How to Take and Not Take Nude Pics of Yourself

"I don't have any experience in the realm of taking nude photos," admits Sam Greenspan on 11 Points, but he's "looked at millions" of them. Here are his tips for taking pics in the buff:

• Don't shoot them yourself: Among other terrible things, MySpace has popularized the outstreched-arm self-portrait. "That's not a 'sexy' angle, it's a lazy angle."
• Use makeup: Blemishes abound, and "you're not good enough with Photoshop" to fix them later. "The most important reason to fix all this stuff is because you MUST be confident."

• Don't eat: "Have you ever gone a day without eating anything? It completely changes the way you feel. When you look in the mirror, you'll just feel like you look great."
• Don't peek: "The single best way to be self-conscious (other than your little brother busting in on your photo shoot and yelling 'you look like a fat asshole') is to scroll through the camera halfway through the shoot."
• Have a plan: "Naked photos of you now exist." You must "take whatever privacy measures you can to give yourself a 0.004 percent chance that they won't fall into the wrong hands. Because there's a 99.996 percent chance they will."

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