Friday, January 18, 2013

How to take a Cell Phone Self Portrait

So I don't usually post tutorials but this has been bugging me for a while.
When you are taking a picture of yourself in the mirror I really don't want to see your camera, so I thought I would post how to take a self portrait.
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The goal is to see you not your camera.

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This is similar to what people post on Facebook or Instagram all too often. I don't care what kind of phone or cover you have, sorry.

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By turning your phone around and looking at the lens instead of the picture you will be taking you change the dynamic of the shot completely.

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If you are worried about what the picture will look like you can see a reflection of the picture in the mirror. This also saves the embarrassment of showing off your bathroom counter.

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You end up with a shot of you and that was the goal to begin with.

My son helped illustrate this by taking the pictures of me taking pictures of myself. I took the 2 self portraits using incandescent setting on my Samsung Galaxy Prevail II Boost Mobile phone.  I don't have the newest latest greatest phone but I make it work without showing it to everyone else in photos.

Try this and show yourself off rather than your camera.

p.s. this works well in dressing rooms too!


4 comments:

  1. Hi, Many thanks for a great how to article, you are a star.

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  2. I loved this, I'm going to Pin to my shared Pinterest page with my teenager so she can forward to her teenage friends who are usually the biggest offenders!

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  3. Love it! I never take a good self portrait! Thanks :)

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