I am NOT a pro, but here's my imput--- Move the camera. I use the Main because it's the easiest. Play with x rotation, get above or below the figure, go to the side. Select body-- if your doing a one person shot-- and rotate. An interesting POV can make the simplest render wonderful. Please adjust the canned poses. I use them myself, because I prefer to start somewhere and then adjust. But please adjust. And if I NEVER Again see the pose that came with Vicki-- hand on hip, arch fingers pointing to the side-- it will be too soon. Use the negative values in working with expression and make the expression asymmetrical. You can be very conservative and simply lift an eyebrow, use a slight negative value on frown left and a teensy bit of phoneme O, adjust the eyeblink-- slightly differently for each one. And you've got an expression, not a model on quaaludes. Oh and mixing and matching costume elements is a big plus for interesting renders. Props, props, props. A wall, a plant, a wierd thingie. It all adds up. Emily