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How To Take A Better Selfie

HOW TO TAKE A BETTER SELFIE OVER A MILLION SELFIES ARE TAKEN EVERY DAY HOW WILL YOU MAKE YOURS STAND OUT? PUT IT IN CONTEXT PEOPLE OFTEN CRITICIZE SELFIES AS AN UNNECESSARY ACT OF NARCISSISM PROVE THEM WRONG BY GIVING THEM A RE ASON TO CARE ABOUT THE PHOTO Finally perfect your eyeliner? Meet up with your long lost friend? Mobbed by a gang of puppies? GREAT COMPOSITION MAKES GREAT PHOTOS Use an app with a “rule-of-thirds" grid to make positioning easier. Symmetry, or lack of symmetry, can be used as a tool to make your photos more engaging. Use your cropping abilities to eliminate anything irrelevant, distracting or out-of-place. Focus on the subject. Feel free to take a selfie, but make it clear what the reason is. CHECK YOUR LIGHTING Find good, ambient lighting to illuminate your face without exposing every flaw or washing you out. Don't take photos with the light behind you. Unless you're going for something artsy, face the light. Your phone's camera is probably set to automatic white balance, which will either put you in shadow or illuminate you too much. ProCamera is an app that allows you to position your focus and align your exposure with the darkest or brightest parts of your photo. CONSIDER YOUR BACKGROUND - Is there a pole sticking out of the back of your head? - Can I see in the mirror that you're actually taking this photo with your feet and/or in some other weird situation? - Is there a dog doing his business in the background of your nature photo? According to Samsung, 30% of the photos taken by those ages 18-24 are selfies If you want more activity in the background, take a few test shots first, and check to make sure there's nothing in the photo that will be distracting or embarrassing. Blank walls are perfect backdrops for simple selfies. TAKE YOUR SELFIE FROM ABOVE 14% OF SELFIES ARE DIGITALLY ENHANCED Angling your phone upward about 10 degrees will highlight your cheekbones and disguise any double chin you might think you have. Make sure your resolution is set as high as possible. This will allow you to blow up your photos and still retain the quality. YOUR HEADPHONES MAY ACT AS A SHUTTER CONTROL II With your earbuds plugged into the phone and the camera app in use, click the “+" button on your headphones to take a photo. Hitting the "play/pause" button on your headphones will start and stop recording video. USING APPS TRY USING AN APP OTHER THAN INSTAGRAM These apps may better utilize light, or offer the user more editing options. VSCO AND EYEEM EyeEm Frontback Frontback is an ioS app that takes a photo with your front and back-facing cameras. The app puts these photos together, so viewers can see what the user is looking at, as well as the user's reaction. EYEEM OFFERS USERS A WAY TO SELL THEIR PHOTOS VIA THE APP $25 $5 $10 $20 SELFIES ARE MORE WIDELY SHARED ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND THROUGH TEXT MESSAGE THAN ON INSTAGRAM OR SNAPCHAT 48% 27% 9% 8% 5% TRY SOME GEAR TURN UP YOUR SELFIE GAME TO FULL BLAST WITH SOME OF THE BEST IPHONEOGRAPHY GEAR NEW LENSES WIDE ANGLE LENS TELEPHOTO LENS FISHEYE LENS TIP: Use a telephoto lens! A telephoto lens is a great way to increase resoultion, and capture photographs from a greater distance. TRIPODS FISHING TRIP Using a tripod can help to cut down on the number of blurry photos you take. Takes 180 degrees of target shot. Gives a bulbous, psychedelic perspective. TIP: Be sure your camera is at the right angle for the action. Aim the camera higher to capture what's happening in front of you, eg. the trail you're riding. TIP: Tilt the lens. Tilting up or down gives you control over the exaggeration given by the fisheye lens. SCOPES SECONDARY LIGHTS Scopes give a complete view and enhance what would be seen through the default scope. Perfect for long range videos or pictures. By using a small light designed specifically for photography, you can give yourself and subjects more flattering lighting than fluorescent Ilights can. This helps to eliminate the common problem of poor lighting for mobile uploads. TIP: Make sure you're using the zoom on the scope rather than the zoom on your camera to get the clearest picture. TIP: Lighting is the most important thing, so get what you need to fix it. The lower the lighting, the poorer the quality of the photo. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT GEAR, TIPS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR YOUR SELFIE GAME GO TO ADORAMA.COM Sources PRESENTED BY ADORAMA venturevillage.eu/top-10-seifie-apps mailonsunday.co.uk/home/canneslions/article-2662302/EXCLUSIVE-How-perfect-selfie-time-Kim-Kardashian.html MORE THAN A CAMERA STORE iphonefaq org/archives/073077 cnn.com/2013/12/11/tech/mobile/selfie-photo-tips readwrite.com/2013/11/06/7-tips-great-selfies#awesm=-oHzilzXhCMF3vt DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING mediabistro. com/alitwitteriselfie-statistics-2014_b55825 resnarkable.com/4-things-you-mi ght-not-know-about-selfies-on-instagram

How To Take A Better Selfie

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