How to Look Smokin' (and Not Just Sweaty) in Your Race Photos Make them all fridge-worthy! Matthew Jacques / Shutterstock.com

Sure, you run races to beat your personal record or maybe even to win the whole damn thing. But it doesn’t hurt to look amazing in your race photos while you’re at it. After all, discomfort is temporary, but pics are forever.

Of course, anyone who has run their share of races knows that it’s easy to end up with pictures that look...er...let’s just say “interesting.”

While you’re probably not going to look as awesome as you do when you’re freshly showered and not pushing your body to the limit, it is possible to get great race photos, says Mike Skelps, race photographer and owner of Capstone Photography.

He offers up his tips for snagging race photos you’ll actually want to buy (and not burn):

Spot the Photographer
Your odds of looking great go way up if you know when you’re being shot. Photographers usually wear some kind of bright clothing (Skelps says his photogs wear tie-dyed shirts) and are usually stationed in later portions of the race, when runners are more likely to be spread out.

Get Close
Running with a friend? Try to cozy up to each other when you’re in the photographer zone. If you’re too spread out, there’s a chance that the focus can be off on one of you. “We tend to sell a lot of photos of pairs,” says Skelps.

Smile (If That’s Your Thing)
Remember "Ridiculously Photogenic Guy" below? “We love to see people who look happy and feel happy,” says Skelps, adding that smiling pics sell well. Of course, you might prefer to just look strong and serious, which is totally cool, too. Just think about how you want to come across before you get to the photographer so you’re not captured with some kind of weird hybrid serious-happy expression.
 

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Think, 'Shoulders Back, Chin Up'
Sure, posture isn’t exactly your top priority during a race, but you can probably straighten up for a few seconds before going back to your comfortable slouch. “And definitely keep your chin up,” says Skelps.

Run Through the Shot
If you want to pose, that’s fine (hey, it’s your photo!), but Skelps says most of the best shots are ones that people run through, looking natural.

Don’t Blow Your Nose
...at least not in front of the photographer, if you can help it. Skelps says they regularly see people throwing up, looking dead tired, or blowing their schnoz. “It can’t always be helped, and we don’t try to capture things that fall into this category,” he says.

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Work Your Race Bib
Is it annoying? Totally, but your race bib means photographers can properly ID you…and you can find your killer pics later. Make sure it’s front and center, instead of covered by your shirt or in your pocket.

And finally, just have fun with it. Says Skelps: “The more natural and candid, the better.”

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Are These Fratty Broga Photos Funny or…Not So Much? See: The Manchild's Pose Courtesy of Hannah Rothstein

Bros get a bad rap for being, well, tools. But photographer Hannah Rothstein is hoping to change all that with “Broga,” a new series of photos that showcase their spiritual side.

JK—she’s totally making fun of them. Rothstein’s interpretation is a mashup of classic stereotypical dude activities (playing video games, taking shots, chest bumping) and yoga. “The goal of my art is to bring joy to others,” says Rothstein. “I also wanted the piece to remind people not to take themselves too seriously.” 
 

Wrecked Doll, by Hannah Rothstein

But Broga is a real thing. It’s a legit practice for men who want the benefits of yoga but don’t want to do it in a room full of women. It focuses more on the physical and strengthening part of yoga over spirituality and flexibility, Reuters reports.

While some men seek out Broga via online classes, others will hit up studios that feature it (BrogaYoga.com lists up to 22 locations across the country where men can take Broga classes.)

Rothstein tells us she had “no idea” Broga was a legit practice when she created the piece and says she’s been kicking the idea around in her head for three years.

Rothstein explains her inspiration on her website: “With a lifestyle of pounding beers, impressing chicks, and getting yolked, there's no one that needs to bliss out more than bros. To make enlightenment accessible to the brotastic brethren, this new workout craze adapts yoga to the bro culture. So grab a mat, settle into Manchild's pose, and prepare to channel the mantra of Broga: Breathe in, bro out.”
 

Kegstand, by Hannah Rothstein

Rothstein says she wanted to make a parody of two genres of people—bros and yogis—who “take themselves too seriously.”

She features poses like Insensitive Boar-ior III, which involves balancing on one leg and leaning forward with your arms extended. Then, when a “hot chick walks by, make groping motions with your hands to display your appreciation for her womanly form.”

Another one worth noting: The Manchild’s Pose. “This pose is the foundation of broga,” writes Rothstein. “Return to it anytime things become too challenging.”
 

Manchild's Pose, by Hannah Rothstein Insensitive Boar-ior III, by Hannah Rothstein

While Rothstein’s Broga is obviously a parody, we kind of wonder how we’d feel about it if we were men who love Broga. What do you think: Is broga hilarious or insulting? Tell us in the comments.

These Powerful Photos Perfectly Capture What It’s Like to Have Anxiety The self-portraits will truly take your breath away. Katie Joy Crawford
This article was written by Hayley MacMillen and repurposed with permission from Refinery29.
"Trying to explain a mental illness to someone who's never experienced it is like trying to explain color to a blind person," photographer Katie Crawford tells me. Instead of relying on words alone to convey what it feels like to suffer from general anxiety disorder and depression, which Crawford has battled since age 11, she picked up her camera and developed a breathtaking series of self-portraits, titled "My Anxious Heart."
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The 2015 Louisiana State University Fine Arts grad had been taking medication for her disorders for eight years when she decided to go off medication at age 21, with the supervision of her doctor. "I was in the middle of my junior year of art school and felt so numbed and crazy from just suppressing the anxiety [that] I decided to wean off of my medication," she explains. "The complete change of feeling these emotions and frequent panic attacks left me exhausted, but I knew I had to get to the root of them if I were ever going to have any sense of normalcy in my life...I had to express visually what was happening mentally."
Katie Joy Crawford
Each of Crawford's self-portraits manifests a seemingly ineffable emotion: Saran wrap pulls tight over her mouth to represent her physical and metaphorical struggles to breathe; a smashed clock beside an hourglass encasing her body evoke Crawford's fractured relationship with the passage of time. She hopes that together with their accompanying text, the photos "begin to express the constant, overwhelming presence of anxiety. It's not always terrifying, it's not always strong, and it's not always intense, but it's always close by."
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She also hopes that as a society, we'll begin to address mental illness in the same way that we do physical illness: matter-of-factly and without shame. "There's a stigma that 'it's just in your head,'" she observes, "[but] what's more debilitating than being imprisoned by your own thoughts?" And on an individual level, she calls for greater understanding of and compassion for the 3.1 percent of the population with general anxiety disorder. "There's a misconception that anxious people are antisocial, short-fused, or overdramatic," she states. "But they're most likely processing everything around them so intensely that they can't handle a lot of questions, people, or heavy information all at once."
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CLICK HERE to see more of Katie’s stunning photos on Refinery29!