5 tips on how to take
a good selfie
More than 93 million selfies are taken every day, and sad to say, most of them look pretty much identical to each other. Still, you can take a selfie that will impress your followers (and you won’t have to buy expensive equipment or hire a pro to do that). Follow these simple tips to learn how to take a great selfie for any social network, be it Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and others.
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1. Let your creativity guide you!
Showing your face in the center isn’t the only possible (and certainly not the best) way of taking great selfies. Try to think outside the box and feel free to experiment! Include your hands, try unusual angles, use objects around in your favor. For instance, look for mirror objects around to take an original mirror selfie. Get fancy, and nobody will say your selfie looks boring. 😉
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2. Lighting does matter!
Make sure there's enough light. Top-down electric lighting usually is not bright enough and can create dark circles under your eyes. That said, snapping a selfie outside in the bright sunlight is not a good idea, either. In this case you will end up with unflattering sharp shadows on your face. Soft and diffused natural light (during the golden hour, or facing a window indoors, or outside on an overcast day) is always the best!
You can also create some fancy lighting with coloured light. If you don’t have special lamps you can use show windows or even your computer screen
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3. Find your best angle
Another way to look good in a selfie is to experiment with angles. Try tilting your camera (or your head) slightly to see what kind of tilt is more flattering for you.
If you want a safe option on how to choose a great selfie angle that looks good for almost every person, here are two simple rules:
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Put the camera slightly above you
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There’s also a difference in how to hold a phone for a selfie. Try to be as far from the camera as possible to avoid the “fish eye” effect that’ll make your face look distorted.
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4. Learn your smartphone's exclusive functionality
The smartphone market is witnessing fierce competition. This urges the companies to create exclusive functionality that makes your Android phone or iPhone even better for taking selfies than some professional cameras. Many phones come complete with advanced portrait-specific features that make selfies look really glamorous! Check if your phone has a portrait mode. It blurs the background to make photos look like they were shot on a professional camera and even adds a touch of skin smoothing sometimes.
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5. Using photo editing apps is also a good idea!
Now when there are a plethora of photo editing apps that you can find online, it’s only fair to use them if you want to take your selfie game to the next level on your iPhone or Android phone/device! Use them to touch up your selfies quickly or add a kind of creative zest to them. Changing the background, adding all kinds of filters and overlays, turning a photo into a painting or a cartoon is not a dream any longer!