a decent headshot, knowing how to work a camera — or work with one — makes all the difference. This week, Kirbie and Sara chat with their dear friend and uber talented photographer Max Bronner, whose work spans beauty, fashion, and editorial, to get his expert take on how to feel confident and look your best on camera. Max shares how his past life in beauty retail helped shape his beauty outlook and aesthetic, the most common photo mistakes he sees, and the quick fixes anyone can use to elevate their shots. Plus, he drops his go-to tips for natural lighting, flattering angles, and iPhone tricks you probably didn’t know about.
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| 0:00.0 | G-M-G-L-A-M, Los Angeles. |
| 0:05.6 | Hi, Kirby. |
| 0:07.1 | Hi, Sarah. |
| 0:08.5 | Welcome to Los Angeles. |
| 0:14.8 | Max Brauner, former intern to one Sarah Tan. |
| 0:19.2 | He's here. |
| 0:20.6 | You didn't technically report to me. No. But I like to pretend that I was your boss. Literally, and no shade to anybody else. You were like the one in the office. Like I was like, I was like, I got it. She was just, you were the one. You were the one. Okay. Where did you guys work together? Law for Media, which ran Tiger Bee and Bob magazines. And I'm pretty sure |
| 0:40.2 | you were on like Justin Bieber photo shoots. Yeah. Yeah. So we were, yeah, we were in it together in that |
| 0:44.9 | era. Which is so fitting because Baby Beaves just launched his new album last night. I was, |
| 0:51.4 | so good. Like multiple times. The opener? I'm like, this is getting smooth jazz R&B. Oh, yeah. I was. So good. Like multiple times. The opener? |
| 0:52.4 | I'm like, this is getting smooth jazz R&B. Oh, yeah. I was like 90s. Like what? I can't take. Kelly from, Kelly from Tara Bunny yesterday. She was like, it's like light skin Bieber. It's like. Well, everyone's like Jamal Bieber's back. Yes. I have to listen. So obviously, I mean, we are a Bieber household. Yeah, yeah, fair, fair. |
| 0:53.4 | It's Bieber summer. |
| 0:54.4 | Fair. It's like, everyone's like Jamal Bieber's back. Yes. I have to listen. So obviously, I mean, we are a Bieber household. Yeah, yeah, fair, fair. It's Bieber summer. It's a Bieber summer. We are not going to be able to escape it, so we embrace it. But that is our connection. And then like I feel like I didn't see you for a couple years and then all of a sudden you just like exploded. Oh my gosh. up at makeup forever. It was a makeup forever. It was a makeup for in Tacha event. Yes. Oh my God. That's what it is. |
| 1:11.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:11.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:11.5 | And I always knew you were. and then all of a sudden you just like exploded. Oh my gosh. You popped up at makeup forever. It was a makeup forever and Tasha event. |
| 1:29.1 | Yes. |
| 1:29.4 | Oh my God. |
| 1:29.7 | That's what it is. |
| 1:30.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.8 | And I always knew you were a star as well. |
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