Why body language is the key to self-expression — and hot selfies | David Suh
TED Talks Daily
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4.1 • 12.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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What if striking a pose could not only make you look good but also help you embody who you’re meant to become? Demonstrating the art of mindful posing, portrait photographer and TikTok’s “King of Poses” David Suh shares body language secrets to help your most authentic, confident self show up for every photo.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:12.7 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. These days, we are all getting photographed so much more than a generation ago. |
| 0:18.9 | But if you're anything like me, it can feel uneasy to be in front of a camera. |
| 0:23.7 | What are we supposed to do with our hands? |
| 0:25.7 | What's my best side? |
| 0:27.6 | Do I have a best side? |
| 0:29.5 | In his 2024 talk, |
| 0:31.3 | TikTok's King of Poses, David Suh, |
| 0:33.6 | has a message for all of us |
| 0:35.4 | to feel more confident and comfortable in photos. |
| 0:38.8 | And this advice works even if we're not going to be in front of the camera. |
| 0:42.8 | After the break. |
| 0:46.1 | It is so great being up on here. |
| 0:48.7 | I also want to make sure I commemorate and take a quick TED selfie. |
| 0:53.1 | Hold on. Sorry, don't mind me. What was my best selfie angle again? |
| 0:59.0 | Anyone else have that question? A few, a few, okay. Well, it's a question I get asked all the time as a |
| 1:05.2 | posing coach. It's so silly because it's really simple. There's chin up and chin down. Matter of fact, can we try this |
| 1:14.2 | from our seats real quick? Everyone just do a simple chin up. Let me take a look, all right? Okay. Let me |
| 1:20.3 | try to figure this out for everyone here. And chin down? Yeah? Great. Okay. How does everyone look good in both angles? |
| 1:30.0 | But before I go on to solve, world's mystery of selfies from here today, |
| 1:34.8 | let's address the elephant in the room, shall we? |
| 1:38.8 | Because I have a feeling that not everyone here is so deeply invested in taking the cutest selfie every day. |
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