For people pics, one trick that invariably gets a good photograph, is you take the camera close enough for a close-up. Or zoom it if you are some distance away. Proof from recent encounters.. it always makes the subject look beautiful/handsome as the case may be. You can also do this with editing the pic after taking a pic, by cutting out the non-essentials..
How do you get a good photograph? Without too much expensive set-up or equipment, if you want it in one word, (or two)- get close- to the subject. People photos in particular, but not just those. Nature pics too, flora or fauna. National Photographic for years gave us wonderful photographs..many great ones were close-ups. The selfie cameras are not always as good as the other one on a cell phone, so try and get pics of others, and get others to click your pics if you must.
People always look beautiful in a close-up. Some of the great photographers specialising in portrait or people photography have shown this over many years, since photography was invented. Some examples of close-ups.
